For the first time ever, we have a Week 18 in the NFL season.
There are three playoff spots left. Some teams can simply get in with a win, while others need a victory and some help. Injuries could play a factor in which teams will make the postseason.
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has missed the past three games with an ankle injury and has been ruled out for Sunday. Backup Tyler Huntley will start against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
In the same game, Steelers wide receiver Diontae Johnson was activated from the reserve/COVID list after just one day because of the league’s new return-to-play protocols. In more COVID news, Dallas Cowboys rookie linebacker Micah Parsons and tackle Tyron Smith are on the reserve/COVID list. Their statuses are also up in the air for Saturday night’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles (8:15 p.m. on ESPN).
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be without two of their top defenders. Linebackers Shaq Barrett (knee) and Jason Pierre-Paul (shoulder) for Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers. On a positive note, the Tennessee Titans welcomed Derrick Henry back to practice this week. He’s been out since late October after he fractured his foot against the Indianapolis Colts. The Titans have not said if Henry will play Sunday against the Houston Texans.
Our NFL reporters are back for their final regular-season injury updates for key players entering Week 18.
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Injury: Hamstring
Pitts, who has 1,018 yards receiving, has a shot Sunday of breaking Mike Ditka’s 60-year-old mark for receiving yards for a rookie tight end. He needs 59 yards to pass Ditka’s 1,076 yards, and the biggest impediment to Pitts doing that might not be the Saints, but a hamstring injury he suffered in the first half against Buffalo. Pitts didn’t practice on Wednesday and was limited on Thursday and Friday. Falcons coach Arthur Smith didn’t rule Pitts out and said the team’s injured players…
Source : espn
