Chris Brazzell II suffered a knee injury during Carolina Panthers training camp that has ended his rookie season before it began.
Brazzell was a deep-league dynasty/rookie-draft flier at best — an undrafted or late-round rookie WR unlikely to have a Week 1 roster spot even absent injury. His season-ending knee injury has essentially zero impact on redraft leagues and only marginal impact on dynasty rosters, since he wasn't a lock for meaningful snaps in Carolina's crowded WR room behind Adam Thielen, Xavier Legette, Jalen Coker and others. The real fantasy relevance is at the margins: it opens a roster/practice-squad spot and slightly increases target/snap opportunity for other young Panthers WRs competing for camp reps, but none of those players are startable assets either.
NFL training camps are a tough place where brutal injuries can derail seasons just as they’re getting started. That’s been particularly the case this year in Charlotte, where the Carolina Panthers have had a pair of brutal losses to young players, including former Tennessee Vols WR Chris Brazzell II. Brazzell had been dealing with knee […]