FantasyPros - Fantasy Football Podcast on Sam Darnold

PodcastWeek 1 Fantasy Football Reactions & Injuries + Early Week 2 Waiver Wire (Ep. 21...September 14, 2026

From the episode

He's now getting a fourth opinion. So getting that many opinions suggests to me that this is on the higher end of severity... my guess is this is a multi-week absence.

Mentioned at 16:11 – 17:10

STACKED’s take

Negative signalInjury

Darnold faces a multi-week absence with a severe glute injury

Sam Darnold is dealing with a glute injury that is severe enough to require multiple medical opinions. Dr. Deepak Chona expects a multi-week absence and notes that an IR stint is possible.