How Verizon Media and our partners bring you better ad experiences To give you a better overall experience, we want to provide relevant ads that are more useful to you. Luckily, if Burton misses out, you should have alternatives on the waiver wire, but if he's active, you still might be wondering if you should start or sit him. A few alternatives, owned in fewer than 50 percent of Yahoo leagues, include: Oakland's Darren Waller, Denver's Noah Fant and Cincinnati's C. Burton has been limited to 43% and 61% of Chicago's offensive snaps over the past 2 games. Burton only received 22 targets prior to this matchup and only saw 43 more for the remaining 10 games. A trendy breakout pick last offseason after signing with the Bears, Burton was virtually invisible after a breakout game against New England in Week 7.
It feels like his snaps could be limited even if he's on the field Thursday. In the moment, Stafford's absence was a surprising development. He missed Sunday's practice, then was limited on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Aside from Allen Robinson and Tarik Cohen, Burton played a major role in making sure quarterback Mitchell Trubisky had another viable target in the passing game. The scheme is tight end friendly, and I do believe in Burton's talent, and that's why I feel a rebound is coming in 2019.
In those three games, Burton tallied 267 yards. There will be no excuses in 2020. Here is to hoping this is just a miserable year, and 2020 is more like 2018. Vaughters played 13 defensive snaps and eight on special teams last week against the Lions. The Bears cut him five days ago to re-sign Sowell.
There will be some upside to Shaheen once he's back from his foot injury. In a Week 7 contest against the , Burton caught nine passes for a career-high 126 yards and added a touchdown grab to his successful day. They weren't listed with an injury designation on Wednesday's report, so both should play as expected. Learn more about how and how our. Date Injury Analysis Jan 4, 2019 Inguinal Groin Pull Grade 1 Burton hurt his groin in practice on Friday and missed the Wild Card loss to the Eagles. The Bears announced tight end , outside linebacker , linebacker and tight end were not on the charter to Los Angeles.
Burton should get his 500 yards and handful of touchdowns, but Trubisky only has so many passes to go around. He's not the most consequential player on your roster, but you want to run your best team out there to start your fantasy season right. But Burton cooled off in the second half. After missing the opener Burton returned but was never the same. It is also worth noting the team did not bring up Jesper Horsted from the practice squad to replace him. Chicago will need to figure out a way to get Burton the ball more often and make things a bit easier on Trubisky, forcing him to run less and not make unnecessary passes down field. He continued to put in only limited practices this week and remains a weak fantasy play for Week 3.
Burton had a groin injury to end 2018 and sports hernia surgery in the offseason. The same goes for Ryan Nall, the second-year undrafted free agent who could play his first regular season snaps on offense if Montgomery is not able to go on Sunday. However, should Bears fans be worried about his status this year? However, the reality is that he will be back in 2020. The bottom line is Burton is incredibly important to this offense, and the organization wants nothing more than to get him on the field. Typical recovery time is approximately 7-8 weeks before a player is eased back into regular sports activity. If you're in a very deep league and those players aren't available, Adam Shaheen should get the Bears' tight end snaps that would've been Burton's if the starter is inactive Thursday. We do know the surgery to repair the sports hernia occurred back in March.
And obviously I want to play better. With third-stringer David Blough under center, Detroit hung around all game, but were outdone by a late Mitch Trubisky game-winning drive, falling 24-20. Yahoo is part of Verizon Media. Track Players allows you to keep better tabs on players that are most important to you, including your own custom news page and highlighting your players on stat, projection and ranking pages. You are not logged in.
Perhaps his physical and mental health were factors -- he missed the Bears' playoff game with a groin injury that later required surgery and reportedly had anxiety issues. He was in the 75-85% range when healthy last year. Receive comprehensive coverage of the. Despite all of this, he's still the Bears' top tight end and has the potential to regain a good role in the offense as he did last September and October. They activated linebacker James Vaughters from the practice squad to take his place.
Notably, though, Nagy did not dismiss the idea of placing Burton on injured reserve — which would end his season — when asked on Friday. If the reports on him are good in training camp and he's playing in the preseason, consider taking a chance on him with a speculative late-round pick, even if you take a tight end earlier in the draft. Verizon Media and our partners need your consent to access your device and use your data including location to understand your interests, and provide and measure personalised ads. He totaled just 14 catches in 8 games and never topped 20 yards in a single week. Burton has a calf injury, Irving a quadriceps injury, Trevathan an elbow injury and Shaheen a foot injury. Unfortunately for Burton, the offensive game plan did not always play into his favor as it did against New England.