Dynasty Injury Report: Week Six

My name is Jeff Mueller, a Doctor of Physical Therapy, and I am here to help guide you through these weekly injuries and provide helpful insight into how bad the injury is and what the expected timeline for recovery is for your key player. The weekly injury roundup will be posted on Wednesdays to discuss injuries that just occurred. I would also encourage you to tune in to the DLF YouTube channel (make sure to subscribe!) to tune in to helpful content throughout the week.

Justin Fields, QB CHI

Injury: Right Thumb Dislocation

Return to Play: Week 8-12

Fantasy Impact: Fields suffered a right thumb dislocation and attempted to play through it, but had trouble gripping the ball. Thankfully, no fracture occurred, but there was likely ligament damage from the dislocation. Return to play will be dependent on pain levels and functional return, including his ability to grip the ball and control where the ball goes upon passing. This could be a few week ordeal, or it could wind up being a four to six week ordeal, all varied by how much trauma there is and how quickly his ability to grip returns. Worst case scenario, if it doesn’t heal how they want and need it to, he could wind up requiring surgery to repair, though this has not been brought up as an option yet. The hope is that it does not progress that way.

Trevor Lawrence, QB JAC