Fantasy Football Impact: Lamar Jackson Exits Chiefs Game with Hamstring Injury

Will Lamar Jackson miss time with his hamstring injury? We analyze and project the Fantasy Football stock of this Ravens offense without their MVP.

Sep 28, 2025; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson (8) scrambles during the first half against the Kansas City Chiefs at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images | Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images

The injuries keep on piling up across the league and it's newest victim today was Lamar Jackson. His injury sufferred was a hamstring in the third quarter where Jackson never returned to the game. As far as the severity, details remain unconfirmed but it appears that is nothing drastic at this moment. Some reports have suggested cramping aided by the fact that Baltimore was getting blown out, while others suspect a strain. Whether Jackson misses no weeks, one week, or multiple weeks, we must do our due diligence and weigh his Fantasy Football impact.

Fantasy Football Impact of Lamar Jackson's Injury

If Jackson were to miss any time, the entire offense takes a huge hit in value. So far this season there is not a single player with a better passer rating than Jackson (141.8). There is only one player (Daniel ones) with a better QBR than Jackson and three players (Goff, Purdy, Maye) with a better completion percentage. Cooper Rush is not Lamar, and so this offense takes a huge hit.

What you can expect here is that Baltimore will begin their games more run heavy and with low-risk passing. This game plan should aid Derrick Henry and Zay Flowers on paper, but will it actually? One must consider gamescript. The Ravens are 1-3 and looking down this season. Now with Rush at quarterback and very poor Ravens secondary, they very well may trail quite often. This makes for a passcript, thus devaluing Derrick Henry in the duration of a four-quarter football game.

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Mark Andrews has been a weekly Start/Sit debate and with Rush, he will be a sit for me. Rashod Bateman has been a sleeper-start option, but he would also be unstartable. As for Zay Flowers, I could actually see minimal drop off from him. Why? Rush will be asked to pass in simplest form and that makes for quick routes in space to Flowers. Derrick Henry remains a must-start, but could see much more limited upside. No one else is viable.

Lamar Jackson Exits Chiefs Game with Hamstring Injury

#LamarJackson questionable due to hamstring
By video, not severe
More score and prevention of worse strain pic.twitter.com/Q8Qq0eeHUN

— David J. Chao - ProFootballDoc (@ProFootballDoc) September 28, 2025

In the third quarter of the Ravens-Chiefs game, Jackson left the game with a hamstring injury. Luckily, nothing appeared to be too drastic so optimism is in the air. Early reports have not said much, but it appears that if Jackson were to miss any time, it may be minimal. Though hamstring injuries can have vast differences, players miss 2-3 weeks on average. Of course, take that with a grain of salt.

As for now, all you can do it sit back and wait on more information. I would suspect that the Ravens will do everything in their power to have Jackson active next week as they are 1-3 and in a must-win situation not just next week, but over the next month. He is the best quarterback in football, debatably, and so he must start to keep any chances up. The Ravens defense looks awful. It all falls of the offense to put up points, and they will fall drastically without their MVP quarterback.