In the event you roster Christian McCaffrey, Puka Nacua or Tua Tagovailoa (or God forbid, all three) then your fantasy soccer season is off to a tough begin.
Sorry to say, it will get rougher as all three are going to be out long-term with accidents, per NFL Community’s Ian Rapoport.
Sunday morning, Rapoport reported that McCaffrey’s injured reserve stint — which requires 4 video games to be sat out — may last more.
“My understanding is, Christian McCaffrey is coping with Achilles tendinitis, described to me as ‘irritating and tough,'” Rapaport instructed the NFL Community crew. “Tough to run, definitely tough to do away with.”
To ease some considerations, Rapaport says McCaffrey is “not at extra of a danger of tearing his Achilles” however may very well be out “six weeks or extra,” that means backup Jordan Mason will proceed taking the majority of carries shifting ahead.
McCaffrey is not the one playmaker going through an prolonged absence, as Nakua may sit out eight extra weeks together with his knee harm.
The rookie sensation from 2023 went down in Week 1 in primetime in opposition to the Detroit Lions and was positioned on injured reserve this week with a PCL sprain in his knee.
Now, per Rapoport, Los Angeles could have misplaced considered one of its high move catchers till Week 9.
“There’s an actual probability, guys, we could not see him till Week 9,” Rapaport stated. “Nov. 3, that is as a result of he is out a minimum of 4 weeks, then there is a bye, then a Sunday sport and a fast Thursday sport, exhausting to think about the Rams carry him again so rapidly.”
Tagovailoa has been listening to calls to retire after he suffered one more head harm, nevertheless it does not sound like he plans to heed these ideas.
Regardless of a scary hit and recognized concussion throughout Thursday’s sport in opposition to Buffalo, Tagovailoa will meet with specialists and plans to return to the sector when cleared, sources instructed Rapoport.
“His eyes are already on returning to the soccer discipline,” Rapoport stated. “He might be wholesome sufficient to play when he’s wholesome sufficient to play, when he and his docs determine that.”
Darren Rovell noted that Tagovailoa can’t voluntarily retire with out risking his $124M in assured cash. If the specialists advocate he cease taking part in, he would nonetheless get his assured cash.
Miami head coach Mike McDaniel told reporters Friday that there was no timetable to his quarterback’s return.
