The holiday season is here, but the news around the NFL is non-stop.
That’s especially true this week, as we have a tripleheader on Christmas Day and two more games on Saturday ahead of the usual Sunday slate. And we only have two weeks of regular-season action remaining, making every bit of news all the more consequential.
Who’s hurt? Who’s practicing? Who’s starting? Who’s on the hot seat?
Here’s the latest on what’s happening around the league entering Week 17:
The Ravens’ playoff hopes are on thin ice, and they might not have their quarterback available when their season is on the line against the Packers on Saturday. Lamar Jackson will undergo an MRI on Monday after suffering a back injury that forced him to miss the second half of the Ravens’ loss to the Patriots, but he’s hopeful he can play in Week 17.
“Yeah, that’s the goal,” Jackson told reporters. “We’re going to do a little [MRI] scan [Monday] after which see what it reveals.”
Ravens head coach John Harbaugh later mentioned that Jackson was coping with “a bruise of some type.”
“I do not know the way critical it’s going to be,” Harbaugh mentioned. “We’ll have to search out out over the subsequent couple of days.”
The Ravens should win every of their ultimate two video games and for the Steelers to lose on the Browns in Week 17 in an effort to make the postseason. At 7-8, successful the AFC North is the one manner for Baltimore to make the playoffs for a fourth straight yr.
Packers monitoring well being of each QBs forward of Ravens matchup
As for who the Ravens’ Week 17 opponent, the Packers may also be shorthanded at quarterback for Saturday’s sport. Jordan Love left Saturday’s loss to the Bears early after coming into the league’s concussion protocol, whereas backup Malik Willis damage his throwing shoulder within the fourth quarter. Willis remained within the sport, however he was combating by some ache after the sport.
“I might say he is fairly sore,” Packers coach Matt LaFleur advised reporters of Willis on Sunday. “That is a respectable deal that he is coping with, and he’ll be one other man that we’ll see the place he is at as we progress. That additional complicates the opposite drawback.”
Love, in the meantime, should spend the week clearing concussion protocol in an effort to play on Saturday.
“That is a course of that takes a number of days to get by,” LaFleur advised reporters.
The Packers fell to 9-5-1 with Saturday’s loss, placing their hopes of successful the NFC North in peril. They’re going to have to win out and for the Bears to lose their ultimate two video games in an effort to win the division. Inexperienced Bay additionally hasn’t clinched a playoff spot but. Nevertheless, it will make the playoffs if it wins considered one of its ultimate two video games or if the Lions lose as soon as within the ultimate two weeks.
Jets to begin rookie Brady Cook dinner at QB for ultimate two video games
The Jets are sticking with Brady Cook dinner at quarterback for the remainder of the 2025 common season, head coach Aaron Glenn advised reporters on Monday. With the Jets beginning Cook dinner for the ultimate two video games, the undrafted rookie might play an enormous position within the AFC East race because the Jets tackle the Patriots and Payments in Weeks 17 and 18, respectively.
Cook dinner has began the final two video games for the Jets following Tyrod Taylor’s damage. He is thrown for 527 yards, a landing and 6 interceptions over the three video games he is performed this season.
The Commanders have signed quarterback Jeff Driskel off the Cardinals’ follow squad, the staff introduced Monday. The transfer is likely to be a sign that Marcus Mariota will not be capable of play in Thursday’s sport in opposition to the Cowboys after leaving Saturday’s sport in opposition to the Eagles early with accidents to his throwing hand and quad.
If Mariota cannot go, journeyman quarterback Joshua Johnson can be in line to begin in opposition to the Cowboys.
The Chiefs are coping with one other damage at quarterback. Per week after shedding Patrick Mahomes for the rest of the 2025 season with an ACL tear, the staff fears Gardner Minshew suffered the identical damage that brought about him to go away their loss to the Titans early on Sunday, ESPN reported. If Minshew is certainly out for the remainder of the season, third-string Chris Oladokun can be in line to begin in Thursday’s sport in opposition to the Broncos. The fourth-year quarterback threw his first profession move in Sunday’s loss to the Titans.
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