NFL Week 3 picks and predictions: Why Texans, Packers are a smart play
Lorenzo Reyes is locked and loaded for Week 3 in the NFL and provides us with the smartest bets of the weekend.
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Injuries are, unfortunately, part of the NFL. This year, the injury bug has bitten all 32 teams – and a lot more fantasy teams – a bit hard.
Rams wideouts Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua, along with 49ers weapons Christian McCaffrey and Deebo Samuel are some of the high-profile names that are going to miss Week 3 and beyond. Along with them, injury questions surround Jordan Love, who is dealing with a knee injury, and Justin Herbert, who has a balky ankle.
That makes for some difficult decisions for fantasy players navigating their rosters and scouring the waiver wire this weekend and beyond, and for fans just hoping to get their favorite team’s best players back in the fold.
USA TODAY Sports will provide live updates are the latest actives and inactive players heading into NFL’s Week 3 1 p.m. slate of games on Sunday:
This section will be updated.
Arizona Cardinals
- CB Darren Hall
- LB Jesse Luketa
- DL Dante Stills
- OL Jon Gaines II
- TE Travis Vokolek
- WR Xavier Weaver (out, oblique)
Carolina Panthers
- RB Jonathan Brooks (non-football injury)
Chicago Bears
- WR Keenan Allen (out, heel)
- RB/WR Velus Jones
- LB Noah Sewell
- DE Dominique Robinson
- FB Khari Blasingame
- DT Zacch Pickens
Cleveland Browns
- TE David Njoku (out, ankle)
- RB Pierre Strong Jr.
- CB Khalef Hailassie
- G Javion Cohen
- T Jack Conklin
- WR Jamari Thrash
Expected to play: T Jedrick Wills
Green Bay Packers
- RB Marshawn Lloyd (IR)
- QB Jordan Love (out, knee)
- CB Carrington Valentine
- S Kitan Oladapo
- DL Brenton Cox Jr.
- G/T Jordan Morgan
- T Travis Glover
- DL Colby Wooden
Houston Texans
- RB Dameon Pierce (out, hamstring)
- RB Joe Mixon (out, ankle)
Jacksonville Jaguars
- TE Evan Engram (out, hamstring)
Los Angeles Chargers
- WR Joshua Palmer
- LB Junior Colson
- CB Tarheeb Still
- RB Kimani Vidal
- OL Jordan McFadden
- DL Justin Eboigbe
Expected to play: Quarterback Justin Herbert
Los Angeles Rams
- WR Cooper Kupp (out, ankle)
- WR Puka Nacua (IR)
- TE Davis Allen (out, back)
Minnesota Vikings
- WR Jordan Addison (out, ankle)
New Orleans Saints
- TE Taysom Hill (out, chest)
- TE Taysom Hill
- WR Bub Means
- WR A.T. Perry
- DT Khalen Saunders (out, calf)
- LB D’Marco Jackson (out, calf)
Philadelphia Eagles
- WR A.J. Brown (out, hamstring)
Pittsburgh Steelers
San Francisco 49ers
- RB Christian McCaffrey (IR)
- WR Deebo Samuel (IR)
- TE George Kittle (out, hamstring)
Expected to play: DE Nick Bosa
Tennessee Titans
- DB Julius Wood
- RB Jabari Small
- LB Caleb Murphy
- LB James Williams
- OL John Ojukwu
- TE David Martin-Robinson
- TE Thomas Odukoya