NFL Offensive/Defensive Line Injury Impact: Week 1

Each week we will provide a game-by-game breakdown of offensive and defensive line injuries and what that impact they may have for DFS purposes.

Week 1

We are back this year with the injury breakdown for players that most never look at or even think much of. In Week 1, we do not have a huge impact overall but there are a couple of spots that are interesting. Moving forward, I fully intend to make this article easier to digest as well as add some data to help make decisions on just how much of an impact each player missing would be. If you have any suggestions or questions, feel free to private message me here on RG or drop a comment below. Good luck to open the season!!

Sunday Games

Cincinnati @ Indianapolis

Cincinnati Breakdown

Offensive Lineman – None

Defense – Vontaze Burfict (Susp)

Indianapolis Breakdown

Offensive Lineman – Anthony Castonzo (Q)

Defense – None

Fantasy Impact:

While the Bengals have a healthy line coming into the season, this is not exactly a strength of the roster with some real question marks up front. Cincy did use a first rounder on Billy Price in hopes that he can take control from the center position for the foreseeable future. Starting weakside linebacker Vontaze Burfict will miss the first four games of the season which is a pretty big hit considering he grades out as their best coverage guy on top of the great run defense. On the Colts side, the only real injury question mark is Castonzo who would leave a pretty sizable void on the left side. Overall, we should see pretty limited fantasy impact based on current injuries.

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Andrew Cook (louiescards)

Andrew “LouiesCards” Cook is a DFS veteran who has been playing since 2009. You will see him grinding MLB, NBA, and NFL with a main focus on DraftKings. Over the years he has held several roles at RotoGrinders helping write articles and features, both in-front and behind-the-scenes. Andrew was able to throw the first pitch out at a St. Louis Cardinals game, courtesy of DraftKings. You can follow Andrew on twitter @louiescards