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Owning Greg Jennings this year has just been the worst. Like worse than the idea to remake Red Dawn, and worse than the idea to take a shot every time someone says the word “home” during Red Dawn. That’s a lot of bad right there.

But finally there’s hope for the fantasy jerk who’s missed seven games. Small, teasing hope.

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UPDATE: Yep, Jennings is having surgery, and according to the Packer Report, the recovery time is worse than what was initially reported, and Jennings could miss up to six weeks. That means although Jennings says his injury isn’t a season-ending one, he means that only as it applies to reality. Since this worse-case scenario has him out until possibly about Week 15, his ability to play for your fake team again this year is now in serious doubt. And even if he can hurry back for that late-season date, will you really be that confident starting a receiver who’s been out for six weeks during the first round of the fantasy playoffs in most leagues? Sleep on it, and have a good cry, but it may be time to cut Jennings and move on.

In other broken Packers receiver news, Jordy Nelson is fighting through a hamstring injury and won’t test it until Saturday at the earliest, meaning he’s steaming towards game-time decision status. That’s right, there’s a chance Donald Driver could become somewhat relevant again, at least for one weekend.

As we reach the turn in the 2012 NFL season, many presumed studs in August have provided many reasons to break things. Matthew Stafford hates you, Cam Newton hates himself, and Aaron Rodgers has only recently started to be Aaron Rodgers.

But at least those guys are, you know, playing. Greg Jennings isn’t. He isn’t practicing either, and now there’s increasing concern that he may need surgery, and he’s not just dealing with your standard-issue groin malady.

For Jennings owners, the video below is now completely unnecessary. Also, we don’t recommend ever sticking your head between your legs for 30 seconds, and lifting it up really, really fast.

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At this point, you read that headline, and then rolled back over into your black hole of shame. Or, better yet, maybe you have a George Costanza desk at work, and you’re catching a few z’s before leaving the office and continuing your sleep cycle on public transit.

You know the drill by now, Greg Jennings owner. His groin hurts, he’s not practicing, and he’s not about to practice anytime soon.

Shutdown mode is very much the opposite of beast mode. It’s the kind of mode that’s usually reserved for normal mortals, and not professional athletes. But the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel writes that it sounds like Jennings is indeed still in shutdown mode, because there’s only one tonic to soothe a tender groin, and it’s the worst possible remedy for fantasy purposes. Time, and lots of it.

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This is just finalizing the doom we all knew was coming. If you’re an increasingly infuriated Greg Jennings owner who’s now set to watch as your second-round pick misses his second game in five weeks, hopefully you were able to grab James Jones off the waiver wire this week.

As we’ve discussed frequently and thoroughly during Jennings’ lingering groin problems, Jones will climb up Green Bay’s WR depth chart to start at the No. 2 spot opposite Jordy Nelson for the Packers’ game against the Colts Sunday. Jones and Randall Cobb offer nearly identical value, and you can feel comfortable starting either as a low-end WR3 or flex. But Jones was far more available on the wire.

There’s still a chance he’s out there for you, but those odds have taken a pretty good groin kicking after waiver claims cleared early Wednesday morning. Jones’ ownership has risen 26.5 percent in ESPN leagues this week where it’s now settled at 48.9 percent overall. In Yahoo leagues, his ownership is at 56 percent.

Oh, sweet. Another wide receiver injury, except this one matters.

It matters a lot, and Greg Jennings owners would almost prefer if their No. 1 wideout snapped a bone of some kind. Just not a big bone. No, it would specifically have to be a small bone, one that would only keep him out for a few weeks, giving him time to heal and return at full health.

I don’t know what that bone would be, or where exactly it’s located. But Jennings is slowly proving that a muscle injury that lingers and nags is far more troublesome than the bone that breaks, heals, and allows the player in question to continue on merrily with his high-level existence.

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