{"id":358591,"date":"2025-12-19T16:13:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T16:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/358591\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T16:13:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T16:13:21","slug":"nfl-injury-tracker-latest-injury-news-fantasy-implications-as-rashee-rice-tee-higgins-remain-in-concussion-protocol-ahead-of-week-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/358591\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL injury tracker: Latest injury news, fantasy implications as Rashee Rice, Tee Higgins remain in concussion protocol ahead of Week 16"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gardner Minshew takes over for Patrick Mahomes<\/a> this week for the Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> and may be without one of the team’s top offensive weapons.<\/p>\n

Receiver Rashee Rice entered concussion protocol<\/a> this week and did not practice Wednesday or Thursday. Kansas City visits the Tennessee Titans in Week 16.<\/p>\n

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Fellow receiver Tyquan Thornton is also in concussion protocol and has yet to practice this week.<\/p>\n

“Those things happen, and we’ll just see where it ends up going,” head coach Andy Reid said.<\/p>\n

Rice’s injury occurred in the third quarter of the Chiefs’ 16-13 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers<\/a>. Rice suffered a brutal blow from Los Angeles Chargers safety Tony Jefferson, the latest in a series of hard hits the standout wideout has sustained in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

Rice stayed down after the play and ultimately went to the Chiefs’ medical tent, where he then emerged with his helmet<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Although Rice went back in the game and finished with seven receptions for 51 yards in the three-point defeat, the symptoms he reported Monday landed him in the concussion protocol.<\/p>\n

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Rice leads all Chiefs wide receivers with 53 receptions and 571 receiving yards. Plus, his five touchdowns are tied for the team high.<\/p>\n

[NFL injury updates live<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Cincinnati Bengals receiver Tee Higgins remains in concussion protocol<\/a> after reporting symptoms following their loss to the Buffalo Bills in Week 14. Higgins was limited in Thursday’s practice and has not been a full participant in over two weeks.<\/p>\n

Higgins missed Week 13 due to a concussion, cleared protocol but then re-entered protocol after the Bills game.<\/p>\n

Other notable Week 16 injuries:<\/p>\n

The Green Bay Packers have listed receiver Christian Watson and running back Josh Jacobs as questionable for Saturday’s game against the Chicago Bears. Watson was taken to a Denver hospital during their loss to the Broncos on Sunday, but returned to practice on Wednesday and Thursday and said he was likely to play. Jacobs, meanwhile, has been dealing with a sore left knee for over a month. He did not practice this week, putting his availability in doubt.<\/p>\n

Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Quinnen Williams was a limited participant in Thursday’s practice after returning from a concussion. Running back Javonte Williams was limited with a neck injury. Wideout CeeDee Lamb did not practice due to an illness. The Cowboys host the Chargers on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh Steelers edge rusher T.J. Watt missed practice again Thursday due to the lung issue he’s been dealing<\/a> with. Watt suffered the injury during a dry needling treatment at the team facility last week. With Watt missing another practice, it does not seem like he’ll play against the Detroit Lions.<\/p>\n

AFC East: Bills<\/a> | Dolphins<\/a> | Patriots<\/a> | Jets<\/a>
AFC North: Ravens<\/a> | Bengals<\/a> | Browns<\/a> | Steelers<\/a>
AFC South: Texans<\/a> | Colts<\/a> | Jaguars<\/a> | Titans<\/a>
AFC West: Broncos<\/a> | Chiefs<\/a> | Raiders<\/a> | Chargers<\/a>
NFC East: Cowboys<\/a> | Giants<\/a> | Eagles<\/a> | Commanders<\/a>
NFC North: Bears<\/a> | Lions<\/a> | Packers<\/a> | Vikings<\/a>
NFC South: Falcons<\/a> | Panthers<\/a> | Saints<\/a> | Buccaneers<\/a>
NFC West: Cardinals<\/a> | Rams (played Thurs.) | 49ers<\/a> | Seahawks (played Thurs.)<\/p>\n

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Here’s the rest of the Week 16 injury report (players will be added as teams release their reports):<\/p>\n

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES<\/p>\n

DT Jalen Carter (shoulder): OUT<\/p>\n

T Lane Johnson (foot): OUT<\/p>\n

TE Cameron Latu (neck): questionable<\/p>\n

T Cameron Williams (shoulder): questionable<\/p>\n

WASHINGTON COMMANDERS<\/p>\n

LT Laremy Tunsil (oblique): OUT<\/p>\n

QB Jayden Daniels (left elbow): OUT<\/p>\n

TE Colson Yankoff (ankle): OUT<\/p>\n

DT Eddie Goldman (concussion): OUT<\/p>\n

CB Jonathan Jones (rib): questionable<\/p>\n

DT Jer’Zhan Newton (illness): questionable<\/p>\n

GREEN BAY PACKERS<\/p>\n

RB MarShawn Lloyd (calf, hamstring): OUT<\/p>\n

TE Josh Whyle (concussion): OUT<\/p>\n

G John Williams (back): OUT<\/p>\n

RB Chris Brooks (chest): questionable<\/p>\n

DE Brenton Cox Jr. (groin): questionable<\/p>\n

DE Kingsley Enagbare (illness): questionable<\/p>\n

RB Josh Jacobs (knee, ankle): questionable<\/p>\n

T Darian Kinnard (neck): questionable<\/p>\n

LB Collin Oliver (hamstring): questionable<\/p>\n

T Zach Tom (back, knee): questionable<\/p>\n

WR Christian Watson (chest, shoulder): questionable<\/p>\n

WR Dontayvion Wicks (ankle): questionable<\/p>\n

S Evan Williams (knee): questionable<\/p>\n

CHICAGO BEARS<\/p>\n

WR Luther Burden III (ankle): OUT<\/p>\n

WR Rome Odunze (foot): OUT<\/p>\n

LB Amen Ogbongbemiga (hamstring): OUT<\/p>\n

DL Joe Tryon-Shoyinka (persona): questionable<\/p>\n

RB D’Andre Swift (groin): questionable<\/p>\n

LB Tremaine Edmunds (groin): questionable<\/p>\n

TE Cole Kmet (ankle, knee): questionable<\/p>\n

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERSCAROLINA PANTHERSMINNESOTA VIKINGSNEW YORK GIANTSNEW YORK JETS<\/p>\n

TE Mason Taylor (neck): OUT<\/p>\n

DL Eric Watts (concussion): OUT<\/p>\n

LB Francisco Mauigoa (neck): OUT<\/p>\n

S Tony Adams (groin): OUT<\/p>\n

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS<\/p>\n

WR Devaughn Vele (shoulder): OUT<\/p>\n

RB Alvin Kamara (ankle): OUT<\/p>\n

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OT Paris Johnson Jr. (knee): OUT<\/p>\n

S Jalen Thompson (hamstring): OUT<\/p>\n

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARSDENVER BRONCOSLAS VEGAS RAIDERSHOUSTON TEXANSPITTSBURGH STEELERSDETROIT LIONSNEW ENGLAND PATRIOTSBALTIMORE RAVENSSAN FRANCISCO 49ERSINDIANAPOLIS COLTSNFL injury updates liveLive3 updates\"SeanFri, December 19, 2025 at 7:15 AM PST<\/p>\n

Sean Leahy<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old Bland played 12 games this season with Dallas, recording 73 total tackles and one interception.<\/p>\n

He will miss the rest of the season.<\/p>\n

“He understands the journey that he has to go upon again, but he\u2019s gonna do a great job and come back better than before,” said Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer. It\u2019s one of those situations where it comes and goes, and at the end of the day, when you go and look at it, you see there\u2019s something we need to go in and fix surgically. That starts the process of a long rehab, but he\u2019ll do a great job with i<\/p>\n

\"SeanFri, December 19, 2025 at 5:52 AM PST<\/p>\n

Sean Leahy<\/p>\n

Marks is nursing an ankle injury and did not participate in practice on Wednesday or Thursday. The Texans did get Nick Chubb back on the field following a rib injury.<\/p>\n

Jawhar Jordan, who ran for 101 yards in his NFL debut last week, was promoted to the 53-man roster this week.<\/p>\n

\"SeanFri, December 19, 2025 at 5:48 AM PST<\/p>\n

Sean Leahy<\/p>\n

Geno Smith looks like he will return for the Las Vegas Raiders for Sunday’s game against the Texans.<\/p>\n

The Raiders quarterback was back at practice on Wednesday after sitting out last week’s 31-0 loss to the Eagles with a right shoulder and back injury.<\/p>\n

“I’m just taking it day by day, trying to see how I feel today after practice, and then we’ll move on from there,” Smith said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gardner Minshew takes over for Patrick Mahomes this week for the Kansas City Chiefs and may be without…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358592,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[5381,28663,142541,1258,64,63,92989,5366,5349,23166,1261,195980,72447,1248,195982,9841,1252,19990,185032,150093,5354,40101,195983,1234,116312,3897,3055,104974,26823,156994,195984,23169,156987,55563,1243,23168,38795,190375,23911,2363,5347,123033,195979,11109,19353,195981,13521,1240,40525,18596,39608,3052,59150,3043,1233,1239,1249,1242,593,96101,5357,6584,5348,1260,1241,150858,5345,5378,11777,614,22812,5353,85,1284,627,1253,5359,104966,150079,169846,86070,17455,1272,19355],"class_list":["post-358591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-49ers","tag-alvin-kamara","tag-amen-ogbongbemiga","tag-arizona-cardinals","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-brenton-cox-jr","tag-broncos","tag-browns","tag-buccaneers","tag-buffalo-bills","tag-cameron-latu","tag-cameron-williams","tag-chicago-bears","tag-chris-brooks","tag-christian-watson","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-cole-kmet","tag-collin-oliver","tag-colson-yankoff","tag-colts","tag-concussion","tag-d39andre-swift","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-darian-kinnard","tag-denver","tag-detroit-lions","tag-devaughn-vele","tag-dontayvion-wicks","tag-eddie-goldman","tag-eric-watts","tag-falcons","tag-francisco-mauigoa","tag-gardner-minshew","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-jaguars","tag-jalen-carter","tag-jalen-thompson","tag-javonte-williams","tag-jayden-daniels","tag-jets","tag-joe-tryon-shoyinka","tag-john-williams","tag-jonathan-jones","tag-josh-jacobs","tag-josh-whyle","tag-kansas-city","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-kingsley-enagbare","tag-lane-johnson","tag-laremy-tunsil","tag-los-angeles-chargers","tag-marshawn-lloyd","tag-mason-taylor","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-minnesota-vikings","tag-new-orleans-saints","tag-new-york-giants","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-injury-updates","tag-panthers","tag-patrick-mahomes","tag-patriots","tag-philadelphia-eagles","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-quinnen-williams","tag-raiders","tag-rams","tag-rashee-rice","tag-ravens","tag-rome-odunze","tag-seahawks","tag-sports","tag-t-j-watt","tag-tee-higgins","tag-tennessee-titans","tag-texans","tag-tony-adams","tag-tony-jefferson","tag-tremaine-edmunds","tag-tyquan-thornton","tag-vikings","tag-washington-commanders","tag-zach-tom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}