Bills WR Sammy Watkins has bruised ribs

Aug 17, 2014

Bills rookie receiver Sammy Watkins gave the team a scare when leaving Saturday night’s preseason game against the Steelers with a rib injury.

The good news? The ribs are not broken. The bad news? The ribs are still bruised.

The team announced after the game that it’s only a bruise, according to the Buffalo News.

Coach Doug Marrone specifically used the term “contusion” when describing the injury, which is the same thing as a bruise but sounds fancier. The Bills won’t be very fancy if the injury slows Watkins down into the regular season.

Fantasy Impact:

“Only a bruise” sounds better than “broken,” but anyone who has had bruised ribs knows that running, walking, moving, and/or breathing can be quite painful while the bruise heals, the story pointed out. If Watkins misses time, it looks like Robert Woods, who was expected to be starter but appears to have lost his job to Mike Williams, would start opposite Williams. The good news is Watkins has three weeks to get ready for Week 1.

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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.