Lamar Jackson's Status and a Wild Tyreek Hill Rumor Headline a Chaotic NFL Injury Slate
Mike Garafolo noted Lamar Jackson is 'questionable at best' and Thornton's injury opens the door for Tyreek Hill's return.
The NFL injury report is currently reading like a chaotic group chat, and the biggest names in the sport are suddenly massive question marks.
According to Mike Garafolo on Good Morning Football, quarterback Lamar Jackson is looking questionable at best for Sunday. Meanwhile, the are dealing with their own quarterback mess, and Tyquan Thornton getting banged up might just pave the way for a Tyreek Hill reunion with the .
Let us start with . The Ravens just scraped by the 24-18, but a hobbled Jackson completely flips the board for this weekend. When your entire offensive identity is built around a guy who moves like a video game glitch, him being sidelined turns the betting lines upside down and leaves the playbook looking incredibly thin.
Over in , the situation is equally grim. Coming off a brutal 30-13 loss to the , the Commanders are now navigating a crisis under center. It is the kind of scenario that makes you wonder if they are holding open tryouts in the stadium parking lot just to field a functional offense.
But the real chaos is brewing in . The Chiefs just edged out the 30-27, but Thornton's injury has the rumor mill spinning at maximum capacity. Garafolo noted that the opening in the receiver room could lead to Hill making a dramatic return from the to reunite with and Andy Reid.
A Tyreek Hill return to the sounds like a fan-fiction script written by someone who misses 2019, but the NFL is weird enough right now to make it happen. You do not just replace that kind of speed, and clearly knows it.
We will see how the practice reports shake out later this week. Until then, fantasy managers and oddsmakers are going to be sweating out every single update on Jackson's legs and Hill's flight logs.