Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Cecil Shorts aggravated a hamstring injury against the San Diego Chargers on Sunday, according to Ryan O'Halloran of The Florida Times-Union. Shorts was injured on a play in which he was partly responsible for a Blake Bortles interception, leaving the game in the third quarter.
Cecil Shorts aggravated a hamstring injury; fantasy status unclear
Cecil Shorts aggravated a hamstring injury on Sunday, and will undergo tests on Monday. We break down the fantasy implications.
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Shorts will need to undergo an MRI to determine the severity of the injury, but it’s definitely not good news either way. Hamstring injuries are notorious for being difficult if a player comes back too early and it seems like that’s the case with Shorts. There’s a high percentage of re-injury for hamstrings. Shorts missed most of training camp and the first two regular season games with a hamstring injury.
Fantasy Impact: The Jaguars saw a lot of good things from Bortles, but Shorts was barely back long enough to benefit from it. The rookie QB is going to find his receivers -- at least that’s what we’ve seen thus far -- and Shorts won’t be one of them, for now. We need to wait and see how severe this injury is, but given that this is a recurring problem, it seems likely he’ll need to miss some time.
