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Last Minute Injury Updates (week 2)

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10 min
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Sep 19, 2026
Published
Sat, September 19, 2026
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Adonai MitchellBraelon AllenChristian KirkDalton SchultzGeorge KittleJake TongesLadd McConkeyMalachi CorleyMark AndrewsMichael PittmanMike EvansPuka NacuaTank DellZay Flowers
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Adonai Mitchell

NegativeValue1:50

While Adonai Mitchell is widely rostered, there is skepticism regarding his immediate fantasy value as the third option in the offense; he is best viewed as a deep bench stash.

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Braelon Allen

NegativeUsage15:03

Lad Mcconi suggests using players like Braelon Allen in the flex position to maintain roster flexibility when managing injury-prone starters.

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Christian Kirk

NegativeInjury2:14

Christian Kirk has been placed on the injured reserve.

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Dalton Schultz

PositiveUsage3:48

Dalton Schultz is expected to see an expanded target share following the official ruling that Nico Collins is out for the upcoming game; he is ranked as a low-end tight end one for the week.

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George Kittle

PositiveProjection2:25

George Kittle is a must-start player due to the high concentration of targets in the San Francisco passing game.

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Jake Tonges

NegativeInjury2:13

Jake Tonges has been placed on the injured reserve.

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Ladd McConkey

NegativeInjury0:05

Ladd McConkey is at risk of missing Sunday's game or being limited due to a rib injury; he missed practice both Wednesday and Thursday and has not been cleared to play. He is considered a WR3/flex play with a real concern for reinjury if he does suit up.

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Malachi Corley

NegativeInjury0:45

Malachi Corley has been placed on the injured reserve and is out for the upcoming period.

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Mark Andrews

PositiveProjection7:10

Mark Andrews is projected as a top-10 tight end for the Baltimore Ravens and should be started in fantasy lineups following the injuries to the team's receiving corps.

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Michael Pittman

NegativeInjury7:20

Michael Pittman Jr. has been downgraded to out for Sunday's game due to a foot injury.

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Mike Evans

PositiveProjection2:25

Mike Evans is a must-start player due to the high concentration of targets in the San Francisco passing game.

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Puka Nacua

NegativeInjury0:06

Puka Nacua missed Friday practice with a hip issue related to his previous groin/hip flexor injury. Lad McConkey advises against starting him in a WR1 slot for Monday night because if he is ruled out, managers will be forced to pivot to another wide receiver rather than having the flexibility of a flex spot.

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Tank Dell

NegativeInjury4:00

Tank Dell has been placed on the injured reserve and is unavailable for the upcoming game.

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Zay Flowers

NegativeInjury6:41

Zay Flowers is listed as doubtful for Sunday's game due to injury; while he returned to practice, the expectation is he will be out this week with potential for a return in week three.

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Episode Transcript

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0:00Last week we had it go down to the very
0:02last second whether we knew Malik
0:04Neighbors was going to play or not. We
0:05have that with Lad Mcconi and Pukanakua
0:07this week. But let me give you the
0:08latest updates. So players we know are
0:10going to be missing. Kyler Murray is not
0:12playing this week. For me that means you
0:15should go through. You should start
0:16Justin Jefferson. Duh. But also I
0:19actually think Aaron Jones is in a
0:20pretty good spot given the fact that
0:21Carson Wentz will check the ball down.
0:23Carson Wentz isn't going to be
0:24scrambling himself. I don't know if you
0:26can trust TJ Hawinson, even though he
0:29looked good week one. And on top of
0:31that, Jordan Addison, somebody I'm
0:32hoping for a bounceback game with, but
0:34Addison scored zero points week one, so
0:36I wouldn't trust him either. So, in
0:37Minnesota, you are starting Jefferson
0:39and you are starting Aaron Jones because
0:41there's no Jordan Mason. Now, the other
0:43update that we have here with this tweet
0:45is going to be Omar Cooper is out. We'll
0:47revisit this in just one second because
0:49Omar Cooper, round one pick for the New
0:51York Jets, also was placed on the
0:53injured reserve. So, for me, I'm not
0:56going to lie, I'm a little bit more
0:57interested in Garrett Wilson now,
0:59especially knowing that the Jets offense
1:01actually projects to be decent this week
1:03against a bad Green Bay Packers defense.
1:06So, I think you can play Garrett Wilson
1:08with confidence. I know a lot of people
1:10are rostering Adenai Mitchell. I I'm not
1:12a big AD Mitchell guy, but I understand
1:15the thought process. Now, going through
1:17and looking for another notable name.
1:19Obviously, Dean Stribbling is pretty
1:21much out for the season at this point.
1:22So if we look at San Francisco, just to
1:24recap, we have no Ricky Pierce Saul. Not
1:27only do we have no Pier, but now you
1:29have no Dean Stribbling. And on top of
1:32that, you're in a world in which um Jake
1:34Tongus hits the IR, Christian Kirk's on
1:36the IR. So when we look at the pass
1:39catchers for the NerS, we are just going
1:42to have a ridiculous amount of points
1:45going over towards the combination of
1:47George KD and Mike Evans through the
1:49air. So honestly, both of those names
1:51are guys you absolutely have to jam.
1:54Now, the CHIG announcement where the
1:57Washington Commanders are going to be
1:59missing their tight end. That is going
2:01to be something where I'm going to go
2:02ahead. I'm going to be moving up Stefon
2:04Diggs as well as Terry McLaren. I know a
2:07lot of people are rostering Antonio
2:08Williams where Antonio Williams had a
2:10good week one, but frankly for me, I
2:12believe in the Terry McLaren bounceback,
2:14especially in a good matchup here
2:16against the Dallas Cowboys. And then I
2:18think that's going to be it for the
2:19relevant stuff with that tweet. But
2:21let's go over and see that the Texans
2:23officially ruled out Nico Collins. So
2:26with the Nico Collins news, what you
2:28should expect is an expanded target
2:31share for Dalton Schultz because if we
2:33look at the top pass catchers in
2:34Houston, Nico Collins is out for this
2:37game. On top of that, Jaden Higgins is
2:39already out for the season. Tank Dell
2:41was already put on IR. So, the three top
2:44Texas receivers or Texans wide
2:46receivers, I'm sorry. I have Texas on my
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2:52University of Texas. I actually on Poly
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3:24state besides Nevada. Now, I'm sorry.
3:27Let's go to the Texans, not the Texas
3:30Longhorns. But anyway, their top three
3:32receivers are out. So, I know some
3:33people are going to pick up Jaylen Dole,
3:34some people are going to pick up Xavier
3:36Hutchinson. Fact of the matter is, I
3:38think Dalton Schultz is probably the
3:40name that you want to look at. I would
3:41rank him as a low-end tight end one this
3:44week. I don't think Schultz is a special
3:45talent by any stretch of the
3:47imagination, but it's not the worst
3:48matchup in the world going up against
3:50the Cincinnati Bengals. And the Texans
3:52are going to have to move the ball down
3:54the field because the Bengals offense
3:55should be good. Joe Burrow is playing
3:57today. Now, we already talked about
3:59Kyler Murray being out, but this is
4:01important as well here. Zay Flowers is
4:04listed doubtful for Sunday's game versus
4:07the Saints. So for me, if we are
4:10combining the fact that Z Flowers is
4:12most likely missing with Jacobe Lane
4:15being out already, obviously you bump
4:18some of the
4:20Baltimore Ravens receivers like Elijah
4:22Serat and Rashad Baitman, but similar to
4:24the Texans situation. I think you also
4:28want to be bumping up what you have with
4:30the tight end here. I think Mark Andrews
4:32does project out now to be a top 10
4:34tight end for the Baltimore Ravens.
4:36Please make sure you play Mark Andrews
4:38if you have him. Now, these Steelers
4:40have downgraded Michael Pitman Jr. to
4:43out Sunday's game with a foot injury.
4:46So, here's the setup that we have in
4:48Pittsburgh. I'll go through I'll pull
4:49this up one more time, but the problem
4:52that you have with saying that you just
4:53absolutely need to jam DK Metaf is the
4:57fact one um the Patriots project to win
5:00this game quite heavily. 68% chance to
5:02win right now. But more importantly, if
5:05we're going to go through and look at
5:06what we have with the totals for these
5:09teams, I mean, right now, these Steelers
5:11only project to score 18.5 points in
5:14more money is on the under. So, I would
5:18be a little bit concerned about just
5:20jamming any Pittsburgh Steeler, even if
5:22Michael Pitman Jr.'s out, because the
5:24Steelers project to be a garbage offense
5:26this week. And on top of that,
5:28ultimately, DK Metaf's drawing a tough
5:31matchup against Christian Gonzalez. Now,
5:32don't get me wrong, Medcaf is for sure
5:34somebody that you can go through and put
5:36in your flex. I just don't want to do so
5:38with confidence. Now, moving over to our
5:41next name, again, we already talked
5:43about Omar Cooper getting placed on the
5:45IR. So, if you wanted to put Adonai
5:47Mitchell at the bottom end of your
5:48bench, I think you can do it. My problem
5:50is I don't know if I want the third
5:52option in the New York Jets offense. So,
5:54I'm not that excited about it. Now,
5:57while Z Flowers is listed as doubtful
6:00because he was back at practice, I will
6:02say I am optimistic with Z Flowers being
6:05able to return in week three. So, if you
6:07have Flowers, expect he's out this week,
6:09but potentially back in week three. Now,
6:11this is going to be one of the difficult
6:13spots that we have because the Los
6:15Angeles Chargers are playing at 400 PM
6:17Eastern on Sunday. So with Lad Maki
6:21while he was back at practice and a lot
6:24of doctors are coming through looking at
6:26him rotating like this and saying oh
6:28okay his ribs are going to be fine he is
6:29going to play. He has not been cleared
6:31for the game just yet and at the same
6:34time he missed practice both Wednesday
6:37as well as Thursday. So there is a very
6:39real concern of two things. One lad
6:42manki missing the game straight up on
6:45Sunday. two, even if Lad does play,
6:49potentially he is limited. So, I don't
6:52think that you should plan on absolutely
6:54jamming Lad Mani. Obviously, if you have
6:57like Lad and Quinton Johnson on the same
6:59team, then sure, plan on playing him. If
7:01he's out, you can very easily pivot over
7:03to Johnston. But hopefully we get news
7:06about this on Saturday night. Hopefully,
7:07we get news about this on Sunday
7:09morning. I'm gonna be live streaming um
7:11for like 12 of the next 24 hours
7:15answering your fantasy football
7:16questions on this channel. So, please
7:19just make sure you're subscribed. Come
7:20out to one of those live streams and
7:21I'll continuously give you updates with
7:23lad all the way until kickoff. Again,
7:25looking at what we have some random
7:27Twitter doctors saying, um I expect Lad
7:29Manki to play. Right sideed rotation
7:31here looks normal. Left side injured
7:32looks slightly restricted but barely,
7:33which is to be expected. He's at mild to
7:36moderate risk of reinjury/ leaving the
7:37game early. He's a wide receiver three
7:39flex play with upside this week. Um now
7:42of course I'm not a doctor so probably
7:44listen to anybody who has an MD uh PT
7:47DPT is smarter than I'm going to be with
7:50this and looking at the next Twitter
7:52doctor talking about the Pukanua stuff.
7:55So Puka did miss practice on Friday. The
8:00problem with this is very similar to
8:02Malik Neighbors Sunday night football
8:05last week. Pukanukua is playing in the
8:07Monday night football game. So, you're
8:09screwed if you plan on playing Puka and
8:11he ends up missing. Now, hopefully we
8:13get some additional news on Saturday, on
8:15Sunday morning before you need to make
8:17that call. Um, right now Jeff Mueller
8:20saying, "Okay, maybe I should have faded
8:22Puka a little bit more this season."
8:23Now, he did not participate because of a
8:25hip issue. Compensation written all over
8:27this one track back to his initial groin
8:30plus hip flexor injury in August. So,
8:33this will be something to keep your eyes
8:35out for. If you have Puka, I would
8:36probably want to have a backup option
8:39good to go for that Monday night
8:40contest. And keep in mind, anybody that
8:43you are playing like Puka Nua or Lad
8:45Makoni that plays later than 100 p.m.
8:48Eastern on Sunday, you want to make sure
8:51that they are in your flex spots. That
8:53way, if you need a pivot, if they get
8:54ruled out last minute, you can look at a
8:56wide receiver, you can look at a running
8:58back, or you can look at a tight end
8:59filling in for them. If instead you put
9:01Puka Niku at your wide receiver one slot
9:03and you throw a random running back like
9:05Bashel Tuton in your flex, um then
9:08you're in a really awkward scenario in
9:10which if Puka gets ruled out Monday
9:11night, you can only pivot over to wide
9:14receiver. So please with these injured
9:15guys, make sure that you put them in
9:17your flex. Make sure you do not have
9:18them at wide receiver. But I'll be live
9:21tonight. I'll be live tomorrow morning
9:23answering all your questions,
9:24continuously giving you these injury
9:26updates. Of course, if you wanted to go
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9:49gonna lose money, but it is what it is.
9:51I want to root for my team and in a
9:53blowout, that's the only way possible.
9:55But anyway, appreciate you. Really hope
9:58I was able to help you out in some way
9:59with this video.

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