Hogs Haven
The Washington Commanders held the team’s last full practice before they travel south to face the Atlanta Falcons. Dan Quinn spoke to reporters after practice and ruled out four players for Sunday’s game. Jayden Daniels(knee), Terry McLaurin(quad), John Bates(groin/calf), and Noah Brown(groin/knee) will all miss the Falcons game. Quinn said the Daniels wasn’t quite there yet, and wasn’t cleared by the medical staff to return to play. He described McLaurin as week-to-week with the quad injury he’s suffered in last week’s win over the Raiders. Bates and Brown(along with Daniels) are missing their second straight games, while McLaurin’s streak of 72 straight games ends this week due to injury.
Bill Merritt shows up on this week’s injury report with a new knee injury and he got his first practice in today. Dan Quinn said he looked good, and indicated that the rookie RB would be playing this weekend. He was at practice in uniform with a sleeve on his leg yesterday, but worked on the side field with other injured players. He was wearing a sleeve on his left leg. Percy Butler missed another practice after suffering a hip injury vs the Raiders. Bill and Percy are the only players listed as questionable for Sunday.
Rookie CB Trey Amos left the Raiders game with a calf injury. He was a full participant the last two days, and it looks like he’ playing in Atlanta vs the Falcons. TE Colson Yankoff was the only other player on this week’s report, and he’s been a full participant in practice all week with a new ankle injury.
QB Jayden Daniels – Didn’t practice today, wearing a knee brace
WR Terry McLaurin – Suffered a quad injury vs the Raiders, sought second opinion
TE John Bates – Groin injury vs Packers, also listed with a calf injury
WR Noah Brown – Dealing with knee injury since June, groin injury vs Packers
S Percy Butler – Still not practicing from hip injury vs Raiders
RB Jacory Croskey-Merritt – Had first practice of the week, working with sleeve on his injured knee
CB Trey Amos – Second full practice with new calf injury
TE Colson Yankoff – Another full practice with a new ankle injury
The Atlanta Falcons are also dealing with several injuries, and have ruled out three players for Sunday’s game. The big name on the list is CB A.J. Terrell who will be missing his second game in a row. The Falcons also ruled out RB Nate Carter and WR KhaDarel Hodge.
