Running back Pierre Thomas said Tuesday he expects to h...

Jan 11, 2011

Running back Pierre Thomas said Tuesday he expects to have surgery to clean up his injured left ankle, the one that kept him out of 11 games this past season.

But he’s not pushing all his chips into the center on the idea of being cut open just yet.

“Honestly right now I feel good,” Thomas said. “So hopefully I won’t need surgery. But I’m going to see this doctor (Dr. Robert Anderson in North Carolina). I’ve been told surgery, but hopefully this doctor will say, ‘Hey, you don’t need it.’ ”

Thomas told reporters Tuesday as players were at the Saints’ facility on Airline Drive in Metairie that doctors told him there was no ligament damage, just fluid built up in and around the joint.

Thomas re-injured his ankle the Friday before the Jan. 2 regular season finale. He didn’t play again this season and never got back on the practice field before being placed on IR on Jan. 5.

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.