NFL Damage Report Week 15: Commanders, Raiders, Jets With out Beginning QB

[ad_1] Week 15 of the NFL season is underway, and there are some key gamers coping with accidents.

Commanders star quarterback Jayden Daniels will return to the bench after re-aggravating a earlier damage, whereas the Jets and the Raiders will roll out backup signal-callers.

Elsewhere, two star extensive receivers face issues stemming from concussions, with Cowboys wideout CeeDee Lamb poised to play and Bengals receiver Tee Higgins set to overlook his second sport prior to now three weeks.

See who's in and who's out for Week 15:

QB Jayden Daniels (Commanders)

Observe schedule: Restricted-Restricted-LimitedInjury: Elbow

Daniels will miss the Commanders' Week 15 sport towards the Giants. He returned from a four-game absence final week however re-aggravated his left elbow damage and can return to the bench. It is his seventh absence of an injury-riddled season. With Washington (3-10) not having a lot to play for, it's going to go for warning with its franchise quarterback. That mentioned, veteran Marcus Mariota will make his seventh begin of the season.

QB Tyrod Taylor (Jets)

Observe schedule: DNP-DNP-DNPInjury: Groin

Taylor will miss the Jets' Week 15 sport towards the Jaguars with a groin damage. In 4 video games as a starter this season, he has led the Jets to a 1-3 file. With Taylor out, undrafted rookie Brady Cook dinner will make his first NFL begin.

QB Geno Smith (Raiders)

Observe schedule: DNP-DNP-DNPInjury: Shoulder/Again

Smith will miss his first sport of the season when the Raiders face the Eagles in Week 15. In 13 begins this season, Smith has thrown for two,648 yards, 16 touchdowns and a league-high 14 interceptions. Las Vegas (2-11) is at the moment tied for the worst file within the league. Backup Kenny Pickett will begin in Smith's place.

WR Tee Higgins (Bengals)

Observe schedule: Restricted-Restricted-DNPInjury: Concussion

Higgins will miss the Bengals' Week 15 sport towards the Ravens. He sustained a concussion in Week 14 after coming back from that very same damage the week prior. Surprisingly, Higgins returned to apply in a restricted trend on Wednesday and Thursday, leaving hope that he might return later this season. Sunday will mark Higgins' second absence of the season — each towards Baltimore. In 12 video games, he has 46 catches for 667 yards and 9 touchdowns.

WR Rome Odunze (Bears)

Observe schedule: Restricted-Restricted-LimitedInjury: Foot

Odunze will carry a questionable tag into the Bears' Week 15 sport towards the Browns. He has been coping with a stress fracture in his foot for the previous few weeks, and it stored him out of a sport for the primary time this season final week. After every week of relaxation, nevertheless, he might return to the sphere to assist Chicago in its struggle for the NFC North after shedding the division result in the Packers final week. After a scorching begin to the season, Odunze has struggled since getting injured, hauling in simply 13 catches for 188 yards and one landing over the previous 5 weeks.

TE David Njoku (Browns)

Observe schedule: DNP-DNP-DNPInjury: Knee

Njoku will miss the Browns' Week 15 sport towards the Bears. He sustained a knee damage catching a landing — his solely catch of the sport — from quarterback Shedeur Sanders in Week 14. Njoku has 33 catches for 293 yards and 4 touchdowns underneath his belt to date this season. With Njoku out of the lineup, rookie Harold Fannin Jr. can have the tight finish snaps all to himself and can look to proceed to construct on a powerful season.

RB Josh Jacobs (Packers)

Observe schedule: DNP-DNP-LimitedInjury: Knee

Jacobs will carry a questionable tag into the Packers' Week 16 sport towards the Broncos. He has performed via decrease physique accidents all through this season and would possibly attempt to do the identical towards this week. Regardless of the minor accidents stacking up, Jacobs has totaled 817 speeding yards and 12 speeding touchdowns in 12 video games this season.

RB Christian McCaffrey (49ers)

Observe schedule: DNP-Restricted-FullInjury: Sickness/Again

McCaffrey will carry a questionable tag into the 49ers' Week 15 sport towards the Titans. He missed Wednesday's apply with an sickness earlier than returning Thursday. He was upgraded to a full participant on Friday. Nevertheless, on Saturday, he was added to the damage report with a again problem, so his standing for the sport is as soon as once more up within the air.

WR CeeDee Lamb (Cowboys)

Observe schedule: Restricted-Full-FullInjury: Concussion

Lamb will probably be lively for the Cowboys' Week 15 sport towards the Vikings on Sunday evening. He sustained a concussion that pressured him out of the workforce's bout with the Lions in Week 14, however 10 days off helped him not miss time. It is essential that the Cowboys have their prime pass-catcher this weekend, as they're combating for a playoff spot. In 10 video games this season, Lamb has 57 catches for 865 receiving yards and three touchdowns.

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