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Fans can wake up happy this morning because another football Sunday has arrived. We get to watch near-playoff games today, and some of us might have a must-win fantasy game ahead. For everybody, the NFL injury updates this week are huge.
Whether it’s for your own team’s sake, rooting for or against another squad, or that aforementioned high-stakes fantasy game, you have to know who is healthy and who is out in Week 14.
At this point in the season, all players are banged up: it’s just a matter of how severely. Here, we’ll focus on the guys who have faced real questions about suiting up.
These are the five biggest injury updates in the league for this week’s slate of games.
The Washington Commanders have had one of the biggest let-down seasons in the league. After a fantastic 2024, they are 3-9 heading into Week 14 against the similarly disappointing Minnesota Vikings.
Things went from bad to catastrophic, however, in Week 9 when their young quarterback, Jayden Daniels, suffered an incredibly gruesome elbow injury.
It seemed like the nail in the Commanders’ coffin for 2025. That has held true for their record and playoff chances, as they’ve now lost three in a row in Daniels’ absence, but somehow the former LSU Tiger is back under center this week.
Daniels is returning to play against the Vikings, much to the glee of the DC faithful and any fantasy owners who need a boost in their playoff games.
In more competitive game news, the Eagles-Chargers Monday matchup is a big one for both teams.
Philadelphia’s division lead seems to be out of the woods with the Cowboys’ loss on Thursday, but they are in a slide of their own late this year. If they drop a third game in a row, Eagles’ fans will act like the sky is falling.
Sources: Eagles DT Jalen Carter is out for Monday night’s game vs. the Chargers after undergoing a procedure this past Monday on both his shoulders. Carter now is undergoing treatment on both shoulders, and he will be considered be week to week to return. Carter wanted to be as… pic.twitter.com/5qDTAyiLUp
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) December 4, 2025
Unfortunately for that group, their odds took a big hit with the news that All-Pro defensive tackle Jalen Carter is out in Week 14.
The former first-round pick is a key player on Philly’s defensive line and will surely be missed against a run-heavy Chargers offense.
If you thought Mike Evans’ season was done after an early-season clavicle break, you would not be alone.
I was personally shocked to see he was “pushing” to play this week against the New Orleans Saints, perhaps their biggest division rival in the NFC South.
His status is...
