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Many players crossed the NFL are dealing with injuries heading into Week 13.
The Buffalo Bills enactment pass-rusher Von Miller connected the injured reserve database on Thursday, meaning helium volition miss the team's adjacent 4 games. Miller said helium suffered lateral meniscus harm to his close genu during the Bills' triumph implicit the Detroit Lions connected Thanksgiving. "He's been doing attraction and trying to rehab it," Bills wide manager Brandon Beane said. "... We conscionable deliberation successful talking to the aesculapian radical that the champion determination close present is to springiness this time, and that gives him the champion accidental to assistance america down the stretch."
Chicago Bears backmost Justin Fields' presumption for Sunday's crippled against the Green Bay Packers is uncertain arsenic helium is dealing with a enarthrosis injury. The ailment caused him to miss the Bears' crippled against the New York Jets connected Sunday. The bully quality is that Fields was a afloat participant successful signifier Thursday.
The Packers besides person wellness issues astatine quarterback, arsenic Aaron Rodgers is dealing with a rib wounded helium suffered against the Philadelphia Eagles. According to ESPN's Rob Demovsky, Rodgers volition play connected Sunday and volition "probably" deterioration immoderate benignant of rib extortion for the archetypal clip successful his career.
Here are immoderate much wounded updates from our NFL Nation reporters entering Week 13.
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Joe Mixon, RB, Cincinnati Bengals
Injury: Concussion
Mixon was constricted each week portion inactive successful concussion protocol. Bengals manager Zac Taylor said Mixon volition beryllium monitored passim the play arsenic they oculus a imaginable instrumentality for Sunday's crippled against Kansas City.
-- Ben Baby
David Njoku, TE, Cleveland Browns
Injury: Knee
Njoku, who came down with a game-tying, one-handed TD drawback connected 4th down successful Sunday's eventual triumph implicit Tampa Bay, was incapable to signifier this week with a genu injury. Njoku, who battled an ankle wounded earlier this season, is simply a cardinal portion of the Browns' offense. If Cleveland is going to marque a propulsion for a playoff spot, it volition request to get Njoku backmost from this wounded arsenic rapidly arsenic possible.
-- Jake Trotter
Romeo Doubs, WR, Green Bay Packers
Injury: Ankle
The Packers mightiness yet beryllium capable to usage their 2 rookie receivers unneurotic extensively if Doubs plays connected Sunday. So far, they person played a expansive full of 52 snaps unneurotic this season. While Doubs was playing extensively aboriginal successful the season, Christian Watson was battling injuries. And Watson's emergence has travel portion Doubs has missed the past 3 games due to the fact that of an ankle injury. Doubs returned to signifier connected Wednesday.
-- Rob Demovsky
Braden Smith, RT, Indianapolis Colts
Injury: Illness
The Colts volition beryllium missing a cardinal portion of their violative enactment astatine an inopportune time. Dallas leads the NFL successful sacks with 45. Meanwhile, Smith conscionable had a beardown show against Pittsburgh's T.J. Watt, holding him without a sack and limiting him to 1 backmost deed successful the Colts' Monday nighttime nonaccomplishment to the Steelers.
-- Stephen Holder
Josh Jacobs, RB, Las Vegas Raiders
Injury: Calf
Jacobs initially tweaked his near calf successful signifier past Friday, was a gametime determination astatine Seattle, reaggravated it precocious successful the game, convinced his coaches to fto him instrumentality and finished with 303 all-purpose yards and 2 scores, including his epic 86-yard walk-off touchdown. The calf has kept him constricted successful signifier each week. "I don't consciousness excessively bad," helium said. "It's much truthful conscionable not trying to overwork myself. Not trying to bash excessively overmuch successful signifier and past travel into the crippled sore. I consciousness beauteous good. Just trying to support that." If Jacobs cannot play, expect rookie Zamir White to get added reps.
-- Paul Gutierrez
Mike Williams, WR, Los Angeles Chargers
Injury: Ankle
Williams volition miss a 2nd consecutive crippled aft aggravating a precocious ankle sprain successful Week 11 against the Chiefs. Williams primitively suffered the wounded successful Week 7 against the Seahawks and missed 2 games earlier returning and reaggravating the injury. The Bolts' discourtesy besides volition beryllium without starting halfway Corey Linsley (concussion) and close tackle Trey Pipkins III (knee), truthful backmost Justin Herbert volition person his enactment chopped retired for him.
-- Lindsey Thiry
Matthew Stafford, QB, Los Angeles Rams
Injury: Neck
Stafford has been cleared from the concussion protocol, but helium volition miss the Rams' Week 13 crippled against the Seattle Seahawks with a cervix injury. Coach Sean McVay said past week that Stafford felt immoderate numbness successful his legs aft taking a deed successful Week 11 against the New Orleans Saints, a crippled Stafford was playing successful 2 days aft helium was cleared from the concussion protocol the archetypal time. McVay said determination has been dialog astir shutting Stafford down for the remainder of the season, but that the Rams are inactive taking it "a measurement astatine a time" with the quarterback's injury.
Aaron Donald, DT
Injury: Ankle
Donald will not play connected Sunday against Seattle aft injuring his ankle against the Chiefs successful Week 13. This is the archetypal crippled the three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year has missed due to the fact that of wounded successful his NFL career.
-- Sarah Barshop
Michael Carter, RB, New York Jets
Injury: Ankle
Carter, the Jets' starring rusher since Breece Hall was injured successful Week 7, is doubtful with a debased ankle sprain. Look for a backfield by committee, with Ty Johnson, rookie Zonovan Knight and James Robinson handling the work. Johnson and Knight, some of whom sparked the discourtesy past week, fig to get astir of the carries.
-- Rich Cimini
Robert Quinn, DE, Philadelphia Eagles
Injury: Knee
Quinn was a precocious summation to the wounded study this week. He's listed arsenic retired for Sunday against the Titans on with information C.J. Gardner-Johnson (lacerated kidney). Defensive tackle Jordan Davis, meanwhile, is expected to marque his instrumentality from a precocious ankle sprain -- conscionable successful clip to look Derrick Henry.
-- Tim McManus
Najee Harris, RB, Pittsburgh Steelers
Injury: Oblique
Harris played conscionable fractional of Monday night's triumph against the Colts earlier exiting with an oblique injury. He returned to signifier Friday, though, and said helium was wide to play Sunday. Still, helium could beryllium constricted against the Falcons aft not practicing Wednesday oregon Thursday. The Steelers don't needfully request to unreserved him backmost with Jaylen Warren (hamstring) disposable again and aft getting coagulated performances from Benny Snell and Anthony McFarland successful the 2nd fractional of the triumph Monday.
-- Brooke Pryor
Antonio Gibson, RB, Washington Commanders
Injury: Foot
Gibson did not signifier Thursday and was constricted Friday, but Washington remains optimistic astir his availability for Sunday. Offensive coordinator Scott Turner said helium expected Gibson to play vs. the Giants. Considering that Washington wants to onslaught New York connected the ground, pairing Gibson with Brian Robinson volition beryllium pivotal. If helium can't play, Jonathan Williams would play much and Jaret Patterson would beryllium elevated disconnected the signifier squad.
Chase Young, DE
Injury: Knee
Young was constricted successful signifier Friday, and Washington won't marque a last telephone connected his presumption until pregame Sunday. The coaches person wanted to spot him propulsion disconnected his genu with assurance and that's not thing they've seen consistently. They were enthusiastic astir what they saw a week agone but much muted this week. It could beryllium different crippled earlier Young plays.
-- John Keim
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