The first quarter of the NFL season is coming into a close, and all the injuries are piling up around the league. The Detroit Lions won’t have edge rusher Marcus Davenport and linebacker Derrick Barnes for a significant time, while the Philadelphia Eagles may be without both starting wide receivers A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith this week.
The Cleveland Browns will have to see how defensive end Myles Garrett progresses throughout the week, as he’s battling multiple injuries (Achilles, foot, thigh). The Dolphins are also entering their Monday night matchup with a lot of uncertainty at quarterback as Skylar Thompson (ribs) is iffy to play and they may start their third signal-caller in four games.
The Green Bay Packers will be closely monitoring the status of quarterback Jordan Love (knee) ahead of their Week 4 matchup against the 3-0 Minnesota Vikings. Love has been practicing after missing Weeks 2 and 3 — both Green Bay wins with backup Malik Willis starting in his place.
As always, we’ll have the injury report for all the games being played in Week 4. We’ll highlight the key injuries for each team as the list continues to grow with each passing week.
All NFL odds courtesy of SportsLine consensus.
Cowboys (-5.5) at Giants (Thursday night)
On a short week, the Giants will be down Phillips, their starting nickel cornerback. Isaiah Simmons is expected to fill in that role with Jackson also out. The Giants will be thin at cornerback this week, but still have Cordale Flott, Deonte Banks and Nick McCloud. Slayton has been limited in practice all week, so there could be an opportunity for Jalin Hyatt.
With Carson doubtful — he was seen during the week walking around the locker room with a bag ice wrapped around his shoulder — the Cowboys could look to Andrew Booth Jr. to fill that role or have starting nickel corner Jourdan Lewis move outside. Neither Carson nor Bell participated in Wednesday’s final practice.
Saints at Falcons (-1.5)
New Orleans is holding out hope Kamara can play on Sunday, but the team will be without starting center Erik McCoy, who was placed on injured reserve with a groin injury he suffered in Week 3 against the Eagles.
Atlanta added a couple more offensive players to the Thursday injury report, and Judon’s addition is a notable one as well, given his importance to the Falcons’ pass rush.
Bengals (-4) at Panthers
Cincy is listing quarterback Joe Burrow on the injury report with the same wrist that suffered a season-ending injury last season, but he is practicing fully with it, so no worries there. Ja’Marr Chase returned to a full practice on Thursday and should be good to go.
Two defensive tackles in A’Shawn Robinson and Shy Tuttle are dealing with lower body injuries that caused them to miss practice on Wednesday and Thursday. Johnson popping up in the injury report is ominous given that the Panthers just lost Adam Thielen to injured reserve. Clowney returning to a full practice after his Wednesday rest is a good sign, though.
Rams at Bears (-3)
Chicago has a lengthy injury report this week, and it changed quite a bit on Thursday with Byard sitting out and Odunze being limited, while Wright and Sweat were upgraded to limited and full, respectively, and Billings went from limited to out.