The Hammer Drop Wednesday Week 8 NFL - First NFL Practice Reports, NHL Injuries, NFL Best Bets + CFB Play

Injury Reports for Week 8 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.

Carolina at Green Bay (Thursday Night Football)
Carolina - OG Damien Lewis Out, OG Torricelli Simpkins III Out, EDGE Jaelan Phillips Out, DT Bobby Brown III Questionable/Full, CB Akayleb Evans Out
Green Bay - WR Matthew Golden Questionable, C Sean Rhyan Out, OG Travis Glover Out, EDGE Brenton Cox Jr. Questionable, DT Devonte Wyatt Questionable, DT Anthony Campbell Questionable, LB Zaire Franklin Out

Indianapolis at Jacksonville
Indianapolis - TE Tyler Warren Limited, TE Drew Ogletree Limited, OG Matt Goncalves Limited, LB Bryce Boettcher DNP, CB Sauce Gardner Limited, CB Justin Walley DNP
Jacksonville - WR Jakobi Meyers Limited, DT Ruke Orhorhoro Limited, S Antonio Johnson DNP

Tennessee at Cincinnati
Tennessee - RB Tyjae Spears DNP, WR Carnell Tate DNP, WR Calvin Ridley Limited, DT John Franklin-Myers DNP
Cincinnati - WR Ja'Marr Chase DNP, S Kyle Dugger DNP, S Jordan Battle Limited

Cleveland at Pittsburgh
Cleveland - RB Dylan Sampson Limited, C Elgton Jenkins DNP, OT Tytus Howard DNP, EDGE Jared Verse DNP, DT Mason Graham Limited, DT Michael Hall Jr. Limited, LB Carson Schwesinger Limited, CB Myles Harden Limited, S Grant Delpit Limited
Pittsburgh - WR Ben Skowronek Limited, EDGE Alex Highsmith Limited, CB Brandin Echols DNP, S Jalen Ramsey DNP

Minnesota at Detroit
Minnesota - RB Aaron Jones DNP, OT Brian O'Neill Limited
Detroit - RB Jahmyr Gibbs DNP, WR Amon-Ra St-Brown DNP, DT Tyleik Williams DNP, CB Ennis Rakestraw Jr. Limited, S Kerby Joseph Limited (Working back from I.R.)

Atlanta at Tampa Bay
Atlanta - RB Brian Robinson DNP, WR Olamide Zaccheaus Limited, OT Jawaan Taylor Limited, EDGE Samson Ebukam Limited, DT LaCale London Limited, LB Divine Deablo DNP, CB Avieon Terrell Limited, CB Billy Bowman Jr. DNP
Tampa Bay - RB Kenneth Gainwell DNP, WR Emeka Egbuka Limited, OT Luke Goedeke DNP, S Antoine Winfield Jr. Full

Arizona at Dallas
Arizona - Not available at time of publication
Dallas - WR George Pickens Limited, WR KaVontae Turpin DNP, DT Quinnen Williams Limited, LB Dee Winters DNP, S Caleb Downs Limited, S P.J. Locke Full (Working back from I.R.)

Las Vegas at New York Jets
Las Vegas - TE Brock Bowers Limited, TE Ian Thomas Limited, OT DJ Glaze Limited, DT Folorunso Fatukasi Limited, LB Quay Walker Limited
New York Jets - RB Breece Hall Limited, RB Braelon Allen Limited, OG Dylan Parham Limited, EDGE David Bailey DNP, EDGE Joseph Ossai DNP, DT T'Vondre Sweat DNP

Baltimore at Buffalo
Baltimore - QB Lamar Jackson Full, OG Vega Ioane Out, OG John Simpson Limited, DT Broderick Washington Limited, DT John Jenkins Limited, LB Roquan Smith DNP, S Kyle Hamilton DNP, S Jaylinn Hawkins DNP, CB T.J. Tampa Limited (Working back from I.R.)
Buffalo - WR DJ Moore Limited, TE Dalton Kincaid Limited, OT Spencer Brown DNP, EDGE Bradley Chubb Limited, EDGE TJ Parker Limited, DT Ed Oliver Limited, DT TJ Sanders Limited, CB Dee Alford Limited, S C.J. Gardner-Johnson Suspended

L.A. Chargers at L.A. Rams
L.A. Chargers - WR Ladd McConkey Full, WR Tre' Harris Limited, WR Brenen Thompson DNP, OG Kayode Awosika DNP, CB Donte Jackson Limited, S Derwin James Jr. DNP
L.A. Rams - Not available at time of publication

New England at Miami
New England - C/OG Ben Brown Limited, OT Morgan Moses Limited, WR A.J. Brown Limited, DT Daquan Jones Limited
Miami - WR Malik Washington Limited, TE Greg Dulcich Limited, TE Will Kacmarek Limited, OG Kadyn Proctor DNP, CB JuJu Brents DNP, S Dante Trader Jr. Limited, S Michael Taaffe Limited

Kansas City at Denver
Kansas City - WR Rashee Rice Limited, CB L'Jarius Sneed DNP
Denver - WR Jaylen Waddle DNP, WR Marvin Mims Jr. Limited, OT Garrett Bolles Limited, DT Zach Allen DNP, CB Patrick Surtain II Full, S Talanoa Hufanga DNP

Philadelphia at Washington (Sunday Night Football)
Philadelphia - RB Saquon Barkley DNP, WR DeVonta Smith DNP, WR Dontayvion Wicks DNP, WR Britain Covey DNP, EDGE Jonathan Greenard Limited, EDGE Nolan Smith Limited, EDGE Jalyx Hunt Limited, DT Moro Ojomo Limited, LB Jihaad Campbell DNP, CB Jonathan Jones DNP, S Michael Carter Limited
Washington - WR Treylon Burks Limited, TE John Bates DNP, EDGE Charles Omenihu Limited, DT Javon Kinlaw DNP, DT Johnny Newton Limited (Working back from I.R.)

Chicago at Seattle (Monday Night Football)
Chicago - RB Kyle Monangai, LB T.J. Edwards, CB Malik Muhammad II
Seattle - QB Drew Lock, WR Rashid Shaheed, OT Charles Cross (High Ankle), LB Drake Thomas, LB Chazz Surratt, RB Zach Charbonnet, RB Jadarian Price (Working back from I.R.)

 

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NFL Early Best Bets from Forward Progress

Rob Pizzola:
CAR/GB u48.5 -115
ATL/TB u45.5 -110
NYJ ML -116
KC/DEN u41.5 -114

G-Stack:
Cle/Pit u39.5 -110
Jax -8.5 -118
NE -7 -110

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CFB Best Bet from Joey Knish

UAB +7.5

Had to back the blazers over a TD here against USF, who has one of the slowest tempos in the country, with a total in the low 40s. I like fading Hartine when he needs to get margin vs. a real opponent. Outside of Memphis, UAB has been in a ton of close games this year and I think this lines up to be another one. Ryder Burton had his best game of the season vs. a solid ECU team before the bye and I think he can build off that. UAB also leads the nation in passing yards allowed. I think we’re probably in for an ugly one so give me the 7.5.

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NHL Injury Reports - Wednesday October 28th

Anaheim Ducks – Troy Terry (LTIR, expected back in mid-November), Ian Moore (just resumed skating, likely 1-2 weeks away), Ryan Poehling (6-8 weeks as of October 13), Pavel Mintyukov (day-to-day)

Boston Bruins – None

Buffalo Sabres – Conor Timmins (skating again, but not practicing), Alex Lyon (could be back some time in the next week), Matt Grzelcyk (still no updates since being placed on IR October 13 with “minor injury”), Jiri Kulich (day-to-day)

Calgary Flames – Jonathan Huberdeau (hip resurfacing surgery, still no clear timeline), Samuel Honzek (week-to-week as of October 12)

Carolina Hurricanes – Jordan Staal (1-2 months as of October 13), Taylor Hall (activated off IR on Monday, but re-injured in practice and is considered day-to-day)

Chicago Blackhawks – Bowen Byram (missed last five games, remains day-to-day)

Colorado Avalanche – Nicolas Roy (likely returns tonight vs. New Jersey)

Columbus Blue Jackets – Ivan Provorov (another 2-3 weeks as of October 20), Isac Lundestrom (month-to-month as of October 1)

Dallas Stars – Matt Duchene (3 months as of October 12), Essa Lindell (up to a week away as of October 27), Radek Faksa (a week or so away as of October 27), Sam Steel (“should be back shortly”)

Detroit Red Wings – Simon Edvinsson (remains unsigned), Marco Kasper (two weeks away as of October 28), Mason Appleton (two weeks away as of October 28), Daniil Tarasov (expected back Thursday vs. Chicago), Albert Johansson (injured Saturday, already ruled out Thursday, no timeline yet per McClellan)

Edmonton Oilers – Matthew Savoie (2-4 weeks as of October 19), Frederik Andersen (no clear timeline other than “he’s not as close as Savoie” so expecting November at the earliest), Jason Dickinson (expected back tonight vs. Calgary), Devon Levi (a few weeks as of October 24), Mattias Ekholm (expected back this weekend), Zach Hyman (placed on IR Wednesday with stiff neck, likely out at least a week)

Florida Panthers – Aleksander Barkov (6-8 week timeline announced October 6), Jonah Gadjovich (neck surgery, out indefinitely), Brad Marchand (6 weeks as of October 9), Jacob Markstrom (10-14 days as of October 20)

Los Angeles Kings – Kevin Fiala (still a couple weeks away), Alex Turcotte (has been day-to-day since October 9), Mats Zuccarello (returned for 3 games and is injured again, on IR with no timeline but seems to be on the day-to-day side), Drew Doughty (did not play Tuesday, no update but was likely maintenance on a back-to-back), Corey Perry (did not play Tuesday, no update but was likely maintenance on a back-to-back)

Minnesota Wild – Brock Faber (progressing well, but still no timeline), Filip Gustavsson (expected back early November), Nick Foligno (out since October 6, downgraded from day-to-day to “no timeline”), Marcus Foligno (out since October 8, downgraded from day-to-day to “no timeline”)

Montreal Canadiens – Ivan Demidov (2-4 weeks as of October 6, still not skating), Sam Montembault (initial 10-14 day timeline as of October 9, but it has been 3 weeks and he only just started skating on Tuesday), Nick Suzuki (2-4 weeks as of October 22, is skating and appears to be closer to the shorter end of the timeline)

Nashville Predators – None

New Jersey Devils – Seamus Casey (8-10 week timetable as of October 2)

New York Islanders – Mathew Barzal (skating on his own but no timeline for return), Alex Romanov (6-8 months as of October 7), Matias Maccelli (2-4 weeks as of October 19), Cal Ritchie (4-6 weeks as of October 19)

New York Rangers – Joonas Korpisalo (4 weeks as of October 10), Joe Veleno (3 months as of October 10), Igor Shesterkin (out for season)

Ottawa Senators – William Eklund (8-10 weeks as of October 10), Thomas Chabot (1-2 weeks as of October 19, appears close to returning), Linus Ullmark (1-2 weeks as of October 22)

Philadelphia Flyers – Nikita Grebenkin (4 months minimum as of October 10), Travis Konecny (has been day-to-day since October 8, still not skating), Owen Tippett (still day-to-day), Rasmus Ristolainen (2 weeks as of October 26)

Pittsburgh Penguins – Justin Brazeau (week-to-week as of September 27, has started skating on his own), Trevor van Reimsdyk (day-to-day since October 10, still not skating), Bryan Rust (re-evaluated in 6 weeks as of October 22), Sam Girard (likely back tomorrow vs. Utah), Ben Kindel (back tomorrow vs. Utah), Elmer Soderblom (day-to-day as of October 27)

San Jose Sharks – Alex Wennberg (week-to-week as of October 22), Igor Cheryshov (no timeline yet, but will be “out a while”)

Seattle Kraken – Jacob Melanson (not expected back anytime soon), Ryan Lindgren (4-6 weeks as of October 8), Jared McCann (10 weeks as of October 25)

St. Louis Blues – Logan Mailloux (8 weeks as of September 28), Tyler Tucker (6 weeks as of September 30), Dillon Dube (8 weeks as of October 10)

Tampa Bay Lightning – Yanni Gourde (expected back in December), Victor Hedman (day-to-day)

Toronto Maple Leafs – Chris Tanev (week-to-week as of October 15, could return as early as Saturday at Vancouver), John Tavares (week-to-week as of Oct 17), Kirill Marchenko (week-to-week as of October 28)

Utah Mammoth – Michael Carcone (week-to-week as of October 10, returned to the ice Tuesday in regular jersey), John Marino (week-to-week as of October 24)

Vancouver Canucks – Thatcher Demko (still no timeline provided by the team, hasn’t played since January 10)

Vegas Golden Knights – Victor Olofsson (week-to-week as of October 8), Parker Wotherspoon (week-to-week as of October 12), Carter Hart (injured Tuesday in practice, still being evaluated)

Washington Capitals – Rasmus Sandin (ACL surgery, out 6-9 months as of April 22, no updated timelines), Vincent Desharnais (4-6 weeks as of October 23), Logan Thompson (will return tonight or Thursday)

Winnipeg Jets – Josh Morrissey (still week-to-week as of October 27), Vladislav Namestnikov (“out for a while” as of October 27), Nick Bjugstad (4-6 months as of September 17)


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