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Nervous fantasy owners await the diagnosis of the injury suffered to Lions’ wide receiver Calvin Johnson in yesterday’s loss to the Steelers. Early indications are a knee. More on Megatron below.
Until that news comes out, however, there are a few injury and non-injury related story lines worth mentioning this morning.
*A couple of quarterbacks who hurt their ribs early in the season had huge fantasy days for owners yesterday. Donovan McNabb returned from his week one rib injury and dropped 264 passing yards and three touchdowns on the Buccaneers. In the late game, Seattle’s Matt Hasselbeck returned from his week two injury and did McNabb one better by throwing four touchdown passes along with 241 yards passing.
*Rashard Mendenhall had another solid effort in Willie Parker’s stead for Pittsburgh against the Lions. Personally, I would like to see him do these things against better run defenses than the Chargers and Lions. But you have to admit these games are good for his confidence going forward.
*How uncomfortable is it to be a Brandon Jacobs owner right now? He is supposed to be the best short-yardage running back in the NFL and has less rushing touchdowns to date than his backup Ahmad Bradshaw. Bradshaw tore through a bad Oakland team all day yesterday while Jacobs’ numbers were pretty modest.
*Grading my start & sit advice for week 5: C- at best. Glen Coffee and Rashard Mendenhall were good starts. David Garrard, Mike Sims-Walker (not my fault!) and Derrick Mason were not. Eli Manning, Tom Brady and Cedric Benson were bad sits. Michael Bush and Ben Watson each scored touchdowns but finished with less than 10 fantasy points in most formats, so I will call them a wash.
Jerricho Cotchery [WR, Jets]
From RotoWorld:
Jerricho Cotchery (questionable, hamstring) was on the team flight to Miami for Monday night’s game, and the NY Daily News reports the “feeling around the team” is that Cotchery will play.
Cotchery’s status for tonight’s game with Miami is up on the air. Fantasy owners with the luxury of a deep bench at wide receiver likely did not have him in the starting lineup this week due to his questionable tag.
Those waiting on his status need to be prepared for his absence tonight should it come to that. Players like Ted Ginn Jr., David Clowney and Davone Bess may be available on the wire for a plug-and-play maneuver.
Calvin Johnson [WR, Lions]
From RotoWorld:
“He hurt his knee. We’ll see where it is,” Schwartz said. “He couldn’t go back in and finish. We tried to get a sleeve on it, we tried to get a brace on it and it was a situation where it was still possible — if he could feel good with it - we would’ve put him back in the game.” Johnson plans to undergo tests on Monday.
No update as of yet out of Detroit regarding Calvin Johnson’s knee.
For those of you counting at home, that is two knee injuries to the Detroit battery of Matthew Stafford and Johnson in just two weeks. Not good for a tandem that had been slightly underwhelming (at least on Johnson’s end) to date this season.
Glen Coffee [RB, 49ers]
From ProFootballTalk:
On Sunday, the Falcons put a hurting on both, scoring 45 points in a blowout win, and sending 49ers running back Glen Coffee out of the game with a lower leg/foot injury.
Coffee did score the 49ers only touchdown on Sunday against the Falcons, the saving grace for those who started him this weekend in place of the injured Frank Gore.
The 49ers have a bye this weekend and Gore is aiming to return for the team’s week 7 contest. Keep Coffee on the bench for insurance so long as he did not suffer a season-ending injury.
Eli Manning [QB, Giants]
From RotoWorld:
Despite leaving Sunday’s game early, Eli Manning said after Sunday’s shellacking of Oakland that his foot felt “great”
Manning threw for 173 yards and a pair of touchdowns before handing the game over to David Carr’s gloved hands yesterday against the Raiders.
It was the best-case scenario for Manning and the Giants. He paced the team out to a big lead and left without having to be carted/helped off. Fantasy owners in a pinch were right to start Manning yesterday if they did so.
The MMR will continue to run every Monday morning as scheduled during the regular season. If you have an injury update or want an update on a certain player, please leave a note in the comments.
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