NFL Injury Report Friday Updates: Hubbard and McMillan Both Questionable

Hotspots on the final Week 4 NFL injury reports include Washington's passing game, Baltimore's defensive line, Green Bay's offensive line, Chicago's defense and San Francisco's wide receivers.

Below you'll find four different categories, with our lists including key offensive linemen and defensive players whose absences might impact fantasy decisions. The bottom section, for potential game-day decisions, is sorted by kickoff times. It can be used as a checklist/cheatsheet for Sunday morning and afternoon when inactives come out and we need to adjust lineups. Before we get to the 'questionable' players, let's see who's definitely in and who's definitely out...

Good to Go 💯

• QB Brock Purdy (toe)
• QB Cam Ward (ankle)
• RB Josh Jacobs (ankle)
• RB Will Shipley (oblique)
• RB Bhayshul Tuten (shoulder)
• WR Xavier Worthy (shoulder)
• WR Nico Collins (knee)
• WR Malik Nabers (shoulder) + WR Darius Slayton (leg) + TE Theo Johnson (foot)
• TE Tucker Kraft (knee)
• TE Cole Kmet (groin)
• TE David Njoku (knee)
• TE Kyle Pitts (toe)

Ruled Out/Doubtful 🚑 

Out/Doubtful/IR

• QB Jayden Daniels (knee)
• QB J.J. McCarthy (ankle)
• RB Tyrone Tracy (shoulder)
• RB Najee Harris (IR - Achilles)
• RB Aaron Jones (IR - hamstring)
• WR CeeDee Lamb (ankle)
• WR Mike Evans (hamstring)
• WR Xavier Legette (hamstring)
• WRs Terry McLaurin (quad) & Noah Brown (groin)
• WR Alec Pierce (concussion)
• WR/RS Derius Davis & TE Will Dissly (knee)
• TE Ja'Tavion Sanders (ankle)
• TE John Bates (groin)
• TE Michael Mayer (concussion)

Potential Workload Beneficiaries (From Injuries Above)

• QB Marcus Mariota
• QB Carson Wentz
• RBs Tyrone Tracy & Cam Skattebo
• RBs Omarion Hampton & Hassan Haskins
• RBs Jordan Mason & Zavier Scott
• WRs Jalen Tolbert & KaVontae Turpin
• WRs Chris Godwin & Sterling Shepard
• WRs David Moore, Brycen Tremayne & Jimmy Horn
• WRs Deebo Samuel, Jaylin Lane, Luke McCaffrey & Chris Moore
• WR Adonai Mitchell
• TE Oronde Gadsden
• TE Tommy Tremble
• TE Ben Sinnott

Key Defensive Players + Offensive Linemen

• CB A.J. Terrell (hamstring)
• LB Matt Milano (pec) + DT Ed Oliver (ankle)
• DT Nnamdi Madubuike (neck) + DT Broderick Washington (ankle)
• OLB Alex Highsmith (ankle)
• LB T.J. Edwards (hamstring) + DT Grady Jarrett (knee) + RT Darnell Wright (elbow)
• CB Kenny Moore (Achilles) + G Matt Goncalves (toe)
• OLB Andrew Van Ginkel (neck) + G Donovan Jackson (wrist)
• RT Zach Tom (oblique) + LG Aaron Banks (groin)
• RT JC Latham (hip)
• G Tyler Booker (ankle)
• G Mekhi Becton (concussion)
• K Graham Gano (groin)

Listed as Questionable - Should Play 👍

• QB Baker Mayfield (biceps)
• RB D'Andre Swift (hip)
• RB Jacory Croskey-Merritt (knee)
• RB Jaylen Warren (knee/rest)
• TEs Tyler Higbee (hip) & Colby Parkinson (shoulder)

This list is unusually long this week. Croskey-Merritt was a full practice participant Friday, with his coach saying he looked good. Warren was listed as 'knee/rest', which seemingly indicates that he's fine to play. Mayfield/Higbee/Parkinson are all considered likely to play by their coaches. Swift is the one where we haven't heard as much, but he followed the same practice pattern last week (limited every day) and never seemed in danger of sitting.

Truly Questionable / Game-Time Decisions 🤔

Early Games

• TE Jonnu Smith (hip)

Smith got his normal workload last week but didn't practice this Wednesday. He returned Thursday and Friday as a limited participant, making him better than 50/50 to play this weekend. Pat Freiermuth and Darnell Washington get significant snap/projection boosts if Smith doesn't end up playing (which he probably will).

Early Games

• RB Chuba Hubbard (calf)
• WR Tetairoa McMillan (calf)
• WR Chris Godwin (ankle)
• WR Dyami Brown (shoulder)

These guys all practiced to varying extents throughout the week and all seem more likely than not to play. In Godwin's case, we even have optimistic comments from coaches and reporters. For Hubbard and McMillan, it sounds like they're tentatively expected to play but may be treated as game-day decisions.

Late-Afternoon Games

• WR Davante Adams (hamstring)
• WRs Jauan Jennings (ankle) & Ricky Pearsall (knee)
• TE Colston Loveland (hip)
• TE Isaiah Likely (foot)

Rams coach Sean McVay is perhaps the most honest coach in the league when it comes to injuries, although he'll sometimes refrain from commenting altogether. This isn't one of those situations, as he said Friday morning that he expects Adams to play. Adams returned to practice Friday as a limited participant, after sitting out Wednesday and Thursday. I'll take McVay at his word that Adams is better than 50/50, but it's a situation worth monitoring all the same. There's always a bit of extra concern when dealing with a hamstring injury for a wide receiver.

For the 49ers, there's likely more concern for Pearsall than Jennings, but nothing would surprise me here (besides maybe both sitting out). They both managed limited practices Friday to close out the week, and 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan previously said that Jennings almost played the week before (not sure I really buy that, FWIW).

Primetime Games

• QB Justin Fields (concussion) - MNF 7:15 ET
• TE Darren Waller (hip) - MNF 7:15 ET
• TE Noah Fant (concussion) - MNF 8:15 ET

Full practice participation Thursday and Friday suggests Fields will be cleared from concussion protocol soon. It hadn't happened yet as of Friday evening, however, and there's always some chance the final exam doesn't go as expected. Either way, we should have a good idea by Sunday morning, even though the Jets play Monday night.

Key Defensive Players + O-Linemen

• CB Joey Porter (hamstring)
• LT Tristan Wirfs (knee)
• CB Christian Gonzalez (hamstring)
• LT Taylor Decker (shoulder) + DE Al-Quadin Muhammad (knee)
• RT Jack Conklin (elbow)
• RT Rob Havenstein (ankle)
• CB Kyler Gordon (hamstring)
• DT Travis Jones (knee) + OLB Kyle Van Noy (hamstring) + LT Ronnie Stanley (ankle)
• S Javon Bullard (concussion)
• CB Kristian Fulton (ankle)
• CBs Storm Duck (ankle) & Jason Marshall (hamstring)
• CB Sauce Gardner (concussion)
• CB Cam Taylor-Britt (hamstring)