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Dan Quinn: John Bates to miss a few weeks with hamstring injury
John Bates of the Washington Commanders is expected to miss a few weeks due to a hamstring injury.
Fantasy Implication reviewed impact -0.5
John Bates has never been a fantasy-relevant asset — he's Washington's blocking/secondary tight end behind Zach Ertz, with career-low target shares. His hamstring injury has almost no direct fantasy impact for him, but it does modestly shift camp reps and preseason opportunity toward Zach Ertz (who was already the clear TE1 in this offense) and rookie/depth TE Ben Sinnott, who could see an uptick in camp snaps and preseason usage while Bates is out. This is more of a depth-chart/roster-construction note than anything that should move redraft or dynasty rankings meaningfully.
No action needed for Bates in redraft leagues — he's droppable/irrelevant in all standard formats
Monitor Ben Sinnott's camp/preseason snaps as a deep dynasty TE stash if he capitalizes on increased reps
No change to Zach Ertz's TE1 outlook — he remains Washington's primary receiving tight end regardless of Bates' status