This season has felt especially brutal for NFL players. It's like we can't have anything nice.

As soon as Deshaun Watson hits his stride, we lost him for the season. We also lost Carson Wentz, Odell Beckham, David Johnson and Chris Thompson. The list goes on.

This week we may have to add Antonio Brown to that list. Brown was injured early in the second quarter of the Steelers' brutal loss to the Patriots, and early reports suggest that he won't be back for the remainder of the fantasy season.

So what are the ramifications? Clearly, there's no replacing Antonio Brown, but the Steelers face the sieve-like pass defense of the Texans next week, putting Martavis Bryant and JuJu Smith-Schuster in prime positions to absorb some of Brown's targets.

Per Josh Hermsmeyer's AirYards.com, the Texans are allowing the league's second-highest average depth of target, meaning Bryant and Smith-Schuster could be in for big nights.

Juju and Bryant are likely owned, however, so if you're a Brown owner, you'll have to peep some waiver-wire options this week.