Memoir Alert: Saints’ Michael Thomas Upgraded to Questionable with Ankle Damage
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New Orleans Saints huge receiver Michael Thomas, who has uncared for his group’s final three games with a excessive-ankle sprain suffered in Week 1 in opposition to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, has been upgraded from uncertain to questionable on the Saints’ injury file upfront of the group’s Monday Night Football sport in opposition to the Los Angeles Chargers.
Per ESPN’s Mike Triplett, Saints head coach Sean Payton didn’t fall any clues as as to whether Thomas will swimsuit up.
“We are going to repeatedly originate what’s perfect for the athlete and be orderly concerning any player,” Payton urged journalists.
Thomas holds the NFL single-season receptions file after hauling in 149 passes for 1,725 yards and 9 touchdowns final season. He saw 185 targets, upright sufficient for practically 12 per sport final year.
Thomas is one in all the game’s perfect gamers on the discipline or in fantasy football, and his return will be welcomed by those that drafted him.
Just a few questions fill risen with regards to Thomas’ discipline for this week, on the other hand.
First, or no longer it is seemingly that followers could possibly possibly furthermore merely no longer know whether Thomas suits up unless sport day. That’s a dispute for fantasy, as the Chargers vs. Saints sport is the second-to-final sport of the week.
In other phrases, must always you would possibly possibly possibly possibly like to preserve out hope Thomas plays, you want a fallback bench option on the Chargers, Saints, Buffalo Bills or Tennessee Titans (the latter two teams play Tuesday) in case he is ruled out.
The opposite option is to bench Thomas for one extra week and play someone occurring Sunday, heading off the threat of the Saints’ No. 1 wideout being declared out.
Presumably, one will fill better recommendations to elevate from Sunday (in 10 games) than on Monday and Tuesday (for two).
In other phrases, the circulation with the safer floor is merely benching Thomas for one extra week (barring any records developments earlier than Sunday at 1 p.m. ET), whereas the one with the best upside is starting him and hoping for upright records.
Thomas is a WR1 although he is rusty or restricted, merely because he is an elite skills who extra customarily than no longer stuffs the stat sheet a week.
The decision right here is to roll the dice and hope Thomas plays. If that is the case, confirm the waiver wire for any Bills, Titans, Saints and Chargers as a backup opinion smartly upfront, and preserve an demand out for any Thomas records.