Lamar Jackson, Ja’Marr Chase, NFL Injury Statuses and Fantasy Impact for Week 6

Lamar Jackson will miss his second straight game on Sunday.

The Baltimore Ravens quarterback is still recovering from the hamstring injury he suffered in Week 4.

The Ravens struggled without Jackson in Week 5. A similar outcome is expected against the Los Angeles Rams in Week 6. The injury will not just affect the AFC standings, but plenty of fantasy football matchups.

Elsewhere in the AFC North, Ja’Marr Chase is questionable for the Cincinnati Bengals’ clash with the Green Bay Packers.

Below is a look at all of the significant injury news affecting fantasy football matchups in Week 6.

• Lamar Jackson, QB, BAL: Out (hamstring), per team injury report.
• Ja’Marr Chase, WR, CIN: Questionable (illness), per Underdog.
• Kyler Murray, QB, ARI: Questionable (foot), per Underdog.
• Brock Purdy, QB, SF: Out (toe), per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.
• Bucky Irving, RB, TB: Out (foot/shoulder), per Underdog.
• Mike Evans, WR, TB: Out (hamstring), per Underdog.
• Chris Godwin, WR, TB: Out (fibula), per Underdog
• Alvin Kamara, RB, NO: Questionable (ankle), per New Orleans Football’s Mike Triplett.
• Juwan Johnson, TE, NO: Full participant in Friday practice (ankle), per Triplett.
• Chuba Hubbard, RB, CAR: Out (calf), per Underdog.
• Jaylen Warren, RB, PIT: Not on injury report (knee), per Underdog.
• CeeDee Lamb, WR, DAL: Out (ankle), per Ed Werder.
• Amon-Ra St. Brown, WR, DET: Not on injury report (wrist), per Underdog.
• Terry McLaurin, WR, WSH: Did not practice Friday (quad), per team injury report.
• Quentin Johnston, WR, LAC: Questionable (hamstring), per team injury report.
• Xavier Worthy, WR, KC: No injury designation, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
• Zay Flowers, WR, BAL: Questionable (shoulder), per team injury report.
• Darnell Mooney, WR, ATL: Did not participate in Friday practice (hamstring), per ESPN’s Marc Raimondi.
• Alec Pierce, WR, IND: Will play Sunday (head), per Underdog.
• Brock Bowers, TE, LV: Not expected to play (knee), per ESPN’s Ryan McFadden.

Lamar Jackson Out For Second Straight Week

The Ravens could be in for another week without Lamar Jackson.

Baltimore lost 44-10 to the Houston Texans in Week 5, a game in which the Ravens were not competitive in.

A similar fate likely awaits the Ravens in Week 6 versus the Rams. With that in mind, fantasy football players should turn away from most Ravens pass-catchers.

Zay Flowers was the only Ravens pass-catcher to have more than two catches in Week 5. Flowers is questionable for Sunday with a shoulder injury of his own.

Derrick Henry’s workload did not significantly increase with Jackson out either. He had 33 yards on 15 carries in Week 5.

The Rams defense has been more susceptible to concessions through the air, but that is Baltimore’s weakness at the moment. Sean McVay’s team held its last three opponents under 100 rushing yards, a bad sign for Henry’s Week 6 fantasy stats.

Mac Jones, Sam Darnold and Trevor Lawrence are among the potential pickups to replace Jackson in Week 6.

Baltimore has a Week 7 bye and there’s a chance Jackson returns for the Week 8 clash with the Chicago Bears, but that is still to be determined.

Ja’Marr Chase Questionable For Clash With Packers

Ja’Marr Chase is listed as questionable with an illness for Cincinnati’s trip to Lambeau Field.

If Chase plays, he’ll be catching passes from Joe Flacco, who was named the starting quarterback earlier in the week after his trade from Cleveland.

Chase put up mixed numbers with Jake Browning at quarterback. He had a pair of 100-yard performances, but also recorded 50 and 23 receiving yards in the two other games.

Flacco appears to be an upgrade over Browning, but the Bengals won’t go back to the high production level they had with Joe Burrow under center.

Green Bay poses a tough matchup for the Bengals as well. The Packers held two of their four opponents under 200 passing yards.

If Chase can’t play, or you don’t trust the matchup, Kendrick Bourne, Tre Tucker, Rashid Shaheed and Hollywood Brown are among the best waiver-wire pickups at wide receiver.

Brown could be a sneaky waiver-wire pickup for a potential high-scoring affair between the Kansas City Chiefs and Detroit Lions. He has the most targets and receptions on the Chiefs roster, but his play has been overshadowed a bit by Travis Kelce, Xavier Worthy and the big-play potential of Tyquan Thornton.

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