Mattek Fantasy Football on Saquon Barkley

VideoDo Not Let Your Friends Pick Up This RB On The Week 8 Waiver WireOctober 27, 2026

From the video

Barkley got injured. Uh he injured his hamstring on his very first play, was able to kind of you know, gut it out for the rest of the game and then compensation injury, injured his back... Barkley now has a hamstring and a back injury.

Mentioned at 5:45 – 7:33

STACKED’s take

Negative signalInjury

Dual hamstring and back injuries create major availability uncertainty.

Saquon Barkley suffered a hamstring injury on his first play of Week 8, gutted it out for the rest of the game, then suffered a compensation back injury. He is now dealing with both a hamstring and back injury, creating significant uncertainty for his availability going forward.