Each week during the NFL season Fantrax collects all the latest NFL injury news from every available source and then brings it to you in one neat little package. Then with a little help from the rest of our full slate of analysts at Fantrax, you’ll be armed with all the knowledge you need to weather the storm of injuries on your own teams, and maybe even take advantage of those on other teams. Welcome to the NFL Injury Report for Week 16 of Fantasy Football!
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Week 16 NFL Injury Report
Arizona Cardinals
- WR Marquise Brown is OUT for Sunday’s game with a heel injury, and there’s some question as to whether or not he will return this season: John Weinfuss
Baltimore Ravens
- WR Odell Beckham Jr. is QUESTIONABLE for Monday’s game due to an illness, but he did return to practice on Friday: Jeff Zrebiec
- WR Zay Flowers is QUESTIONABLE to play this week, but he did return to practice on Thursday: Jamison Hensley
Chicago Bears
- RB D’Onta Foreman is QUESTIONABLE with a personal issue, and his status for this weekend is unclear: Bears Communications
- TE Cole Kmet is QUESTIONABLE for this weekend as he has been limited by a quad injury all week: Bears Communications
Cincinnati Bengals
- WR Ja’Marr Chase is OUT for Saturday’s game: Geoff Hobson
Green Bay Packers
- WR Dontayvion Wicks is QUESTIONABLE for this weekend’s game with an ankle injury: Rob Demovsky
- RB AJ Dillon is QUESTIONABLE to play, though the coaching staff has been pleased with the progress that he has been making with the potential for him to play through the injury: Rob Demovsky
- WR Christian Watson is DOUBTFUL to play though his appearance in Friday’s practice was seen as a test run to see if he could possibly return next weekend: Rob Demovsky
- WR Jayden Reed is QUESTIONABLE to play, as he was held out of Friday’s practice: Rob Demovsky
Houston Texans
- QB CJ Stroud is OUT for this weekend because of his concussion: Houston Texans
- WR Nico Collins is QUESTIONABLE to play because of a calf injury that kept him limited at practice all week: Houston Texans
Indianapolis Colts
- RB Zach Moss is QUESTIONABLE to play after missing practice all week long: Indianapolis Colts
- WR Michael Pittman Jr. is QUESTIONABLE for this weekend, though he has cleared concussion protocol: Raven Moore
Jacksonville Jaguars
- QB Trevor Lawrence is QUESTIONABLE for this weekend, though he is still in concussion protocol: Jacksonville Jaguars
Kansas City Chiefs
- RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire is QUESTIONABLE to play this weekend due to personal reasons: Matt McMullen
- WR Kadarius Toney is QUESTIONABLE to play with a hip issue that kept him out of practice on Friday: Matt McMullen
Las Vegas Raiders
- TE Michael Mayer is QUESTIONABLE for Monday’s game with a toe injury that held him out of practice all week: Raiders.com Staff
- RB Josh Jacobs is QUESTIONABLE to play, but he did upgrade to a limited participant as the week progressed: Matt McMullen
Los Angeles Chargers
- WR Keenan Allen is OUT for this weekend’s game with a heel injury: Los Angeles Chargers
Miami Dolphins
- WR Tyreek Hill is QUESTIONABLE to play with an ankle injury but seems to be trending in the right direction: Travis Wingfield
Minnesota Vikings
- RB Alexander Mattison is QUESTIONABLE for this week’s game, but he did finally return to practice by the end of the week: Minnesota Vikings
New England Patriots
- WR Juju Smith-Schuster is OUT for Sunday’s game: New England Patriots
- TE Hunter Harvey is QUESTIONABLE to play after returning to practice on Friday: New England Patriots
- RB Rhamondre Stevenson is OUT for Week 16 with an ankle injury: New England Patriots
New York Jets
- QB Zach Wilson is OUT for Week 16 and possibly Week 17 as well: Rich Cimini
- QB Aaron Rodgers is OUT for the rest of the season: Rich Cimini
Philadelphia Eagles
- WR DeVonta Smith is QUESTIONABLE to play this weekend: Dave Zangaro
Pittsburgh Steelers
- QB Kenny Pickett is OUT for this weekend’s game: Brooke Pryor
Seattle Seahawks
- RB Kenneth Walker III is QUESTIONABLE, though coach Pete Carroll has said that he will in fact play: Dugar, Michael-Shawn
Tennessee Titans
- QB Will Levis is QUESTIONABLE to play this weekend after only returning to practice on Friday in a limited fashion: Jim Wyatt
Washington Commanders
- RB Brian Robinson is OUT for this weekend’s game with a hamstring injury: Nicki Jhabvala
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NFL Injured Reserve
The following players are out of action for an extended period and will not be helping fantasy football managers in the near future.
Baltimore Ravens
- RB J.K. Dobbins is OUT for the season with an Achilles injury: Clifton Brown
- TE Mark Andrews is OUT for at least four weeks with a cracked left fibula alongside some ligament damage, but there is an outside chance that he does return before the end of the season: Adam Schefter
- RB Keaton Mitchell is OUT for the remainder of the season: Baltimore Ravens
Cincinnati Bengals
- QB Joe Burrow is OUT for the rest of the season, and recently had surgery to repair his injured wrist: Cincinnati Bengals
Cleveland Browns
- RB Nick Chubb is OUT for the season, and has now successfully had surgery on both his MCL and his ACL: Cleveland Browns
- QB DeShaun Watson, who is OUT for the season due to a shoulder injury, recently had surgery to repair the ailment, and is expected to return for the start of the 2024 season: Mike Garofalo
Green Bay Packers
- TE Luke Musgrave is OUT for this weekend’s game, and he wants to play again this season, even if it means playing through pain: Ryan Wood
Houston Texans
- WR Tank Dell is OUT for the rest of the season with a broken left fibula that needed surgery to be repaired: Ben Arthur
Indianapolis Colts
- QB Anthony Richardson is OUT for the season, but had successful surgery this week: Jim Irsay
Jacksonville Jaguars
- WR Christian Kirk is OUT for at least the next four weeks with a core muscle/groin injury that will require surgery: Cameron Wolfe
Los Angeles Chargers
- WR Mike Williams is OUT for the season with a torn ACL, but is expected to be ready at the start of next year’s training camp: Ian Rapoport
- QB Justin Herbert is OUT for the remainder of the season after fracturing his right index finger and undergoing surgery to repair it: Los Angeles Chargers
Minnesota Vikings
- QB Kirk Cousins is OUT for the season after suffering a season-ending torn Achilles injury and successfully undergoing surgery, but he did have his cast removed: Kevin Seifert
- RB Cam Akers is OUT for the season with a torn Achilles tendon: Minnesota Vikings
New England Patriots
- WR Kendrick Bourne is OUT for the season after suffering an Achilles injury and undergoing surgery to repair it: Andrew Callahan
New Orleans Saints
- WR Michael Thomas is OUT for at least the next four weeks with a “fairly significant” knee injury, but he is expected to return at some point this season: Nick Underhill
New York Giants
- PK Graham Gano is OUT for at least the next four weeks with a knee injury, though his ailment will require surgery and the expectation is that he will not return this season: Jordan Raanan
- QB Daniel Jones is OUT for the season with a knee injury, and his goal is to be ready by the start of Training Camp next season: Jordan Raanan
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