Saturday inactives, injuries and weather: NFL Week 16

Week 16 weather, injury updates and gameday inactives for the Saturday slate.

Sunday updates will begin when teams start releasing official pregame inactives and starter information to the league. This is typically around 90 minutes prior to the kickoff of their game.

Weather forecasts are courtesy of The Football Database.

Week 16 Saturday inactives, weather and notes

KEY GAME-TIME DECISIONS

Early games:
Afternoon games:


Early game


Houston Texans at Kansas City Chiefs (1:00 p.m. ET)

Kickoff Weather: 30°F, clear

Texans

Inactives: DL Jerry Hughes, TE Cade Stover, LB Devin White, WR John Metchie, DT Folorunso Fatukasi, OG Juice Scruggs and OG Nick Broeker

Lineup notes: WR John Metchie III (shoulder) has been ruled out. LB Christian Harris (ankle) was questionable after missing Thursday’s session but will play, and RB Joe Mixon (ankle) was limited all week but avoided an injury tag.

Chiefs

Inactives: OT D.J. Humphries, DL Malik Herring, DT Marlon Tuipulotu, OT Ethan Driskell, OG C.J. Hanson, LB Josh Uche and CB Chamarri Conner

Lineup notes: QB Patrick Mahomes (ankle), WR Marquise Brown (shoulder), C Creed Humphrey (ankle), PK Harrison Butker (knee), and RT Jawaan Taylor (knee) all fully practiced all week and didn’t get an injury designations.


Late-afternoon window


Pittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens (4:30 p.m. ET)

Kickoff Weather: 33°F, cloudy, NW 13 mph

Steelers

Inactives: SS DeShon Elliott, CB Donte Jackson, QB Justin Fields, WR George Pickens and DT Larry Ogunjobi

Lineup notes: WR George Pickens (hamstring) didn’t practice all week and is out again. S DeShon Elliott (hamstring) also won’t play. LB T.J. Watt (ankle) is good to go.

Ravens

Inactives: DE Adisa Isaac, WR Nelson Agholor, C Nick Samac, RB Keaton Mitchell, CB Jalyn Armour-Davis and S Marcus Williams

Lineup notes: WR Diontae Johnson (personal) initially was ruled out but has since been waived. WR Nelson Agholor (concussion) sat all week and is questionable. WR Rashod Bateman (foot) was absent Thursday and also drew a questionable label.

Fantasy football inactives, injuries and weather: Week 16 Saturday Slate

Week 16 weather, injury updates and gameday inactives for the Saturday Slate.

Updates will begin when teams start releasing official pregame inactives and starter information to the league. This is typically around 60-90 minutes prior to the kickoff of their game.

Weather forecasts are courtesy of The Football Database.

Week 16 gameday inactives, weather and notes

KEY GAME-TIME DECISIONS

Afternoon game:
Night game:


Cincinnati Bengals at Pittsburgh Steelers (4:30 p.m. EST)

Kickoff Weather: 43 degrees, cloudy

Bengals

Inactives: OT D’Ante Smith, TE Irv Smith, WR Ja’Marr Chase, DT Travis Bell, LB Devin Harper, C Trey Hill and RB Chris Evans

Lineup notes: WR Ja’Marr Chase (shoulder) will not be available. RB Chase Brown (chest) closed out the week with consecutive full practices and avoided an injury label.

Steelers

Inactives: CB Darius Rush, LB Blake Martinez, DL DeMarvin Leal, OT Dylan Cook, S Minkah Fitzpatrick, QB Kenny Pickett and S Trenton Thompson

Lineup notes: QB Kenny Pickett (ankle) remains out of commission, and he’ll be joined by S Minkah Fitzpatrick (knee) after not practicing all week. TE Pat Freiermuth (knee) and RB Najee Harris avoided an injury designation.


Buffalo Bills at Los Angeles Chargers (8:00 p.m. EST)

Kickoff Weather: 58 degrees, mostly cloudy (open-air dome)

Bills

Inactives: DE A.J. Epenesa, OG Alec Anderson, OT Germain Ifedi, RB Ty Johnson and S Micah Hyde

Lineup notes: TE Dalton Kincaid (shoulder) was limited all week but avoided an injury label. S Micah Hyde (neck) will miss Week 16 with a stinger. RB Leonard Fournette was elevated from the practice squad.

Chargers

Inactives: WR Keenan Allen, QB Max Duggan, CB Deane Leonard, TE Donald Parham and S JT Woods

Lineup notes: WR Keenan Allen (heel) will miss another contest, and he’ll be watching alongside LB Joey Bosa (foot).