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Injury Report - WEEK ONE
Please note: The scheme for deciding upon picks is based heavily on the Evaluating Injuries research article.
Basic Player Unit scoring system:
Out worth one point
Doubtful worth 3/4 point
Questionable worth 1/2 point
Probable worth 1/4 point
| Away Team |
Injury Pts |
IR+ |
Home Team |
Injury Pts |
IR+ |
Comments |
| Miami |
0.75 |
5 |
Pittsburgh |
3.25 |
2 |
Pit: Roethlisberger Out |
| Atlanta |
1.5 |
2 |
Carolina |
2.25 |
3 |
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| Baltimore |
2.5 |
3 |
Tampa Bay |
1.5 |
1 |
Bal: Lewis/Mason/McAlister Quest. |
| Buffalo |
0.5 |
1 |
New England |
2.25 |
6 |
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| Cincinnati |
2.75 |
9 |
Kansas City |
0.25 |
4 |
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| Denver |
2 |
2 |
St. Louis |
0 |
2 |
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| New Orleans |
2.5 |
4 |
Cleveland |
5.75 |
4 |
Cle: 5 DB's Quest+... NO: 2 DB's Q+ |
| N.Y. Jets |
2.5 |
3 |
Tennessee |
4.5 |
0 |
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| Philadelphia |
1.5 |
4 |
Houston |
1.25 |
4 |
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| Seattle |
1.75 |
3 |
Detroit |
2.25 |
3 |
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| Chicago |
3 |
3 |
Green Bay |
2.25 |
6 |
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| Dallas |
1.5 |
0 |
Jacksonville |
1.5 |
7 |
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| San Francisco |
2.25 |
1 |
Arizona |
2.25 |
3 |
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| Indianapolis |
10.5 |
2 |
N.Y. Giants |
2.25 |
2 |
Ind: 4 DB's Quest. |
| Minnesota |
1 |
1 |
Washington |
1.5 |
0 |
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| San Diego |
2.25 |
3 |
Oakland |
2.5 |
7 |
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IR+ = # of players on Injured Reserve, Physically Unable to Perform, Suspended, NFI, Hold Out, etc
Our exposure to early season games on the injury side does not constitute a significant enough sample to make bold predictions. Indianapolis' extreme injury list may be due to liberal classifying of player injury status. Yet the positional effects of injury suggest having multiple DB's with injury problems is a bad thing: NFL Injury Report Research: "The Quarterback is Doubtful"
Pick: GIANTS +3.5
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