Atlanta Falcons

Week 12 fantasy football injury report Charcandrick West Marshawn Lynch

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 4:38 p.m. ET

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Baltimore Ravens

No team appears as snake bitten as the Ravens, who have already lost their top quarterback, running back, and wide receiver to season-ending injuries. Veteran Steve Smith saw his season end in Week 8 when he ruptured his Achilles. This past week, both Joe Flacco and Justin Forsett went down in the team's win over the Rams. Flacco injured his knee on the game-winning drive but was still able to get the team in position for the go-ahead field goal. Tests after the game revealed a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and torn medial collateral ligament (MCL). Flacco will undergo surgery in the near future and is expected to spend the next eight months recovering. He can use Arizona quarterback Caron Palmer as a measuring stick, after the latter returned from the second ACL tear of his career in a little over eight months. If he can recover on a similar timeline, Flacco should be ready for the start of the 2016 season. Veteran Matt Schaub will become the starter in Baltimore, though his recent productivity and limited available weapons suggest he should be left on the waiver wire.

Forsett's injury was a bit more gruesome, as the running back suffered a fractured forearm early in the game. He was taken off of the field with the arm in a vacuum splint and X-rays taken at the stadium revealed breaks of his radius and ulna. Forsett was scheduled for Monday surgery in which hardware will be utilized to stabilize the fracture site. Fortunately, bone heals well and Forsett should be an active participant in offseason activities. Rookie Javorius Allen filled in nicely on Sunday and should be picked up in all formats, especially with the run-porous defenses of the Browns and Dolphins on the schedule for the next two weeks.