Jackson confirmed he has a herniated disk

Dec 28, 2009

For the first time, Rams RB Steven Jackson confirmed that he does indeed have a herniated disk, a condition first reported by the Post-Dispatch two weeks ago.

"It's been a herniated disk for some time," Jackson said. "There's no surgery needed. Me playing on it doesn't make things worse. You've just got to give it time to heal."

Obviously, there's no time to let it heal in the middle of a season.

"All you can do is rest it," he said. "You can't shoot it up. You have to stabilize the muscles around it and my core — all things that I'll work on in the offseason. But like I said, no surgery is needed."

Jackson said he plans to play against the 49ers.

Fantasy Impact:

yesterday

Cowboys TE Jake Ferguson officially Out for Week 12

Adam Schefter

yesterday · 4:12 PM EST

Cowboys list TE Jake Ferguson as out for Sunday’s game vs. Washington due to his concussion.

Related Players: Luke Schoonmaker

Fantasy Impact:

This puts Schoonmaker more or less in TE streaming consideration, but there are far better options this week, which puts him low on the totem pole.

Eagles WR DeVonta Smith officially Out for Week 12

Mike Garafolo

yesterday · 4:04 PM EST

Eagles ruled out WR DeVonta Smith (hamstring) for Sunday against the Rams.

Related Players: A.J. Brown, Jahan Dotson, Johnny Wilson, Dallas Goedert

Fantasy Impact:

It's a bit of a crapshoot as to who the "WR2" on the offense will be, but now that he's ruled out, Brown and Goedert should get a nice boost to their bottom line. That would lock Goedert into a no-doubt TE1 role in Week 12.