Fantasy Football Injuries: Week 6 Injury Updates

Fantasy Football Injuries Dashboard - Week 6 Injury Updates

Anyone who has even the slightest experience with fantasy football is well aware of how impactful injuries can be. In both season-long leagues and in daily fantasy contests, players getting injured is a very significant part of the game. It makes sense, then, to be as on top of injury situations as you can possibly be in order to make sound decisions about (1) your own roster and potential waiver wire additions, and/or (2) your FanDuel and DraftKings lineups. Selecting the correct value-filler who gets added opportunities due to injury can be the difference between cashing and not cashing in DFS, or even doing well in a GPP versus taking down the entire contest.

This brand-new fantasy football Injury Dashboard will serve as a quick, easy-to-understand breakdown of all the fantasy-relevant injuries for the upcoming week's main slate. It will show the player's injury, the latest update, the player's "status", the player's DFS salaries, the player's matchup, and a useful "Upgrade if Inactive" column. "Upgrade if Inactive" is self-explanatory - these are the players you'd want to pick up or target if the injured player were to be ruled out.

The injury dashboard will be updated multiple times daily as NFL injury news breaks, and it's sorted by DraftKings salary. Be sure to keep an eye on our RotoBaller NFL News wire for additional breaking NFL news. You can see the full injury list here as well in a spreadsheet if you prefer that format.

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Week 6 Injury Dashboard for Fantasy Football

Note: There won't be players listed in "Upgrade if Inactive" if the listed player's status is "Likely Active" or "Active."

Player	Pos	Injury	Notes	Status	DK $	FD $	Matchup	Upgrade if Inactive:
DeVante Parker	WR	Shoulder / Hamstring	Parker has been ruled out ahead of Week 6.	Inactive			JAX	Jaylen Waddle Mike Gesicki Preston Williams Albert Wilson
Christian McCaffrey	RB	Hamstring	McCaffrey has officially been ruled out for Week 6. He has been placed on IR	Inactive	$8,800	$10,000	MIN	Chuba Hubbard
Tyreek Hill	WR	Quad	Hill was a DNP on both Wednesday and Thursday with a quad contusion. Keep an eye on his status leading up to lock	Caution	$8,500	$8,700	WAS	Travis Kelce Mecole Hardman Demarcus Robinson Byron Pringle Josh Gordon
Mike Williams	WR	Knee	2021's WR1 was a DNP at practice all week. Monitor his status heading into the weekend.	Caution	$8,100	$8,000	BAL	Austin Ekeler Keenan Allen Jalen Guyton Josh Palmer Cook/Parham
Justin Jefferson	WR	Ankle	Jefferson didn't carry an injury designation on Friday and he's good to go in Week 6	Active	$8,000	$7,900	CAR
Dalvin Cook	RB	Ankle	Cook didn't carry an injury designation on Friday and he's good to go in Week 6	Active	$7,700	$8,800	CAR	Alexander Mattison
Aaron Jones	RB	Ankle	Jones has received limited practice tags this week, but this is just workload management on the Packers part.	Likely Active	$7,300	$8,000	CHI
Nick Chubb	RB	Calf	Chubb has been ruled OUT for Week 6.	Inactive	$7,200	$8,100	ARI	Kareem Hunt D'Ernest Johnson Demetric Felton
Ezekiel Elliott	RB	Ribs	Zeke was limited at practice on Thursday, but it seems like it's just maintenance and he should be good to go for Week 6	Likely Active	$7,100	$8,300	NE
Terry McLaurin	WR	Hamstring	McLaurin was reportedly feeling good on Saturday but he remains a true GTD.	Caution	$7,100	$7,400	KC	Dyami Brown Adam Humphries Ricky Seals-Jones
Saquon Barkley	RB	Ankle	Barkley was carted off the field in Week 5 and he's highly unlikely to be active in Week 6	Inactive	$6,800	$6,500	LAR	Devontae Booker
Antonio Gibson	RB	Shin	Gibson is receiving "limited" tags at practice, but it's just the Football Team being carely with managing his reps. He'll be active on Sunday.	Likely Active	$6,500	$6,700	KC
Joe Mixon	RB	Ankle	Mixon will be active and his coach said he "should get a full workload" in Week 6	Active	$6,400	$7,000	DET
Kareem Hunt	RB	Wrist / Knee	Hunt was a limited participant at practice on Friday and should be good to go as an RB1 on Sunday	Likely Active	$6,200	$7,400	ARI	D'Ernest Johnson Demetric Felton
Josh Jacobs	RB	Illness	Jacobs returned to practice on Friday and should be good to go for week 6	Likely Active	$5,900	$6,800	DEN
Damien Williams	RB	COVID-19	Williams has been placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list and is now extremely unlikely to be cleared for Week 6. Rookie Khalil Herbert steps in as CHI's lead back	Inactive	$5,800	$6,500	GB	Khalil Herbert
Kenny Golladay	WR	Knee	Golladay is expected to miss Week 6 after hyperextending his knee in Week 5	Likely Inactive	$5,700	$6,000	LAR	Kadarius Toney Sterling Shepard Darius Slayton John Ross Evan Engram
Kadarius Toney	WR	Ankle	Toney was limited at practice on Wednesday and Thursday - he should be active this week after his breakout in Week 5	Likely Active	$5,600	$6,000	LAR
Daniel Jones	QB	Concussion	Jones has been cleared to play and will be active in Week 6	Active	$5,500	$7,200	LAR
Allen Robinson II	WR	Ankle	A-Rob didn't practice on Thursday but was limited at practice on Friday. His status for Week 6 remains unclear.	Caution	$5,300	$5,900	GB	Darnell Mooney Damiere Byrd Marquise Goodwin
Damien Harris	RB	Ribs	Harris was a DNP on Wednesday, but he was spotted at the media portion of practice on Thursday. Keep an eye on him moving forward	Caution	$5,200	$6,200	DAL	Rhamondre Stevenson Brandon Bolden
T.J. Hockenson	TE	Knee	Hockenson missed practice on Wednesday but returned to practice on Thursday. He was active in Week 5 with the same injury, so the Lions are likely just managing his practice reps.	Likely Active	$5,000	$6,400	CIN
Sterling Shepard	WR	Hamstring	Shepard looks set to make his return in Week 6. He'll be a solid play as long as Daniel Jones (concussion) suits up	Likely Active	$5,000	$6,200	LAR
Samaje Perine	RB	COVID-19	Perine was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list on Monday and will need to be activated in order to suit up for Week 6.	Likely Inactive	$4,900	$5,700	DET	Joe Mixon Chris Evans
Jamaal Williams	RB	Hip / Illness	Williams DNP on Thursday as he has now added an illness to his already-existing hip issue. He played through the hip injury last week, but the illness is worth monitoring	Likely Active	$4,900	$5,700	CIN
Quintez Cephus	WR	Collarbone	Cephus has been placed on injured reserve and will miss the remainder of the season	Inactive	$4,500	$5,300	CIN	Amon-Ra St. Brown Kalif Raymond Tyrell Williams
Sammy Watkins	WR	Hamstring	Watkins has been ruled out for Week 6	Inactive	$4,300	$5,500	LAC	Marquise Brown Rashod Bateman Devin Devernay Mark Andrews
Darius Slayton	WR	Hamstring	Slayton returned to practice on Wednesday and Thursday and is expected to play in Week 6.	Active	$3,800	$5,500	LAR
David Njoku	TE	Knee	Njoku missed practice on Wednesday, but it's likely just management and he'll be good to go in Week 6. He was removed from the injury report on Friday	Active	$3,700	$5,100	ARI
Curtis Samuel	WR	Groin	Samuel has been ruled out for Week 6	Inactive	$3,500	$5,000	KC	Terry McLaurin Dyami Brown Cam Sims DeAndre Carter
Rashod Bateman	WR	Core	The rookie out of Minnesota will make his debut in Week 6, but the Ravens' OC has expressed that they won't push his snap count initially	Active	$3,000	$5,000	LAC
Chris Carson	RB	Neck	Carson has been ruled out for Week 6 and placed on IR	Inactive			PIT	Alex Collins DeeJay Dallas
Dyami Brown	WR	Knee	Brown was limited in practice this week and is on track to suit up in Week 6	Likely Active	$3,300	$4,600	KC
Chase Edmonds	RB	Shoulder	Edmonds is fully expected to suit up in Week 6 after getting limited practicesi n this week.	Likely Active	$5,600	$5,900	ARI@CLE

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