THE JACKED LIST 9/29: THE NFL IS BREAKING PEOPLE AGAIN
Apparently Week 3 looked at the Week 2 injury report and said:
Hold my beer.
Quarterbacks are still dropping.
Star receivers are getting hurt.
Running backs are getting hurt.
And the 49ers finally made it through three games undefeated, only to start adding names to the injury report anyway.
Welcome back to The Jacked List.
JACKED: BAKER MAYFIELD — BUCCANEERS
Injury: Dislocated right thumb
Baker Mayfield is expected to miss at least three weeks after dislocating his right thumb late in Tampa Bay’s 23-16 loss to Minnesota.
The good news is the MRI reportedly showed no additional damage.
The bad news is that a dislocated thumb on a quarterback’s throwing hand is still very much Jacked.
Mayfield had started 57 straight games since joining Tampa Bay.
That streak is over.
Rookie Jalon Daniels is expected to take over.
JACKED: CALEB WILLIAMS — BEARS
Injury: Grade 2 hamstring strain
This one is now more serious than the initial “week-to-week” label.
Williams is expected to miss approximately three to four weeks with a Grade 2 hamstring injury.
Chicago somehow survived without him Monday night.
Actually, “survived” isn’t the right word.
They crushed Philadelphia 27-7 behind third-string quarterback Case Keenum.
Which brings us to…
UNJACKED: CASE KEENUM — BEARS
Case Keenum hadn’t played in an NFL game since 2023.
Then Chicago asked him to start on Monday Night Football against Philadelphia.
He responded with:
247 passing yards.
Two passing touchdowns.
One rushing touchdown.
And a 27-7 win.
That’s pretty damn Unjacked.
JACKED: DE’VON ACHANE — DOLPHINS
Injury: Knee
Miami’s season somehow managed to get worse.
Achane left the Dolphins’ loss to Kansas City early with a knee injury, and initial reporting raised concern that it could be serious.
Miami is already 0-3.
Zak is still rolling somehow.
The Dolphins may now have to roll without one of their best offensive weapons.
Very Jacked.
JACKED: JUSTIN JEFFERSON — VIKINGS
Injury: Ankle
Jefferson exited Minnesota’s win over Tampa Bay in the first quarter with an ankle injury and did not return.
Any time one of the best receivers in football leaves in the first quarter, he goes directly on this list.
Further testing and practice status will tell us whether this is a short-term annoyance or a bigger problem.
JACKED: 49ERS INJURY REPORT
The 49ers are 3-0.
Which is excellent.
Their injury situation?
Less excellent.
MIKE EVANS
Injury: Ribs
Evans left Sunday’s win over Arizona after taking a hit in the second quarter.
The newest update from Kyle Shanahan is encouraging: the injury is not expected to be long-term, but Evans will continue to be evaluated this week.
TRENT WILLIAMS
Injury: Stinger/neck
This is the one 49ers fans immediately went to Google for.
So did we.
And this time there actually is some good news.
Kyle Shanahan said Williams is expected to be good to go by Thursday, although the team will continue evaluating him during the week.
That’s considerably better than waking up Monday with no idea how serious it was.
DRE GREENLAW
Injury: Quad contusion
Greenlaw suffered a quad contusion against Arizona.
The 49ers expect to manage his workload this week rather than dealing with a long-term absence.
NICK BOSA
Injury: Calf
Bosa will not play in Week 4.
The 49ers are already thin enough on the defensive line that the team is opening Mykel Williams’ practice window and trying to get veteran Matthew Judon up to speed as quickly as possible.
The Niners are 3-0.
Let’s keep as many of them available as possible.
JACKED: BREECE HALL — JETS
Injury: Thigh
Hall left the Jets’ loss to Detroit with a thigh injury and is being evaluated.
New York is already 0-3.
Their best running back getting hurt is not exactly the momentum shift they were looking for.
JACKED: BRIAN BURNS — GIANTS
Injury: Knee
Burns left the Giants’ win over Tennessee with a knee injury.
The Giants finally got themselves to 2-1.
Now they need to find out how serious this one is.
JACKED: LEO CHENAL — COMMANDERS
Injury: Neck
Chenal had to be carted off with a neck injury against Seattle.
The encouraging news is that he reportedly had feeling in his extremities.
This goes beyond football.
Hopefully he’s okay.
JACKED: DAMIEN LEWIS — PANTHERS
Injury: UCL elbow injury
Lewis is expected to miss multiple weeks with an elbow injury suffered against Cleveland.
The strange part?
He came back into the game and finished it.
Then found out he’d be missing time.
Football players are insane.
STILL JACKED: JAXSON DART — GIANTS
Dart remains sidelined after the knee injury he suffered against the Rams.
The Giants are moving forward with Jameis Winston while Dart recovers.
Not where New York expected to be three weeks into the season.
STILL JACKED: JAYDEN DANIELS — COMMANDERS
Daniels remains sidelined with the dislocated left elbow he suffered in Week 2.
Washington has continued with Marcus Mariota at quarterback while Daniels recovers.
UNJACKED: TYSON BAGENT — BEARS
Bagent has cleared concussion protocol and is available again.
Unfortunately for him, Case Keenum just went out and beat Philadelphia by 20 points.
Quarterback rooms are weird.
UNJACKED: MICHAEL PENIX JR. — FALCONS
Penix returned from last season’s knee injury and is officially back as Atlanta’s starting quarterback.
The Falcons then beat Green Bay 35-14.
That qualifies.
THE NFL NEEDS MORE BUBBLE WRAP
We’re heading into Week 4 with starting quarterbacks hurt, star receivers hurt, running backs hurt and linemen disappearing every Sunday.
The 49ers are 3-0.
Brock Purdy is healthy.
Please keep it that way.
We have enough material.
If it’s sports and it’s Jacked Up, we cover it.
