The Washington Commanders made running back Chris Rodriguez Jr. a healthy scratch, which caught fantasy football managers’ attention.
Baltimore Ravens outside linebacker Mike Green (45) prepares to tackle the Washington Commanders running back Chris Rodriguez Jr. (36) in the first quarter at Northwest Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jordyn Harris-Imagn Images at Northwest Stadium.
The Washington Commanders will kick off a highly anticipated 2025 season on Sunday afternoon at home against their NFC East divisional rivals, the New York Giants. Washington is hoping to build off the momentum that they built last year, when they made it all the way to the NFC Championship Game after an epic rookie season from quarterback Jayden Daniels.
Ahead of Sunday’s tilt with the Giants, Washington released its first gameday injury report of the season, and there was one designation there that had some fans puzzled.
“#Commanders RB Chris Rodriguez Jr. is a healthy inactive,” reported Ari Meirov of The 33rd Team on X, formerly Twitter. “Get ready for some Bill Croskey-Merritt,” he added.
Bill Croskey-Merritt was a seventh-round pick by the Commanders this past spring out of Arizona and has garnered some growing buzz from fantasy football managers everywhere about how much he will get the chance to contribute to Washington this year and what he might be able to do when he is on the field.
Evidently, that opportunity will come earlier than expected with Sunday’s injury designation.
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