How much longer can players with injury histories such as T.J. Houshmandzadeh, Brian Westbrook, Adrian Peterson, Randy Moss and Donte Stallworth hold on?
Every single one of the above mentioned players missed time last year (Peterson at Oklahoma) and the fate of hundreds of thousands of fantasy football leagues rest on their shoulders. The prescence of Moss and Stallworth makes Wes Welker a top five fantasy wide receiver and Welker is absolutely crushing his ADP (average draft position), so as a Welker owner - I need Stallworth and Moss on the field.
I hate to put it out there, but I think the fantasy football injury gremlins are going to rear their ugly heads and take out at least two of the players I wrote about in the first sentence. I can't even mention their names, kind of like not saying "Macbeth" in the theatre - it's bad luck.
Here are the injury odds on those studs for week 9: T.J. Houshmandzadeh - 3 to 1, Brian Westbrook - 2.5 to 1, Adrian Peterson 7 to 1, Randy Moss 6.5 to 1, and the odds on Donte Stallworth (who's shed his 2005 nickname of "Stallworthlessness) getting injured in week 9 are 5 to 1.
If T.J. Housh goes down, I'm gonna say it's with an injury to his right foot (possible heel injury). Westbrook could be any number of things, but it's always safe to bet on the knee with him. Moss and Stallworth both get the hamstring and last but not least, Adrian "All Day" Peterson would probably be sidelined with an ankle sprain if he were to go down.
Now nobody wants to see these guys get hurt, but it's definitely a reality we all have to face. Hold your breath and try to survive week 9 - good luck!
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