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
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
Sunday Decision
- RB Gus Edwards
- WR WanDale Robinson
Monday Decision
- QB Kyler Murray -- awaiting information
- WR DeAndre Hopkins -- trending probable
Trending Doubtful (Likely Inactive)
Trending Probable (Expected to Play)
- WR Davante Adams
- WR Mike Williams
- TE Mark Andrews
- QB Lamar Jackson
- WR Keenan Allen
- RB Ezekiel Elliott
- TE David Njoku
Eligible to return from injured reserve
- WR Marquise Brown (MNF)
- WR D.J. Chark -- activated
Ruled Out
- RB Mark Ingram
- RB J.D. McKissic
- WR JaMarr Chase
- WR JuJu Smith-Schuster
- WR Jerry Jeudy
- WR Josh Reynolds
- WR Corey Davis
- WR K.J. Hamler
- TE Zach Ertz
- TE Daniel Bellinger
Playing Sunday at 1:00 pm Eastern
Mark Andrews | Knee / Shoulder | Questionable | Expected to play
Practice Participation: Wed - Limited | Thurs - Limited | Fri - Full
Andrews is recovering from a painful AC sprain in his shoulder. He was cryptic with reporters on Thursday, saying, "you never know" when asked if he would return this week. John Harbaugh was more optimistic. He told reporters he "planned on having [Andrews] back." The full Friday practice suggests Andrews will play. Expect a full workload.
Sunday update: Ian Rapoport and Adam Schefter confirm Andrews will play.