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Last Minute Injury Updates (Week 3)

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12 min
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Sep 26, 2026
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Sat, September 26, 2026
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Jalen CokerAaron JonesCaleb WilliamsD.J. MooreDalton SchultzEmeka EgbukaGarrett WilsonJadarian PriceJayden DanielsJaylen WarrenJustin JeffersonMalik NabersNico CollinsOlamide Zaccheaus
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Aaron Jones

PositiveUsage0:31

Despite soreness after his previous full-workload game, Aaron Jones has recovered after missing a few days of practice and is good to go. With Jordan Mason out, Jones's guaranteed volume makes him an appealing flex or RB2 start.

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Caleb Williams

NegativeInjury6:32

Caleb Williams' injury negatively impacted the Bears' win probability, contributing to Jadarian Price's overall lack of interest in the Chicago offense.

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D.J. Moore

PositiveInjury0:56

DJ Moore felt great after his injury and is expected to be reliable for this week's game. While he may not be 100% immediately, his ability to return to practice late in the week and his status as part of a projected top-three offense make him a recommended start.

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Dalton Schultz

PositiveProjection4:41

Dalton Schultz is considered a high-priority start and a borderline top-five tight end this week, as the absence of Nico Collins guarantees him a high volume of targets.

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Emeka Egbuka

NegativeValue10:44

Emeka Egbuka was included as part of a trade package to acquire Puka Nacua and Garrett Wilson.

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Garrett Wilson

NegativeValue10:47

Garrett Wilson was a target in a trade offer involving Justin Jefferson and Emeka Egbuka.

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Jadarian Price

PositiveInjury0:02

Jadarian Price responded well to his injury in practice this week, logging a ton of reps and is confirmed good to go for the upcoming game. While he is a viable start as an RB2, expectations should remain tempered until he demonstrates a full-blown breakout.

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Jalen Coker

PositiveUsage8:29

Jalen Coker is expected to play despite an ankle injury; if active, he is projected for 12.7 points and is considered a recommended start.

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PositiveUsage8:29

Despite dealing with an ankle injury, Jaylen Coker is expected to play this week. If active, he is projected for 12.7 points and is considered a recommended start.

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Jayden Daniels

NegativeInjury7:02

Jayden Daniels is labeled week-to-week and is avoiding short-term IR and surgery, which is a positive update for the future despite his absence this week.

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Jaylen Warren

PositiveUsage7:57

Jaylen Warren is listed as questionable with a shoulder injury, but Jadarian Price expects him to play and considers him a must-start running back in the absence of Rico Dowdle. Price prefers Warren over Travis Etienne in lineups this week.

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Justin Jefferson

NegativeValue10:43

Justin Jefferson was offered in a trade package to acquire Puka Nacua and Garrett Wilson.

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Malik Nabers

NegativeProjection2:12

Malik Nabers is removed from the injury report and his shoulder feels good, but his fantasy expectations should be lowered due to the quarterback downgrade caused by Jackson Dart's absence. Despite this, he remains a startable asset with a 49% chance of scoring 14+ PPR points.

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Nico Collins

NegativeInjury4:33

The Texans have officially ruled out Nico Collins for the game against Indianapolis due to a hamstring injury. He is currently rostered on a team that is 0-2 and has not historically made the playoffs.

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Olamide Zaccheaus

NegativeUsage7:25

Fantasy managers are advised to bench Olamide Zaccheaus this week due to the Washington quarterback injury.

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Rico Dowdle

NegativeInjury7:53

Rico Dowdle has been officially ruled out for the game against the Bengals due to a toe injury.

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Stefon Diggs

NegativeUsage7:20

Fantasy managers are advised to bench Stefon Diggs this week due to the quarterback injury situation in Washington.

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Terry McLaurin

NegativeUsage7:20

Fantasy managers are advised to bench Terry McLaurin this week due to the quarterback injury situation in Washington.

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Tyson Bagent

NegativeInjury5:59

Tyson Bagent has cleared concussion protocol and is expected to play Monday night, but Jadarian Price notes he has no interest in starting any Chicago Bears players.

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Zay Flowers

NegativeInjury9:02

Zay Flowers is a game-time decision with a hamstring injury. If he suits up, he is expected to be on a pitch count, making him a risky fantasy start.

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Episode Transcript

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0:00All right, I'm going to give you every
0:01injury update that you need to know for
0:02Sunday. Starting off with Jadarian
0:04Price. So, looks like he responded well
0:06to his injury in practice this week. He
0:09got in a ton of reps and he is going to
0:11be good to go. They are saying the
0:13offense is full go at Washington. Not
0:16only are you getting Jadarian Price, but
0:17you are also getting Sam Darnold. So,
0:20this is a spot in which they are pretty
0:22heavily favored. So, I think if you have
0:24Price as your running back, too, you can
0:26start him, but obviously lowered
0:28expectations for the rookie until we get
0:29the full-blown breakout. Now, going over
0:31to Aaron Jones. So, Aaron Jones was
0:33complaining that his entire body was
0:35sore after this past game where he had
0:37the full-blown workload for the
0:39Minnesota Vikings, but he missed a
0:41couple days of practice and it sounds
0:43like he's recovered. He is good to go
0:45for this next week. And with no Jordan
0:46Mason, the guaranteed volume that he has
0:49does make him a very appealing flex
0:51start or running back, too. So, you
0:53definitely can start Aaron Jones if you
0:56need to. Now, going over to DJ Moore,
0:58quote unquote, he felt great. Still got
1:00to go through some things, but we'll be
1:02good. So, it sounds like DJ Moore is
1:05somebody that you can rely upon this
1:06week. Now, of course, I don't think you
1:08expect him to be 100% right away. I
1:11mean, this is an injury that right when
1:12it first happened, I know a lot of
1:14people were worried that he was going to
1:15miss I mean, a good chunk of games, but
1:18he missed practice for a decent amount
1:20of time this week. But the fact that he
1:22was able to get into practice late and
1:24he is saying that he is good to go for
1:25this game. The Bills project to be a top
1:27three offense on the week this week. So
1:29I think you can play him. Now Malik
1:32Neighbors says his shoulder feels good
1:33and the X-rays came back with good
1:35results. On top of this with Malik
1:38Neighbors, he is completely removed from
1:40the injury report. So, of course, if we
1:42are going to look at the downgrade that
1:44we have at the quarterback play, the
1:46fact that you don't have Jackson Dart
1:47means you need to lower your
1:48expectations for this team across the
1:51board. Like, realistically, if we go
1:53over to Poly Market US and we look at
1:56the live odds that we had had before the
1:59Jackson Dart injury, the New York Giants
2:01had a 71% chance of winning this game.
2:04After the Jackson Dart injury, that has
2:05dropped down to only a 56% chance. But
2:09if we look at their player props and go
2:11over to the fantasy points PPR section,
2:14you can see they still have a lot of
2:16these guys as names that you want to
2:18start like Malik Neighbors has a 49%
2:21chance of scoring 14 or more points this
2:23week. So I would plan on starting
2:25Neighbors lowered expectations in
2:27comparison to where he previously would
2:28have been because obviously this offense
2:30and this team in general going to be
2:31much worse. Now, of course, if you
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2:56Now, moving over to our next update that
2:58we are going to have, Saquon Barkley
3:00sounds like he will be good to go. The
3:02quote that we have is Barkley on if the
3:04injury will affect him. Quote unquote. I
3:06don't think so. No, that's why I'm
3:07rehabbing my ass off to get as strong as
3:10it needs to be. I feel like I'm in a
3:12really good spot. I know they wouldn't
3:14let me go out there if I wasn't able to
3:17do it. I'm going to go out there and
3:18play fearless. Don't worry about it.
3:20Don't worry about like I've dealt with a
3:22lot of injuries in my career, the mental
3:24side of it a little bit. So, I'm
3:26excited. Again, this is a direct quote.
3:29Maybe I can't read, but um feel good. to
3:31feel like I'm having great practice.
3:34Feel like we put a great week of work in
3:36as a whole and we got a great
3:38opportunity. So, long story short, if
3:41you have Saquon Barkley, you are going
3:42to be starting Saquon Barkley. Now,
3:44again, we already mentioned Darnold's
3:46good to go. This doesn't really change
3:48much for Seattle. You were starting
3:50Jackson Smith and Jigba regardless. Now,
3:52the Denver running back situation is
3:54very interesting here because if you go
3:57back to the waiverwire video, at that
3:59point I was like, damn. Um RJ Harvey
4:01injured. Damn JK Dobbins injured. Looks
4:03like Jonah Coleman could potentially be
4:06a mustart player this week. And now fast
4:09forward to Sunday and Jonah Coleman is
4:12the guy that's out this game. And both
4:15JK Dobbins as well as RJ Harvey are
4:18going to be good to go. So, with this,
4:21obviously, you can't start Jonah
4:22Coleman, but I do think that it is a
4:24sneaky spot in which you could decide to
4:27go through and play Dobbins and or RJ
4:30Harvey. I wouldn't be super super
4:31excited about it, though. Now, the
4:33Texans have officially ruled out Nico
4:35Collins for this game at Indianapolis
4:38due to his hamstring injury. Now, with
4:41this being said, um Dalton Schultz is an
4:44absolute jam. Dalton Schultz is a
4:46borderline top five tight end for us
4:47this week. Again, we were talking about
4:49this last week, but when you have no
4:52Nico Collins, just the amount of target
4:55volume that's going to be guaranteed
4:56there for Dalton Schultz is going to be
4:59crazy high. So, please make sure you jam
5:02in Schultz. Now, with wide receiver Adai
5:05Mitchell listed as questionable for
5:06Sunday's game versus the Lions, the Jets
5:08signed wide receiver Jamal Pritchette to
5:11their active roster and elevated wide
5:13receiver Sterling Shepard from their PA
5:14practice squad. So it does sound like
5:17there is a real chance in which Adenai
5:20Mitchell is going to miss this game.
5:22Honestly, I expect that he probably
5:23plays. This will be something that we
5:25need to monitor all the way through
5:26Sunday morning though because it is a
5:27good matchup here against the Detroit
5:29Lions. Now, of course, I will be live
5:31streaming late on Saturday night
5:34answering all your fantasy questions. I
5:36will be live streaming for five plus
5:38hours Sunday morning answering every
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5:50yeah, please subscribe. Come out to one
5:52of those live streams. I'd be happy to
5:53continue to give you these injury
5:54updates and also answer any questions
5:56that you would like to know. So, it
5:59sounds like Tyson Begent has cleared
6:00concussion protocol and is practicing
6:02today ahead of Monday night's game
6:04versus the Eagles. So, of course, if
6:06this was going to be a Sunday game, I
6:08would have been pooping my pants that
6:10this dude was not practicing on Friday.
6:13and had not cleared concussion protocol.
6:15But because it's a Monday night contest,
6:17I guess you can go through and you can
6:20assume that he is going to be good to go
6:22against a Philly. But even with that
6:24being said, I have no real interest in
6:28playing any Chicago Bears. Now, this is
6:30a good development. If we go over and
6:31look at the live odds before the Caleb
6:33injury, the Bears had a 57% chance of
6:35winning this game. Then once Caleb went
6:38down and it looked like Tyson Begent
6:40maybe wasn't going to play, the Bears
6:42dropped down to only a 32% chance, but
6:44with him clearing concussion protocol,
6:46the Bears go up to a 37% chance. So it
6:49does seem like the Bears offense will
6:51project out better, obviously having
6:52their second string quarterback, but
6:54still it's going to be very bad. I would
6:56rather bench any Chicago Bear not named
6:59DeAndre Swift. Now moving over to the
7:02Jaden Daniels update. So, obviously
7:04after the Daniels injury, there were a
7:06ton of concerns that maybe, just maybe,
7:10he's out for the season, but he is
7:12avoiding the short-term IR. He is not
7:14getting surgery, and he is instead just
7:17labeled week to week. So, if you have
7:20Diggs, if you have Terry, for the love
7:23of God, do not play them this week. If
7:25you have Jakori Kroski Merritt, for the
7:27love of God, do not play them this week.
7:29As it stands today, we actually do have
7:32the Washington Commanders projecting out
7:34to be the worst offense in the NFL going
7:37up against the Seattle Seahawks, but
7:40again, there is light at the end of the
7:42tunnel if we end up getting Daniels back
7:44in two to three weeks here. So, um, not
7:47a positive update for Sunday, but a
7:50positive update for the future. Now, it
7:53sounds like Rico Dattle has been
7:55officially ruled out to the Bengals game
7:57with this toe injury. Jaylen Warren is
7:59listed as questionable. He is dealing
8:01with a shoulder injury as well. I think
8:03the expectation should be that Jaylen
8:05Warren does indeed play and if we have
8:08Jaylen Warren with no Rico D. Jaylen
8:10Warren's probably going to be a
8:11must-start running back. Like as an
8:13example, I'm currently sitting with
8:15Travis ETN on my own fantasy team, and I
8:18would way rather have Jaylen Ward in my
8:20own lineup this week specifically. Now,
8:23this uh Twitter account, I think this is
8:25an AI bot here, aggregator, I don't
8:27exactly know, but I found it anyway.
8:29Says Jaylen Coker is expected to play.
8:32He missed practice on Thursday with an
8:34ankle injury. It's the same ankle that
8:36had him in a boot after week one. If
8:39actor active Coker is this AI bots wide
8:43receiver 23 projected for 12.7 points
8:47but if you have Coker you're probably
8:48going to go through and jam him
8:50obviously continue to monitor this
8:51injury all the way through Sunday
8:53morning though but it sounds like he is
8:54trending in the right direction now um
8:58yeah you can see that earlier in the
9:00week Jaylen Coker obviously was dealing
9:02with that ankle. Now the Z Flowers
9:05update is very interesting here. I was
9:07under the assumption honestly that Zay
9:09Flowers was not going to be playing
9:11against the Dallas Cowboys after he
9:12missed practice on Wednesday, after he
9:14missed practice on Thursday. I went
9:16through and I ranked him and I ranked
9:18Mark Andrew and Rashad Baitman under the
9:20assumption that Flowers is going to
9:21miss. However, apparently he is going to
9:24test this injury, but if he does suit
9:27up, he will be on a pitch count. Now, I
9:30would probably plan on kind of avoiding
9:35this situation if you can. Rashad
9:37Baitman's exciting if Z Flowers does
9:40indeed miss. Mark Andrew is exciting if
9:43Zay Flowers does indeed miss. But the
9:45problem with this is this isn't the noon
9:48kickoff. If he's a game time decision
9:50here and he's kicking off at like 400
9:53p.m. Eastern and you got to make the
9:54call before noon, I would plan on not
9:57having Flowers cuz even if he is going
9:59to be active, if he's on a snap count, I
10:02don't want you to start him and then all
10:04of a sudden he drops six fantasy points.
10:06So the Baltimore Ravens situation, you
10:08start Lamar, you start Derk Henry.
10:10Outside of that, very much a gray area
10:12with this Flyers hamstring. The problem
10:14is it's just such a damn good matchup
10:16that you have against the Dallas
10:17Cowboys. And then going over to Puganua,
10:20sounds like Pukanakua will not be
10:22playing on Sunday. But we have positive
10:25news regarding his availability in week
10:27four. Now I went ahead. I tried trading
10:30for Pukanua in the Flock League. I sent
10:32out an offer to the team that's 0 and2
10:34that has Pukanua and Nico Collins. That
10:37team's actually never made the playoffs
10:39in our league. So I thought they would
10:40be incentivized to go out there and get
10:42themselves a win. But I offered Justin
10:44Jefferson as well as Amecha Ibuka for
10:47Puka Nukua and Garrett Wilson. I have a
10:50very good team. I'm probably going to
10:51win this week. Move to two and one. So
10:53I'm like, hey, I can take the risk on
10:55the Puka Nikua injury. Um sounds like
10:57that deal is not going to be going down.
10:59But the reason I felt comfortable in
11:00doing so is again we had the reports
11:03coming out in clarifying that it is not
11:05a sports hernia this week and that
11:07Puganukua looks like he has a good
11:09chance to be back in week four. Now, I
11:13think that's all we have for the injury
11:14updates. Again, I'm going to be live
11:17later tonight. I'm going to be live
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11:59has a 58% chance of scoring 14 or more
12:02points. Coulson Lovelin 33% chance of
12:05scoring 12 or more. But I think that's
12:08all I got for you. Much love, ladies and
12:09gentlemen. I really appreciate you and
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