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The Hammer Drop Wednesday Week 1 NFL - First Practice Injury Reports, Survivor Strategy + CFB Best Bet

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George Tsilfidis
September 09, 2026

Injury Reports for Week 1 as of Wednesday Evening

***We avoid posting players who logged a full practice (Unless working back from injury), or missed due to illness. We also focus on players who regularly play and rotate in. We won't post a back-up's status unless part of a cluster of injuries including the starters. The upcoming Monday Night Football game won't have a practice report as those aren't due until Thursday. We will however reiterate the players who either didn't play last week or got injured in the previous game.

New England at Seattle (Wednesday Night Football)
New England - RB TreVeyon Henderson Out
Seattle - WR Tory Horton Questionable, S Nick Emmanwori Questionable, S Ty Okada Out

San Francisco vs. L.A. Rams (Thursday Night Football)
San Francisco - FB Kyle Juszczyk Limited, TE George Kittle Limited, EDGE Nick Bosa Limited, EDGE Romello Height Limited, DT Gracen Halton Limited, DT James Thompson DNP, LB Dre Greenlaw Limited, LB Luke Gifford Limited, CB Renardo Green Limited
L.A. Rams - EDGE Myles Garrett DNP, DT Aaron Donald Out, CB Jaylen Watson DNP

Chicago at Carolina
Chicago - QB Tyson Bagent DNP, WR Rome Odunze Limited, OT Ozzy Trapilo Limited
Carolina - RB Jonathon Brooks Limited, EDGE Pat Jones II DNP, DT Bobby Brown Limited

Baltimore at Indianapolis
Baltimore - WR Zay Flowers Limited, DT Nnamdi Madubuike Limited, LB Teddye Buchanan Limited
Indianapolis - WR Alec Pierce Limited, S A.J. Haulcy Limited, CB Cam Taylor-Britt (Suspended)  

Atlanta at Pittsburgh
Atlanta - QB Michael Penix Jr. Full, WR Zachariah Branch Limited, EDGE Ze'Darius Smith Limited, DT Brandon Dorlus Limited, CB Billy Bowman Jr. Limited
Pittsburgh - CB Joey Porter Jr. Limited

Cleveland at Jacksonville
Cleveland - OG Teven Jenkins Limited, DT Maliek Collins Limited
Jacksonville - WR Jakobi Myers Limited, OT Cole Van Lanen Limited

Tampa Bay at Cincinnati
Tampa Bay - RB Sean Tucker DNP, WR Jalen McMillan Limited, EDGE Reuben Bain Jr. Limited, LB Christian Rozeboom Limited
Cincinnati - Nothing of Note

New York Jets at Tennessee
New York Jets - WR Tim Patrick DNP, EDGE Joseph Ossai DNP, CB D'Angelo Ponds Limited
Tennessee - LB Cedric Gray DNP

New Orleans at Detroit
New Orleans - RB Alvin Kamara Limited, TE Oscar Delp DNP, EDGE Cameron Jordan DNP
Detroit - EDGE Derrick Moore Limited, S Christian Izien Limited

Buffalo at Houston
Buffalo - DT T.J. Sanders Limited
Houston - DT Kayden McDonald Limited

Arizona at L.A. Chargers
Arizona - Not available at time of publication
L.A. Chargers - RB Keaton Mitchell Limited, WR Brenen Thompson Limited, EDGE Tuli Tuipulotu Limited, S RJ Mickens Limited

Green Bay at Minnesota
Green Bay - OG Aaron Banks Limited, OG/OT Jordan Morgan Limited, OT Zack Bako-Bewele Limited, DT Devonte Wyatt Limited, DT Javon Hargrave Limited, DT Warren Brinson DNP
Minnesota - S Jacob Thomas Limited

Miami at Las Vegas
Miami - Nothing of Note
Las Vegas - TE Brock Bowers Out (Weeks)

Washington at Philadelphia
Washington - RB Jacory Croskey-Merritt Limited, EDGE Odafe Oweh Limited, EDGE K'Lavon Chaisson Limited, EDGE Dorance Armstrong (Suspension till Week 2)
Philadelphia - TE Eli Stowers Limited, EDGE Jonathan Greenard Limited

Dallas at New York Giants (Sunday Night Football)
Dallas - Nothing of Note
New York Giants - Nothing of Note

Denver at Kansas City (Monday Night Football)
Denver - No Practice Reports till Thursday
Kansas City - No Practice Reports till Thursday
 

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CFB Best Bet from Joey Knish

Delaware +21.5 -110

Love Minicucci back with this passing game, offense should do enough to stay in this one.

Don’t think Vanderbilt has the horse power to pull away after a poor effort vs Austin Peay. Ratings likely still need to adjust Vandy down a bit.

Think Delaware could be live in this one.

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