Week 14 Friday Injury Report: Walker Looking Shaky, Lamb Feeling Confident

Injury hotspots for Week 14 include the Giants' defense, the Giants' offensive tackles, the Bears' backfield, and the Jets and 49ers in general.

Below you'll find four different categories, with our lists including key offensive linemen and defensive players whose presences/absences might impact fantasy decisions. The bottom section — truly questionable — is sorted by kickoff times and can be used as a checklist/cheatsheet for Sunday morning and afternoon when inactives come out. First, let's see who's definitely in and who's definitely out...

Good to Go 💯

• QB Baker Mayfield (leg)
• WR Mike Evans (calf)
• WR DK Metcalf (shoulder)
• WR DeVonta Smith (hamstring)
• WR Ja'Marr Chase (ankle)
• WR Elijah Moore (shoulder)
• WR Demarcus Robinson (hand)
• WR Parker Washington (shoulder)
• WR Calvin Austin (concussion)
• WR Allen Lazard (chest)
• TEs Juwan Johnson (foot) & Foster Moreau (shoulder)

Ruled Out/Doubtful 🚑 

• QB Trevor Lawrence (IR - shoulder/head)
• RB Breece Hall (D - knee)
• RBs Christian McCaffrey (IR - knee) & Jordan Mason (ankle)
• RB Roschon Johnson (concussion)
• RB Zamir White (quad)
• WR Cedric Tillman (concussion)
• WR Jalen Coker (D - neck)
• TE Dallas Goedert (knee)
• TE Taysom Hill (IR - knee)

Beneficiaries of added playing time to the injuries listed above will include Jaguars QB Mac Jones, Jets RBs Braleon Allen and Isaiah Davis, 49ers RBs Isaac Guerendo and Patrick Taylor, Bears RB Travis Homer, Browns WR Jamari Thrash, Eagles TE Dallas Goedert and Saints TE Foster Moreau.

Key Defensive Players + Offensive Linemen

• CB Deonte Banks (ribs), LB Bobby Okereke (back), DT Rakeem Nunez-Roches (neck)
• DT D.J. Davidson (D - shoulder), LT Jermaine Eluemunor (quad)
• G Nick Saldiveri (knee)
• LB C.J. Mosley (neck), Sauce Gardner (D - hamstring)
• S Reed Blankenship (concussion)
• S Mike Edwards (hamstring), LB K.J. Britt (ankle)
• CB Nate Hobbs (ankle)
• LT Trent Williams (ankle), DE Nick Bosa (D - oblique), S George Odum (knee)
• C Ryan Bates (concussion), S Elijah Hicks (ankle)
• LB Denzel Perryman (D - groin)
• LT Orlando Brown (D - leg)
• RG Zack Martin (ankle surgery)
• LB Logan Wilson (knee surgery)

Listed as Questionable - Should Play 👍

• WR CeeDee Lamb (shoulder) - MNF
• TE Ja'Tavion Sanders (neck)

Truly Questionable / Game-Time Decisions 🤔

Early Games

• RB Bucky Irving (hip)
• RB Alexander Mattison (ankle)
• RB Raheem Mostert (hip)
• WR Jakobi Meyers (ankle)
• WR George Pickens (hamstring)
• WR Malik Nabers (hip flexor)

Meyers, Pickens and Nabers all are mid-week additions to the injury report. In Meyers' case, it sounds promising for him to play. In Nabers' case, not so much. With Pickens, I'm not sure what to think. Picken was a last-second addition to the injury report, Friday afternoon, whereas Nabers and Meyers were added Thursday.

Irving, on the other hand, is dealing with an injury that impacted him during last week's game, though hip pain didn't stop him from running all over the Panthers. He gets another favorable matchup this week, home against the Raiders, which means Rachaad White will be a fantastic lineup option if Irving ends up inactive. Sean Tucker would also be startable in that scenario, for what it's worth.

Late-Afternoon Games

• RB Kenneth Walker (ankle/calf)
• RB D'Andre Swift (quad)
• WR DJ Moore (quad)
• WR Keon Coleman (wrist)
• TEs Dalton Kincaid (knee) & Quinton Morris (shoulder)

Moore said Friday he expects to play, and Swift also seems to be on the right track for Chicago. Walker, on the other hand, looks no better than 50/50, as he didn't practice this week and didn't exactly get a vote of confidence from coach Mike Macdonald on Friday.

Primetime Games

• WR Ladd McConkey (knee) - SNF
• WR Mecole Hardman (knee) - SNF
• TE Jake Ferguson (concussion) - MNF

I'm guessing McConkey plays Sunday night, but it was close to a sure thing the past few weeks when he only had a shoulder injury, whereas the addition of a knee injury seems to have inspired genuine concern about his availability. Ferguson also seems more likely than not to play, but he'll first need to clear protocol after missing two games with what reportedly were some pretty ugly concussion symptoms.

Key Defensive Players + O-Linemen

• S Juan Thornhill (calf)
• CB Dru Phillips (shoulder), RT Evan Neal (hip)
• LB Anthony Walker (hamstring), CB Kader Kohou (back), LT Terron Armstead (knee)
• RT Morgan Moses (knee), RG Alijah Vera-Tucker (ankle), OT Olu Fashanu (toe)
• LB Jerome Baker (neck), LB Kenneth Murray (hamstring), DT T'Vondre Sweat (shoulder)
• CB Jarvis Brownlee (hip), CB Roger McCreary (shoulder)
• CB Tyson Campbell (thigh)
• OLB Andrew Van Ginkel (thigh), G Dalton Risner (back)
• OLB Jadeveon Clowney (knee), LB Josey Jewell (hamstring), G Robert Hunt (back)
• S Tykee Smith (knee), OLB Joe Tryon-Shoyinka (ankle)
• G Aaron Banks (concussion), S Talanoa Hufanga (wrist)
• OLB Jared Verse (ankle)
• LT Tyler Guyton (ankle)