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The injury report coming out of Sunday of Week 7 of the NFL season has some big names at the top of it and some potentially season-altering injuries for several teams throughout the league.
Several NFL stars, including Cleveland’s Deshaun Watson, Washington’s Jayden Daniels and San Francisco’s Brandon Ayiuk all left their games early on Sunday with injuries, and the Buccaneers lost wide receivers Chris Godwin (who’s out for the season) and Mike Evans after Monday night’s game.
Here’s a look at some of the news and notes coming out of Week 7.
Chiefs reportedly finalizing trade for WR DeAndre Hopkins
The Kansas City Chiefs are finalizing a trade for Tennessee Titans wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins, ESPN reports. Hopkins, 32, will help strengthen a receiving corps that has lost Rashee Rice, Marquise Brown and JuJu Smith-Schuster to injuries.
The Chiefs are expected to send a fifth-round pick that can become a fourth-rounder to the Titans for Hopkins.
Chris Godwin to undergo surgery, Mike Evans to receive MRI
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be without two key wide receivers for the near future after both suffered injuries during Monday’s loss to the Baltimore Ravens. Chris Godwin, whose ugly injury turned out to be a dislocated ankle, will undergo surgery on Wednesday and miss the rest of the season. Godwin’s ankle reportedly looked generally OK ahead of surgery, meaning that recovery time might not be as dire as originally thought.
Mike Evans will have an MRI on Wednesday to determine the severity of his hamstring injury suffered Monday. Tampa Bay head coach Todd Bowles said Tuesday that Evans was likely to miss at least four weeks with the injury.
Deshaun Watson suffers torn Achilles
It’s another crushing injury for the Browns quarterback, whose career has been marred by scandal, suspension and long-term stays on injured reserve. Watson was carted off the field during Cleveland’s 21-14 loss to the Bengals after going down with a non-contact injury.
On Monday, ESPN’s Adam…
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Publish date : 2024-10-21 12:00:07
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