In case 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 should 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 — might last more.
“My understanding is, Christian McCaffrey is coping with Achilles tendinitis, described to me as ‘irritating and tough,'” Rapaport advised the NFL Community crew. “Troublesome to run, definitely tough to do away with.”
To ease some issues, Rapaport says McCaffrey is “not at extra of a danger of tearing his Achilles” however may very well be out “six weeks or extra,” which 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 might sit out eight extra weeks together with his knee harm.
The rookie sensation from 2023 went down in Week 1 in primetime towards the Detroit Lions and was positioned on injured reserve this week with a PCL sprain in his knee.
Now, per Rapoport, Los Angeles might have misplaced one among its prime cross catchers till Week 9.
“There’s an actual probability, guys, we might not see him till Week 9,” Rapaport mentioned. “Nov. 3, that is as a result of he is out at the very least 4 weeks, then there is a bye, then a Sunday recreation and a fast Thursday recreation, laborious to think about the Rams convey him again so rapidly.”
Tagovailoa has been listening to calls to retire after he suffered yet one more head harm, but it surely would not sound like he plans to heed these options.
Regardless of a scary hit and identified concussion throughout Thursday’s recreation towards Buffalo, Tagovailoa will meet with specialists and plans to return to the sector when cleared, sources advised Rapoport.
“His eyes are already on returning to the soccer subject,” Rapoport mentioned. “He will probably be wholesome sufficient to play when he’s wholesome sufficient to play, when he and his docs resolve that.”
Darren Rovell famous 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 advised reporters Friday that there was no timetable to his quarterback’s return.
