NFL Week 1 Injury Tracker: Rams Placing Myles Garrett on Injured Reserve

The first week of the NFL season saw a number of players miss or leave games early due to injury. The Patriots and Seahawks kicked off the season last Wednesday, with each team missing a key player as safety Nick Emmanwori and running back TreVeyon Henderon were out due to injury.

Not long into the game, a couple of stars exited because of injury. Sam Darnold limped off the field early and was ruled out of the game with a hip injury. After the game, Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald said that the team got “good news back” on Darnold, noting that they could rule out a fracture, per Andrew Siciliano.

Meanwhile, the Patriots saw star receiver A.J. Brown exit the game wtih an ankle injury. Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo reported Thursday morning that Brown is believed to have a high ankle sprain and will undergo a MRI on Thursday. Rapoport later reported that Brown is expected to miss at least four weeks with the injury. Brown has since been placed on injured reserve.

On Thursday (or Friday in Australia), the injury bug continued for the 49ers in their first game of the season. While they got a number of stars back, including Kittle, they saw rookie receiver De’Zhaun Stribling get carted off the field with an ankle injury. Kyle Shanahan told reporters after the game that Stribling’s Achilles was intact. Days later, Ian Rapoport reported that Stribling will be out at least a month with a deltoid sprain. Tight end Jake Tonges also was helped off the field with a knee injury.

The Rams were notably without Aaron Donald for the game. Donald, who came out of retirement after two years away from the game, did not travel with the team to Australia, per Adam Schefter. They’ll be without their other star defensive lineman for the foreseeable future. After acknowledging that he wasn’t healthy against the 49ers, Myles Garrett will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his knee and be placed on IR, per Tom Pelissero. The Rams’ prized offseason addition will now miss at least four games due to injury.

Another player that landed on injured reserve was Eagles guard Landon Dickerson, who struggled in their win over the Commanders. Dickerson heads to IR with a knee injury, per Schefter.

Falcons quarterback Tua Tagovailoa did not play in Sunday’s season opener against the Steelers because of an oblique injury in practice. He is considered week-to-week, according to coach Kevin Stefanski. Former Cowboys signal-caller Cooper Rush started for him while undrafted rookie Jack Strand, who played at at Minnesota State University Moorhead, served as the backup. Michael Penix Jr. was also ruled out for Week 1 as he recovers from a torn left ACL.

In other quarterback injury news, Kyler Murray left the Vikings’ win over the Packers early with a concussion. Kevin O’Connell said Monday that Murray is in concussion protocol and that they are taking it “a day at a time.”

Another star who missed Week 1 was tight end Brock Bowers, who is expected to miss a game or two after undergoing a meniscus trim, according to Schefter. Chargers receiver Ladd McConkey, who is set to face the Raiders in Week 2, is “day to day” after exiting their loss to the Cardinals with a rib injury, per Schefter.

Ravens coach Jesse Minter said receiver Zay Flowers is in the “day to day” range after leaving their win against the Colts with a hamstring win.

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