NFL Injury Report: Week 3 Injury Updates For Fantasy Football Stars

by NESN Staff on Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 11:38AM

Injuries can have a substantial impact on matchups around the NFL, and Week 3 should be no different.

Take Jaguars-Titans as one example: Jacksonville will have to make some serious adjustments if running back Leonard Fournette can’t play, and Tennessee’s offense will change dramatically if quarterback Marcus Mariota is sidelined.

So, what’s the latest on injured star players around the league? Get caught up with all the pertinent injury news in the live blog below.

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Darren Hartwell Sun, Sep 23, 20189:04am

It appears Leonard Fournette will miss his second consecutive game, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

Jaguars’ RB update:
TJ Yeldon expected to play today.
Leonard Fournette not expected to play today, per league sources.
Jaguars going to play it safe with Fournette.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 23, 2018

Darren Hartwell Sun, Sep 23, 20189:05am

LeSean McCoy also isn’t expected to play for the Buffalo Bills today, according to Adam Schefter. He joins a notable list of injured running backs.

Next man up for injured RBs:
Joe Mixon ➡️ Gio Bernard
Dalvin Cook ➡️ Latavius Murray
LeSean McCoy ➡️ Chris Ivory
Leonard Fournette ➡️ T.J. Yeldon

— Field Yates (@FieldYates) September 23, 2018

Darren Hartwell Sun, Sep 23, 20189:14am

According to NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport and ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the following players all should be good to go today:

Packers QB Aaron Rodgers
Cardinals WR Larry Fitzgerald
Chargers TE Antonio Gates
Cowboys WR Cole Beasley
Seahawks WR Paul Richardson

Darren Hartwell Sun, Sep 23, 20189:16am

Titans QB Marcus Mariota still isn’t ready to go, per Adam Schefter.

Titans planning to start QB Blaine Gabbert against his former team, the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday, per sources. Tennessee still hoping Marcus Mariota can regain feel in his hand for grip of the football as soon as possible, but plan going into Sunday is to start Gabbert.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 23, 2018

Darren Hartwell Sun, Sep 23, 201811:40am

Inactives for the 1 p.m. games are out, and Leonard Fournette will NOT play against the Titans. Here’s a list of notable actives and inactives, via ESPN’s Field Yates:

Official:
Leonard Fournette: Out
T.J. Yeldon: In
LeSean McCoy: Out
Aaron Rodgers: In
Marcus Mariota: In
Corey Clement: In
Marquise Goodwin: In
Aaron Jones: In
Alshon Jeffery: Out

— Field Yates (@FieldYates) September 23, 2018

Darren Hartwell Sun, Sep 23, 20181:31pm

QB Blaine Gabbert had to leave Titans-Jaguars after taking a huge hit — which means Marcus Mariota is being forced back into action.

Gabbert down.
Mariota in the game.

— Andrew Siciliano (@AndrewSiciliano) September 23, 2018

Darren Hartwell Sun, Sep 23, 20182:09pm

Tough blow for an already struggling Giants offense.

Injury Update: Evan Engram (knee) is OUT for the remainder of the game. #NYGvssHOU

— New York Giants (@Giants) September 23, 2018

Darren Hartwell Sun, Sep 23, 20182:20pm

Here’s some more info on Evan Engram’s injury:

Engram was running on sideline, stretching his leg after taking that hit. He was jumping around and looked like he was going to come back in.
Then medical staff brought him in tent, evaluation. Questionable to return, now OUT.

— Art Stapleton (@art_stapleton) September 23, 2018

Darren Hartwell Sun, Sep 23, 20182:47pm

A.J. Green suffered an injury scare, but it appears he’ll be OK.