Week 7 Fantasy Football Injury Report

The NFL is rolling into Week 7, but some key injuries happened in this past week that could change how things look this week in fantasy football. There are a couple of big names in the injury report with concussions, which makes things difficult to predict.

Week 7 Fantasy Football Injury Report

Marvin Harrison Jr., WR, Arizona Cardinals

For those managers who played Marvin Harrison Jr. Sunday, it was about as bad as it can get. He did not record a catch before he was concussed and left the game with a zero for his score. The attention will now turn to Week 7 and whether Harrison can make it back, which is certainly unknown at this point. Tight end Trey McBride is going to likely be the lead target in the offense if Harrison is out, with receivers Michael Wilson and Greg Dortch supplementing the passing attack.

Chris Olave, WR, New Orleans Saints

I feel much more pessimistic about Chris Olave playing in Week 7, because the Saints host the Broncos Thursday night. If you have Olave on your roster, you need to be planning on him missing this week. It appears Rashid Shaheed and Bub Means would be the guys who would try to carry the passing game. Rookie Spencer Rattler showed some flashes mixed in with some bad plays Sunday, but Shaheed and Means had 7 and 8 targets, respectively. Alvin Kamara was also heavily involved with 8 targets, so the game plan against the Broncos will likely be concentrated on these players without Olave, concussed on his first target. Olave had at least one documented concussion last year as well.  

Dallas Goedert, TE, Philadelphia Eagles

The Philly offense having all of their skill position players on the field together didn’t last very long Sunday. Tight end Dallas Goedert had a hamstring injury very early on against the Browns and was ruled out fairly quickly. With receivers A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith back in the fold, there likely isn’t a tight end of fantasy relevance on the Eagles if Goedert is out. Grant Calcaterra did turn four targets into 67 yards but I don’t think we’d want to rely on that.

Tyjae Spears, RB, Tennessee Titans

The Titans have said Tyjae Spears is week-to-week with a hamstring injury, which really just means that Tony Pollard is even safer for 16-20 touches every single week. Julius Chestnut got some run after Spears left, but that’s not going to pay the bills for fantasy.

Dontayvion Wicks, WR, Green Bay Packers

The Packers have plenty of receivers to sustain a loss if Dontayvion Wicks is going to miss time, as he is week-to-week. The shoulder injury is a little bit murky and Green Bay doesn’t have a lot of trust with the fantasy community. Christian Watson went from possibly hitting the IR to playing and ripping off a long touchdown against the Cardinals. If Wicks is down for any time, the trio of Jayden Reed, Watson and Romeo Doubs might have a little bit of a higher floor with one fewer mouth to feed.

Jerome Ford, RB, Cleveland Browns

Another player who got the week-to-week tag is Jerome Ford, who left Sunday’s game with a hamstring injury of his own. The running back situation for Cleveland was already about to get murky with the return of Nick Chubb scheduled for next week. I would doubt that Chubb is going to be in line for 20 touches or anything like that but he and D’Onta Foreman would split the work if Ford misses.