UNDERSTANDING THE NFL'S INJURY REPORT
The injury report released by the NFL is two reports. The first is the Practice Participation report, which lists which injured players were able to practice and how much. It also includes players who rested or missed practice for non-injury related reasons. The second is the Game Status Report, which gives the probability a player will play, i.e. Questionable, Doubtful, Out. The Practice Participation Report is released every day of the week (Monday through Saturday). The Game Status Report is released with the Friday participation report (Wednesday for Thursday games, Saturday for Monday games).
In this feature, I'll include the Game Status Listing, my expectation of their likelihood to play, and the player's practice participation throughout the week.
Key:
PLAYER | INJURY | GAME STATUS LISTING | FOOTBALLGUYS EXPECTATION
Practice Participation Listing by Day
* = playing on Monday night
^ = playing on Tuesday night
I'll also include a table at the bottom of the article for easy reference.
Here's the latest on every relevant injured player on the practice participation and game status report this week:
Fast Track High Impact News and Notes
Please scroll down for full details, extensive updates, and the complete table of projected availability.
Awaiting Information | Game-time Decision
- RB James Conner
- TE Mike Gesicki -- INACTIVE
- RB Salvon Ahmed -- ACTIVE
- RB Chase Edmonds
- RB Alexander Mattison
Trending Doubtful (Likely Inactive)
- RB Antonio Gibson
- QB Daniel Jones
- RB Duke Johnson Jr
Trending Probable (Expected to Play)
- QB Drew Brees
- RB Ezekiel Elliott -- INACTIVE
- QB Matthew Stafford
- WR DeVante Parker -- INACTIVE
- RB Melvin Gordon III
- RB Phillip Lindsay
- WR Jamison Crowder
- RB James White
- TE Evan Engram
COVID reserve (Expected to be Inactive)
- RB Ronald Jones II
- RB Myles Gaskin
Activated from Injured Reserve
- QB Drew Brees (anticipated)
Ruled Out
- RB Christian McCaffrey
- WR Julio Jones
- WR Michael Thomas
- WR Kenny Golladay
- WR Deebo Samuel
- QB Alex Smith
- RB Damien Harris
- TE Kyle Rudolph
- QB Brandon Allen
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