If you happen to roster Christian McCaffrey, Puka Nacua or Tua Tagovailoa (or God forbid, all three) you then’re fantasy soccer season is off to a tough begin.
Sorry to say, it may 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 troublesome,'” Rapaport informed the NFL Community crew. “Tough to run, definitely troublesome to do away with.”
To ease some considerations, Rapaport says McCaffrey is “not at extra of a threat of tearing his Achilles” however might 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 may sit out eight extra weeks along 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 one among its prime 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 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 one more head harm, but it surely does not sound like he plans to heed these options.
Regardless of a scary hit and recognized concussion throughout Thursday’s recreation in opposition to Buffalo, Tagovailoa will meet with specialists and plans to return to the sphere when cleared, sources informed Rapoport.
“His eyes are already on returning to the soccer subject,” Rapoport stated. “He might be wholesome sufficient to play when he’s wholesome sufficient to play, when he and his docs resolve that.”
Miami head coach Mike McDaniel told reporters Friday that there was no timetable to his quarterback’s return.