Thanksgiving has come and gone and now it’s a mad dash down the stretch in the NFL. With each passing week, the playoff jockeying becomes more intensified and a single play could very well determine the fate of a given season. That puts quite a lot of pressure on clubs as they enter a Week 13 slate that has six division head-to-heads. As we look deeper into the weekend, it’s also worth pointing out that we have two teams — the Arizona Cardinals and Carolina Panthers — on the bye. They’ll try to use that time off to get healthy and end the year on a strong note.
With that in mind, let’s take a look at the final injury report for the Thursday night matchup and go through a rundown of all the initial injury reports that have come out across the league as we look forward to Week 13.
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Miller and Dawkins were unable to practice all week, so it’s not entirely surprising to see them officially put on the shelf for this game, but significant nonetheless. In the case of Miller, he said that he did damage his lateral meniscus but believes he can play through it and plans to be ready for Week 14.
New England will be without Harris and starting tackle Wynn for this game as neither could hit the practice field this week. With Harris sidelined, Rhamondre Stevenson should see an increased uptick in work out of the backfield. Starting corner Mills was limited all week at practice and is officially listed as questionable, while Peppers — who did not practice on Tuesday due to an illness — returned on a limited basis. On Thursday morning, the club also added tackle Trent Brown to the injury report, listing him as questionable due to an illness.
The Steelers officially listed running back Najee Harris (oblique) and corner Ahkello Witherspoon (hamstring) as nonparticipants during Wednesday’s opening session. Harris left Monday’s game against the Colts early due to that oblique injury and head coach Mike Tomlin was mum on his status for this week. Pass rusher T.J. Watt (ribs) headlined a group of Steelers that were limited to start the week, including safety Minkah Fitzpatrick (ribs), linebacker Myles Jack (knee), offensive lineman Larry Ogunjobi (toe) and running back Jaylen Warren (hamstring).
Atlanta held out defensive lineman Jalen Dalton from practice due to a toe injury. Running back Cordarrelle Patterson also did not participate, but he…
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