Green Bay Packers receiver Jayden Reed was having a promising start to his 2025 campaign before disaster struck during Thursday night’s game against Washington. What initially looked like a spectacular touchdown reception quickly turned into a nightmare scenario for both Reed and his fantasy football managers.
The play was called back due to a penalty, but the real concern became apparent when Reed remained on the ground, clearly in pain. His absence from the remainder of the game has left fantasy football owners anxiously awaiting updates on their potential WR1’s condition.
Jayden Reed Injury Update
Reed entered the season trying to play through a foot injury. Unfortunately, he suffered a broken collarbone in the first quarter against the Commanders on an overturned touchdown reception last week.
Here is the play on which Packers WR Jayden Reed broke his collarbone. pic.twitter.com/8PnRMA9IRk
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 12, 2025
Reed will be out at least six to eight weeks with the injury, allowing rookie wide receiver Matthew Golden to earn more playing time after an underwhelming start to his career. Additionally, Dontayvion Wicks took on Reed’s slot role after his injury, which could make him even more appealing in fantasy in the future.
— PFSN Fantasy Football Analyst Dan Fornek
Reed Fantasy Outlook
Fantasy football can be cruel at times. For a brief moment in time on Thursday night, Jayden Reed managers were thrilled. It looked like he hauled in a beautiful 39-yard touchdown on Green Bay’s first drive against Washington, not just a 10.9-point play, but some signal that his three deep targets in the season opener weren’t a fluke.
Those vibes didn’t last long. He crashed to the ground at the end of the play, and you could see the yellow flag graphic pop up on the broadcast. Offensive holding, 10-yard penalty, no play.
That hurt us, but Reed was hurting too. He was holding his right shoulder in a way that communicated that everything was not OK.
He never returned to the game, and even then, optimistic Reed managers, like me, were convincing ourselves that it was as much the game’s script — Green Bay largely controlled things from start to finish — and depth at the position. Maybe the Packers were taking it easy with their presumptive WR1. Nope.
Matt LaFleur gave us the broken collarbone diagnosis in the post-game news conference, and the current timeline is around Halloween at the end of October. That’s brutal.
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Green Bay does have its bye during that stretch (Week 5), so that’s a positive, but for a team with Super Bowl aspirations, it’s hard to imagine them being very aggressive with Reed’s return to play, not to mention his return to peak performance.
Obviously, you IR him if you can, and I think you hold him at the end of your bench if you can’t. He’s part of a WR committee in Green Bay, and that’s annoying, but his early-season usage patterns suggested some skill growth, and there are targets begging to be earned in this offense.
The Packers’ end-of-season schedule is brutal, as they face the Broncos and Ravens during the fantasy playoffs, but the version of Reed we’ve seen for one game and one drive this season would still be a flex option in those spots.
For those keeping track at home, Matthew Golden and Romeo Doubs tied for the WR lead in routes run for Green Bay after Reed left the game on Thursday night.
— PFSN Fantasy Football Analyst Kyle Soppe
