Gameday Injury Expectations: Week 8

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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

Here's the latest on key injured players on the practice participation and game status report this week:

Current Status on High-Impact Injured Players

Scroll down for full details, extensive updates, and the complete table of projected availability. Here are the most important notes for this week's games:

Sunday Decision

• TE Darren Waller
• RB Darrel Williams
• TE Juwan Johnson

Trending Doubtful (Likely Inactive)

• RB Ezekiel Elliott
• WR Nico Collins

Trending Probable (Expected to Play)

• WR Davante Adams
• WR Amon-Ra St. Brown
• WR Tyler Lockett
• WR DK Metcalf
• RB D'Andre Swift
• TE Dalton Schultz
• TE Logan Thomas
• WR Brandin Cooks
• WR Mack Hollins
• WR Van Jefferson

Returning to the active roster

• RB Travis Homer
• WR Van Jefferson

Ruled Out

• QB Ryan Tannehill
• RB James Conner
• RB Chuba Hubbard
• WR Ja'Marr Chase
• WR Deebo Samuel
• WR Michael Thomas
• WR Allen Lazard
• WR Jahan Dotson
• WR Corey Davis
• WR Jarvis Landry
• TE David Njoku
• TE Daniel Bellinger