Javon Walker To Go Under El Cuchillo (Surgery, Son)

According to the Denver Post (and big ups to our good friends at Mr. Irrelevant for passing it along), Javon Walker will undergo surgery on his right knee Friday in Houston. As always, this has some pretty major fantasy implications. Guess what we're gonna do?

Walker is too good to be droppable, especially since his timeline is only four more weeks at this point in time. His production hasn't been spectacular this year, a combination of being banged up and Jay Cutler underperforming. The real nightmare is that this injury is the same knee that he had surgery on two years ago. If you can get anything worthwhile for him in a trade, it's advisable to do so. And if you have room on your bench in the event that someone in your league drops him, it's a worthwhile gamble.

Cutler takes a huge hit because he loses the best receiving option on his team. It's as simple as that. He's really underperformed and with lots of waiver wire circulation among signal callers, is probably dropable unless you're in a really deep league or one that starts two quarterbacks.

Brandon Marshall is the obvious beneficiary here, as he's the number one wideout for the Broncos for the next four weeks. There is of course the downside that he'll be seeing teams' best DB's during that span, but he's still the best receiving option for Denver.

Brandon Stokley should slide into the number two slot in Denver now but he's not a spectacular option for most fantasy owners. Deeper leagues should have already pounced by now as he'll see some targets; don't expect him to fire out big fantasy numbers though. He'll be a nice by week filler on occasion, and the Broncos get the Packers and the Lions, ranked 21st and 30th against the pass respectively, in weeks 8 and 9.

Tony Scheffler and Daniel Graham have both been nothing short of ineffective thus far this season, but it would make sense to see Cutler lean more heavily on his tight ends with his number one wideout out for a while. Don't make any crazy moves to get either one of them, but certainly consider using one of them as a bye week filler. Graham is probably the better option if you're looking for the immediate gamble.