The four teams playing on Monday night have released their injury reports. Those teams play a day later than everyone else, so they also submit their injuries a day later. Nothing noteworthy with any of these teams.
The Saints and Vikings will start things off on Monday night, and those injuries can be found at the official Minnesota site. But there’s nothing notable.
For the Vikings, they won’t have Danny Isidora (knee), the guard they selected in the fifth round. Marcus Sherels is one of the league’s better punt returners (he’ll probably score on a return at some point this year); he has a foot injury but practiced fully all week.
For New Orleans, left tackle Terron Armstead (shoulder) is out, but everyone knew that was coming. The Saints are otherwise pretty much healthy.
For the later game, Los Angeles at Denver, those listings can be found at the Chargers’ official site.
Mike Williams (back) is out. He didn’t practice at all, and I think they’re hoping he’ll get on a field in about October. When he starts playing, it should be in a spot-duty role, and they’ll go from there. That’s the plan, anyway, if Keenan Allen, Tyrell Williams or Travis Benjamin gets hurt, that will change the way they think. Or maybe Williams proves to a dominating force on contested balls, and they just have to start adjusting the offense to get him on the field. But expectations for now should be modest.
No other notable San Diego injuries. Blocking tight end Sean McGrath (knee) and reserve receiver Dontrelle Inman (groin) are questionable.
For the Broncos, Devontae Booker (wrist) and Paxton Lynch (shoulder) are both out. I saw a blurb suggesting Booker hoped to return to practice this week, so he potentially could return in Week 2. But he’ll need to climb his way up the depth chart – they’ve got C.J. Anderson, Jamaal Charles and DeAngelo Henderson at that position. Charles, by the way, sat out Thursday but practiced fully the last two days – he’s practicing.
Demaryius Thomas was dealing with a hamstring injury early in the week, but he’s fine – practiced fully all week and isn’t listed. (His name appears on the report, at least, so I suppose if they were using the pre-2016 system, they would have called him probable.)
—Ian Allan