Fantasy Football Injury News, Week 8: Matt Stafford Will Play, Peyton Hillis Will Not

Mathews clearly has a lot of talent, but his inability to stay on the field has been a frequent problem. Ironically enough, just this week he talked about playing hurt in a radio interview with XX1090 San Diego.

“No one’s going to be 100 percent healthy coming in, so you start learning to suck it up,” he said. “You’ve got to play when you’re hurt.”

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After the game, Wells told the media that his knee injury is one that will probably bother him for most of the year. If that’s the case, it will be interesting to see how much he practices each week. He is likely to be somewhat limited this week and that also means he will probably be a bit of a game-time decision throughout the season. Wells is off to a strong start but has to show he can handle a full season as the main guy.

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This is a money matchup for Nicks as the Patriots secondary has been awful this season. The Giants have some solid matchups the rest of the way, but barring some drastic change in performance, the Patriots defense might be the best matchup Nicks faces all season. Let’s hope he is good to go for the game. We will have updates throughout the week as more information comes available.

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Davis has been up and down this season and struggled to maintain his top ten tight end status. Prior to today he he had three touchdowns in two games and mixed in a 114-yard day before that. However, he hasn’t had the week-in and week-out dominance that fantasy football owners are used to. The 49ers offense as a whole has been a bit up and down to date, but it remains to be seen if that will change as long as the team continues to win.

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Bradshaw stated after the game that the injury was an aggravation of a preexisting issue. If that’s the case, this will be an injury you will want to keep an eye on as the season moves along. It would not surprise me if Bradshaw was fairly limited in practice this week while he heals that injury. He finished the game with the injury so I don’t expect him to be a problem next week, but you will want to keep an eye on this through the week.

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Bush, despite getting 60 carries and 17 receptions so far, has scored only one touchdown this year, so fantasy owners who must plug him in should be wary that he’ll get most of his points from yardage, which is never a good scenario. The move to trade him for a pizza should have been executed weeks ago, when the pizza’s owner saw Bush’s value at its highest.

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With Edwards having the dread game time decision designation and the fact that he’s coming off knee surgery, it would probably be wise to stay away from Edwards this week until he’s definitely a go. If Edwards doesn’t play, look for Ted Ginn and Brett Swain to get a lot more playing time. With Ginn returning kicks, it’s likely you’ll see some Kyle Williams as well.

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Green-Ellis is expected to play and has been on the injury report with a toe injury since Week 6. If he’s on your roster, he should be a good flex play option as last year against the Steelers he had 123 yards on 22 touches. Green-Ellis gets most of the work at running back in the redzone, as he leads the team with 5 rushing touchdowns on the season.

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UPDATE: Gonzalez is listed as inactive for the Colts Sunday against the Tennessee Titans. He has zero catches this season, so his scratch should come as no surprise.

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