{"id":371393,"date":"2025-12-25T17:49:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T17:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/371393\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T17:49:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T17:49:11","slug":"nfl-injury-tracker-latest-injury-news-fantasy-implications-for-week-17-as-jordan-love-remains-in-concussion-protocol-george-kittle-avoids-major-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/371393\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL injury tracker: Latest injury news, fantasy implications for Week 17 as Jordan Love remains in concussion protocol, George Kittle avoids major injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

Will it be Jordan Love or Malik Willis for the Green Bay Packers when they meet the Baltimore Ravens Saturday night? That question may not be answered for a few days, as both quarterbacks are injured following the Week 16 defeat to the Chicago Bears.<\/p>\n

Love remains in concussion protocol after exiting the Bears game in the first half.<\/p>\n

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“He’s in the protocol, and he’ll practice per the protocol,” Packers coach Matt LaFleur said Tuesday<\/a>. “So, he’ll be limited.”<\/p>\n

Love was limited in practice on Wednesday, while Willis, who injured his right shoulder on the final play of the fourth quarter, did not practice.<\/p>\n

“We’ve got to see how they progress throughout the course of the week,” LaFleur said. “So, by no means are they in the clear.”<\/p>\n

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The San Francisco 49ers got good news this week when it was reported that All-Pro tight end George Kittle avoided a high-ankle sprain<\/a> during Monday night’s win over the Indianapolis Colts<\/p>\n

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Kittle is reportedly dealing with a “mid-to-low ankle sprain,” which still leaves his status in doubt ahead of their Week 17 matchup with the Bears. But he’s reportedly avoided the high-ankle sprain diagnosis that frequently comes with multi-week absences.<\/p>\n

When healthy this season, Kittle has been at his peak form and among the best tight ends in the NFL. He was in the midst of one of his best games of the season when he left late in the third quarter Monday night with the ankle injury.<\/p>\n

Other notable Week 17 injuries:<\/p>\n

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen said that he <\/a>\u201cwill be playing, planning on playing\u201d against the Philadelphia Eagles this weekend. That came after he went down with a foot injury in last week’s game, and the injury kept him out of Tuesday\u2019s walk-through. \u201cI mean, [it\u2019s] still sore,\u201d Allen said, via ESPN<\/a>. \u201cWalk-through today, so really not practice in general. So yeah \u2026 feeling good.\u201d<\/p>\n

TreVeyon Henderson and Kayshon Boutte remain in concussion protocol after both were injured during Sunday night’s win over the Baltimore Ravens. Should Henderson be unable to go, running back Rhamondre Stevenson, who picked up 78 yards and a touchdown when he entered the game, will handle the workload.<\/p>\n

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Here’s the rest of the Week 17 injury report (players will be added as teams release their reports):<\/p>\n

HOUSTON TEXANSLOS ANGELES CHARGERSBALTIMORE RAVENSGREEN BAY PACKERSSEATTLE SEAHAWKSCAROLINA PANTHERSNEW ENGLAND PATRIOTSNEW YORK JETSTAMPA BAY BUCCANEERSMIAMI DOLPHINSJACKSONVILLE JAGUARSINDIANAPOLIS COLTS<\/p>\n

QB Anthony Richardson (eye): OUT<\/p>\n

NEW ORLEANS SAINTSTENNESSEE TITANS<\/p>\n

CB Marcus Harris (knee): OUT<\/p>\n

PITTSBURGH STEELERSCLEVELAND BROWNS<\/p>\n

RB Quinshon Judkins (leg, knee): OUT<\/p>\n

ARIZONA CARDINALS<\/p>\n

CB Garrett Williams (Achilles): OUT<\/p>\n

CINCINNATI BENGALSNEW YORK GIANTSLAS VEGAS RAIDERS<\/p>\n

TE Brock Bowers (knee): OUT<\/p>\n

S Jeremy Chinn (back): OUT<\/p>\n

PHILADELPHIA EAGLESBUFFALO BILLSCHICAGO BEARSSAN FRANCISCO 49ERSLOS ANGELES RAMSATLANTA FALCONSNFL injury updates liveLive1 updates\"TarohnThu, December 25, 2025 at 6:39 AM PST<\/p>\n

Tarohn Finley<\/p>\n

Running back Chris Rodriguez Jr. was a last-minute addition to the Washington Commanders’ injury report<\/a>. Rodriguez is questionable with an illness in Thursday’s game against the Dallas Cowboys.<\/p>\n

In last week’s 29-18 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, Rodriguez rushed for 63 yards and a touchdown. If Rodriguez can not give it a go expect rookie running back Jacory Croskey-Merritt and Jeremy McNichols to receive the bulk of the carries. Croskey-Merritt had a 25 rushing yards and a touchdown against the Eagles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Will it be Jordan Love or Malik Willis for the Green Bay Packers when they meet the Baltimore…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371394,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[45081,1258,64,63,631,5360,1278,5366,5349,23166,1261,1257,17470,1248,5386,3602,74604,163,23169,43930,19977,1243,1246,23168,51509,5347,6582,6580,30576,59152,30800,59155,1233,1249,1242,593,5348,1260,3034,5345,5378,79557,1262,35197,5353,85,5350,1253,5359,6293,17455],"class_list":["post-371393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ankle-sprain","tag-arizona-cardinals","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-bengals","tag-brock-bowers","tag-broncos","tag-browns","tag-buccaneers","tag-buffalo-bills","tag-carolina-panthers","tag-chargers","tag-chicago-bears","tag-chiefs","tag-commanders","tag-concussion-protocol","tag-cowboys","tag-falcons","tag-garrett-williams","tag-george-kittle","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-jaguars","tag-jeremy-chinn","tag-jets","tag-jordan-love","tag-josh-allen","tag-kayshon-boutte","tag-malik-willis","tag-marcus-harris","tag-matt-lafleur","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-new-orleans-saints","tag-new-york-giants","tag-nfl","tag-patriots","tag-philadelphia-eagles","tag-quinshon-judkins","tag-raiders","tag-rams","tag-rhamondre-stevenson","tag-san-francisco-49ers","tag-sauce-gardner","tag-seahawks","tag-sports","tag-steelers","tag-tennessee-titans","tag-texans","tag-treveyon-henderson","tag-vikings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371393","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=371393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}