With Week 8 of the NFL season kicking off during Thursday Night Football between the Minnesota Vikings and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, here's a short list of injuries that have already been reported that may affect fantasy teams this weekend.
Green Bay Packers wide receiver Greg Jennings will have surgery next Tuesday to repair the groin injury that has only allowed him to participate in three games this season.
Jennings was hurt in the season opener, but re-aggravated it during a Week 4 matchup against the Seattle Seahawks. Jennings hoped the injury would heal with rest and rehab, but knew more aggressive treatment was needed after he felt it tighten up again as he tried to run off the field Sunday in St. Louis.
There is no timetable for Jennings' return.
Washington Redskins receiver Pierre Garcon has a torn ligament injury on the bottom of his right foot and is hoping to avoid surgery.
Though surgery is an option, it would undoubtedly bring an end to his season. This injury has already sidelined him for the last four of Washington's last six games, with no likelihood for a return Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
New York Jets linebacker Bart Scott missed practice for the second week with a toe injury and could miss Sunday's game against the Miami Dolphins, Jets coach Rex Ryan said.
"That injury is a tough one," Ryan said. "The toe injury -- that could have kept him out the last three weeks, it really could've. But he's that kind of guy, he's going to push all the way. And sometimes we got to look at it, too. Maybe if it's up to Bart you know he's going to play, maybe we need to look at it and say, 'You know, with Bart we'll see how it goes, how it progresses.'"
St. Louis Rams wide receiver Danny Amendola is recovering faster than expected from a right shoulder injury and could possible play Sunday against the New England Patriots.
Amendola returned to practice this week, but was limited both Wednesday and Thursday at the team's sessions in London. The Rams' leading receiver this season hurt his shoulder against Arizona on Oct. 4 and was originally expected to miss at least two more games.
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