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| Date | Player | News |
| 12/9/2013 | Charles Clay, TE | Clay finished with seven catches for 97 yards and two touchdowns in Sunday's 34-28 win over Pittsburgh. Analysis: In his last two games, Clay has 14 receptions for 177 yards with two scores. |
| 12/8/2013 | Wes Welker, WR | Broncos receiver Wes Welker left Sunday's game against Tennessee before halftime with a concussion. Welker went low to try to make a catch late in the second quarter and Titans safety Bernard Pollard hit him in the helmet as he went down to break up the pass. Analysis: He walked off the field under his own power but did not come back after halftime. It is his second concussion in four weeks. He left the Nov. 17 game against Kansas City but played the next week. |
| 12/8/2013 | Matt Prater, K | Denver kicker Matt Prater kicked an NFL-record 64-yard field goal as the first half expired in the Broncos' game against Tennessee on Sunday. Analysis: Prater's kick on a clear day in 14-degree weather with nary a hint of wind barely cleared the crossbar. He and holder Britton Colquitt jumped in jubilation as their teammates rushed into the tunnel for halftime. |
| 12/8/2013 | Rob Gronkowski, TE | A person familiar with the injury tells The Associated Press that Gronkowski has a torn ACL and damaged MCL and is done for the season. Analysis: Gronkowski was hurt midway through the third quarter of the Patriots' 27-26 win over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday when he was hit on the right knee by safety T.J. Ward after a 21-yard reception. He missed the first six games this season after forearm and back surgeries. |
| 12/8/2013 | Carson Palmer, QB | Arizona quarterback Carson Palmer and running back Andre Ellington were active for Sunday's game against the St. Louis Rams. Analysis: Palmer had been listed as questionable because of a right elbow injury he sustained in last Sunday's loss at Philadelphia. Ellington missed the Eagles game with a left knee injury. |
| 12/8/2013 | Adrian Peterson, RB | Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson will have an MRI on his right foot after he was forced out of Sunday's game against the Baltimore Ravens. Analysis: Peterson, the NFL's leading rusher, left in the second quarter after being tackled on an icy field. |
| 12/8/2013 | Reggie Bush, RB | Detroit Lions running back Reggie Bush was not in the starting lineup against the Philadelphia Eagles because of a calf injury. Analysis: The Lions said Bush was questionable to play in Sunday's game. Bush appeared to hurt himself on the snowy Lincoln Financial Field during pregame warmups. Joique Bell started for the Lions. Bush watched from the sideline. |
| 12/8/2013 | Reggie Bush, RB | Detroit Lions running back Reggie Bush was not in the starting lineup against the Philadelphia Eagles because of a calf injury. Analysis: The Lions said Bush was questionable to play in Sunday's game. Bush appeared to hurt himself on the snowy Lincoln Financial Field during pregame warmups. Joique Bell started for the Lions. Bush watched from the sideline. |
| 12/8/2013 | Vincent Jackson, WR | Tampa Bay receiver Vincent Jackson is active for Sunday's game against the Buffalo Bills after being listed as questionable because of a sore hamstring. Analysis: Jackson leads the Buccaneers with 61 receptions for 963 yards and five touchdowns. His status had been uncertain after being limited in practice during the week. |
| 12/7/2013 | Michael Preston, WR | The Tennessee Titans promoted Michael Preston from the practice squad Saturday and waived center Kevin Matthews. Analysis: Preston has played four games for the Titans this season and has caught one pass for 4 yards. He appeared in four games with the Titans last year and had five receptions for 59 yards. |
| 12/7/2013 | Melvin Ingram, LB | The Chargers have moved Ingram from the physically unable to perform list to the active roster. Analysis: Ingram, the Chargers' first-round draft pick in 2012, tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in May. He was designated to return to practice on Nov. 19 and the team had until Tuesday to either add him to the active roster or keep him on PUP for the remainder of the season. |
| 12/7/2013 | Morris Claiborne, CB | Claiborne will sit for a second straight game with a hamstring injury. Analysis: Claiborne was injured in the game against the New York Giants. |
| 12/7/2013 | Sean Lee, LB | Lee is set to return at Chicago after missing two games with a hamstring injury. Analysis: Lee strained a hamstring in a 49-17 loss to New Orleans, and the Cowboys beat the New York Giants and Oakland without him. |
| 12/6/2013 | Jay Cutler, QB | Chicago Bears coach Marc Trestman says Cutler's injured left ankle responded well after he returned to practice this week. Analysis: Cutler was a limited participant for the second straight day on Friday as he tries to work his way back from a high left ankle sprain. Trestman says he "did not seem to be any more inhibited today than he was" on Thursday, when he practiced for the first time since he injured the ankle against Detroit on Nov. 10. Cutler will miss his fourth straight game when the Bears host Dallas on Monday night. |
| 12/6/2013 | Jeremy Kerley, WR | New York Jets wide receiver Jeremy Kerley will make his return after missing three games with a dislocated elbow, giving struggling Geno Smith one of his key targets on offense. Analysis: Fellow receiver Santonio Holmes (hamstring) and tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. (knee) will also play Sunday against the Oakland Raiders. That will mark the first time since Week 4 that the Jets will have all three playmakers together. |
| 12/6/2013 | Christian Ponder, QB | The Minnesota Vikings have ruled Ponder out for Sunday's game at Baltimore. Analysis: Coach Leslie Frazier said Friday that Ponder had yet to pass all of his post-concussion tests. So Ponder will not suit up against the Ravens, with Matt Cassel starting and Josh Freeman backing him up. This is Ponder's third significant injury of the season. |
| 12/6/2013 | Maurice Jones-Drew, RB | Jones-Drew is getting tests on his strained right hamstring. Coach Gus Bradley says Jones-Drew will have an MRI to determine the extent of the injury. Analysis: Jones-Drew strained his hamstring late in Thursday night's 27-20 victory against Houston. He ran 14 times for a season-high 103 yards, including a 48-yarder in the third quarter that set up the winning touchdown. He also had 20 yards receiving. Jones-Drew, who missed most of last season with a foot injury, has 719 yards rushing this season - 264 yards in the last three games, all wins. |
| 12/5/2013 | Tramon Williams, CB | Williams has been fined $26,250 for contact with an official, per NFL guidelines. Williams told reporters Thursday that he planned to appeal. He said he didn't realize he had made contact with the official, and meant no harm. Analysis: The contact occurred after a Lions touchdown early in the fourth quarter of Green Bay's 40-10 loss to the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving Day. A replay appeared to show Williams looking away while walking forward, just behind Lions center Dominic Raiola, when the official crossed in between the two players. Williams received a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. |
| 12/5/2013 | Jason Campbell, QB | Campbell has been cleared to play after sitting out one game with a concussion and will start on Sunday when the Browns visit the New England Patriots. Analysis: Campbell missed last week's game with a concussion sustained on Nov. 24 against Pittsburgh. He was cleared to practice for the first time since the injury on Thursday and only had to get permission from an independent neurologist before he can play. |
| 12/5/2013 | Austin Collie, WR | The New England Patriots have re-signed wide receiver Austin Collie. Analysis: Collie played four games this season before being released after hurting his knee in a 55-31 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Nov. 3. He had three catches after signing with the Patriots as a free agent Oct. 3. Two of those came on the winning drive in a 30-27 win over the New Orleans Saints. |
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