Week 17 runs from Thursday, December 25 through Monday, December 29, with 16 games and playoff seeding on the line across the entire league. Six starting quarterbacks are either OUT or DOUBTFUL heading into the holiday stretch – QB Jayden Daniels and QB Marcus Mariota both OUT for Washington, QB Jordan Love OUT in Green Bay, QB Lamar Jackson DOUBTFUL in Baltimore, QB Anthony Richardson OUT in Indianapolis, QB J.J. McCarthy OUT in Minnesota, and QB Kurtis Rourke OUT in San Francisco. Offensive line injuries compound the quarterback chaos, with OT Tristan Wirfs, OT Lane Johnson, OT Laremy Tunsil, and multiple other front-five starters unavailable, while OLB T.J. Watt’s lung injury removes Pittsburgh’s most disruptive pass rusher from a divisional matchup. The Colts enter with eight players OUT, the Patriots with seven, and Detroit with 11 players carrying QUESTIONABLE tags – the injury report for this week is among the most crowded the league has produced in the 17-game era.
Below is a game-by-game breakdown of the most critical injury statuses for every Week 17 matchup, drawn from the official NFL.com injury report, covering key players ruled out or in doubt, who steps in, and what the absence means for the game.
