Top 10 Fantasy football injuries with impact in Week 3

6. Danny Woodhead-RB-San Diego Chargers

As if losing top receiver Keenan Allen in Week 1 hadn’t already left the Chargers offense short-handed, they picked up another one of the key fantasy football injuries in Week 2. Danny Woodhead started the season with a big game against the Chiefs, but he left in the first quarter of San Diego’s rout of Jacksonville and didn’t return.

He was injured on a massive hit from Telvin Smith, and it Woodhead had an MRI on Monday that revealed a torn ACL landing him on the “out-season” list right next to Allen and Stevie Johnson.

Fantasy Fallout

Woodhead’s injury leaves the San Diego backfield as Melvin Gordon’s domain. Gordon picked up the slack in Week 2 and amassed 102 yards on his 24 carries while scoring his third rushing TD of the season. Gordon was losing all the receiving-down work and even some goal line responsibilities, but he should get plenty of work in those situations the rest of the season.

I see Gordon as a borderline RB1 going forward, and he’s a great play this week against the struggling Colts’ defense. Even though he was a disappointment as a rookie, Gordon looks ready for big things in his sophomore season.

The Chargers did add some interesting depth at the position to help Gordon when they added Dexter McCluster. McCluster should jump into offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt’s system quickly after working with him in Tennessee. McCluster could be a PPR factor later in the season, but he can be left on waiver wires for now. San Diego’s other backs are un-drafted rookie Kenneth Farrow out of Houston and their waiver-wire pickup from the Giants Andre Williams.