Dontayvion Wicks injury news: What status means for Wild Card round

The Green Bay Packers travel down the third coast to take on the rival Chicago Bears on Saturday night. The Packers are 1.5-point favorites in a matchup that the teams split during the regular season. The Bears will get back wide receiver Rome Odunze, while the Packers were hoping to get wide receiver Dontayvion Wicks back from a concussion.

As for offensive skill players, the Packers look to be healthier than usual after a Week 18 game where they were able to rest starters. Josh Jacobs got some much-needed time to rest his knee, while Jordan Love got an extra week coming out of concussion protocol.

Dontayvion Wicks injury update

Wicks was able to get in limited practices this week, but was listed as questionable for the Wild Card game due to his brain injury. He then was downgraded on Friday to out and will not suit up for the Wild Card round.

Fantasy football analysis

The Packers wide receiver group is as healthy as it has been in a while, with Christian Watson and Romeo Doubs leading the way on the outside and Jayden Reed mostly in the slot. Both Reed and Watson missed big chunks of time this year with injuries. Behind them, Matthew Golden and Bo Melton along with Wicks get playing time as well.

With the Packers being philosophically run first, the target tree gets pruned plenty, depending on game flow. Wicks wouldn’t enough work to be a safe play in most fantasy games, but his absence does make it a little easier to use Jayden Reed and Bo Melton in DFS games, but it probably doesn’t move the needle all that much.