September 01, 2022
Training camps are underway league-wide, and as such, we'll start to see injuries trickle in around the NFL. Here we'll keep tabs on the Philadelphia Eagles' opponents, and notable players on those teams who are either recovering from injuries or facing suspensions.
• WR Jameson Williams: You probably remember Williams from draft season. He had surgery to repair a torn ACL in January, but got picked 12th overall in the 2022 NFL Draft anyway. He's on the Reserve/NFI list and will miss the first four weeks of the regular season.
• DE Josh Paschal: Paschal is a rookie who the Lions drafted in the second round. He had offseason core muscle surgery, and is on Reserve/PUP. He too will miss at least the first four games of the regular season.
No notable injuries.
• DE Chase Young: Young is still recovering from a torn ACL suffered last season. He is on Reserve/PUP, and will miss the first four weeks of the regular season.
• RB Brian Robinson: Robinson was the victim of an attempting carjacking. He sustained multiple gunshot wounds, and is out indefinitely. He was poised to take over starting running back duties from incumbent Antonio Gibson. Robinson was released from the hospital on Tuesday.
No notable injuries.
• WR DeAndre Hopkins: The NFL announced in May that Hopkins was suspended for the first six games of the 2022 regular season for violating the league's policy on performance enhancing drugs.
• LT Tyron Smith: Smith is likely to miss "multiple months," per a report from ESPN. Despite Smith's alarming injury history and the extreme likelihood that they would miss Smith for at least some time this season, the Cowboys don't have much of a contingency plan, as explained in greater detail here.
• WR Michael Gallup: Gallup tore an ACL in a January 2 loss to the Cardinals. He had surgery to repair the ACL the first week of February. Gallup is likely to miss some time to start the season, but he is expected to come off of PUP and start the season on the Cowboys' 53-man roster.
• WR James Washington: Washington broke his foot in practice on August 1. He is expected to miss roughly two months. If Washington's recovery is on the longer end of that scale, he could miss this game, but it's more likely he's back in time.
While not one of the Cowboys' best players by any stretch, Washington is a potentially damaging loss because Dallas is already so thin at wide receiver. During the offseason, they traded Amari Cooper and lost Cedrick Wilson in free agency. Additionally, as noted above, the Cowboys will be without Gallup to start the season.
So what's left? The Cowboys still have CeeDee Lamb, but not much else. They selected Jalen Tolbert out of South Alabama in the third round of the 2022 NFL Draft. They also have Noah Brown, who has 425 receiving yards over a five-year NFL career. Otherwise, the eight other receivers on the Cowboys' roster have a combined zero NFL receptions.
No notable injuries, at least in terms of players who could be out as deep into the season as Week 8.
• WR John Metchie: The Texans released a statement from Metchie earlier this summer that he has been diagnosed with leukemia.
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— Houston Texans (@HoustonTexans) July 24, 2022
• Chase Young's and Brian Robinson's likely availabilities for this game are unclear, for now.
• LB Shaquille Leonard: It is perhaps worth keeping an eye on Leonard, who is still on the PUP list while he recovers from back surgery, though questions of his return are centered around Week 1, not Week 11.
• P Rigoberto Sanchez: Sanchez tore an Achilles. His season is over.
The Packers have a slew of important players whose availabilities for Week 1 are in question, but they should all be good to go by Week 12.
• DE Harold Landry: Landry tore an ACL in practice, and his season is over. He made the Pro Bowl in 2021 after collecting 12 sacks during the regular season.
Like the Packers above, the Giants have a slew of players whose availabilities for Week 1 are in question, but they should mostly be good to go by Week 14. They did lose WR Collin Johnson for the season with a torn Achilles.
No notable season-ending type of injuries.
It was suggested that Tyron Smith could return at some point in December, but that feels unrealistic.
• RB Alvin Kamara: According to a report from Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk from back in June, Kamara was looking at a lengthy suspension stemming from felony battery charges in Las Vegas.
Per a league source, Saints running back Alvin Kamara is bracing for a suspension of at least six weeks. The only question is when the suspension will be imposed...
The incident happened in Las Vegas, on Pro Bowl weekend. Kamara was questioned and arrested at Allegiant Stadium, after the Pro Bowl ended.
The Personal Conduct Policy provides for a baseline six-game suspension in the event of felony battery. Aggravating factors include repeated striking. Kamara reportedly told police that he threw a “couple punches.”
Kamara possibly could be placed on paid leave pending resolution of the criminal case, given that he faces a felony charge. He would still be subject to a potential unpaid suspension after the case is resolved.
More recent reporting suggests that Kamara's case may not come to a conclusion until after the 2022 season, thus prolonging any potential punishment he may receive from the NFL until 2023.
The Eagles play the Saints Week 17, but perhaps more importantly, they own the Saints' first-round pick in 2023. The Saints were 9-4 in games Kamara played in 2021, and 0-4 in games he missed.
• LT Trevor Penning: The Saints drafted Penning in the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft. He is out indefinitely after tearing a ligament in his foot.
• S Marcus Maye: Soon after the Saints traded one of their better defensive backs to the Eagles, one of their starting safeties was arrested.
Saints safety Marcus Maye was arrested this morning for aggravated assault with a firearm, per source.
— Nick Underhill (@nick_underhill) September 1, 2022
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