The 2025 NFL Week 8 Injury Report contains several key players who could significantly impact each team and the betting market.
Our analyst Juan Carlos Blanco analyzes the biggest names dealing with NFL Week 8 injuries.
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NFL Week 8 Injury Report: Key Players
Week 8 remains very busy on the injury front in terms of big names, with quarterback and wide receiver once again sporting several prominent walking wounded.
In this article each week, we’ll highlight some noteworthy players who have opened the practice week with an injury designation of some sort and offer some quick hits on the expected impact of their absences, if those come to fruition.
NOTE: This article is posted on Saturdays. Make sure to check on the updated injury statuses before locking in your NFL Week 8 plays. Good luck!
Quarterbacks
Lamar Jackson, Ravens, QUESTIONABLE (hamstring)
Jackson finished the practice week with a full practice Friday and therefore appears to have a good chance of making his return from a two-game absence Sunday against the Bears.
Nevertheless, Baltimore summoned Tyler Huntley from the practice squad Friday, and the veteran will draw the start over Cooper Rush if Jackson is ultimately ruled out. A return by Lamar would naturally boost the prospects for all of Baltimore’s skill-position players, including running back Derrick Henry.
Brock Purdy, 49ers, OUT (toe)
Purdy will miss a fourth consecutive game Sunday against the Texans but did manage to practice in a limited fashion all week.
Mac Jones, who’s completed 67.5 percent of his passes for 841 yards with two touchdowns and three interceptions and added 29 rushing yards over the last three games in Purdy’s stead, will draw at least one more start and once again be without Ricky Pearsall (knee), who’s been ruled out as well.
Jayden Daniels, Commanders, OUT (hamstring)
Daniels will sit out Monday night’s showdown with Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs due to the hamstring injury that forced his early exit from the Week 7 loss to the Cowboys.
Daniels’ absence will lead to Marcus Mariota drawing his third start of the season after completing 64.6 percent of his passes for 363 yards with a 3:1 TD:INT while adding an 8-60-1 rushing line in the first pair of turns with the first unit.
Mariota also stepped in for Daniels against Dallas but turned in a ragged performance, completing four of 10 passes for 63 yards with no touchdowns and one interception while also rushing twice for 34 yards.
Mariota appears set to work with a reinforced receiving corps, however, as both Terry McLaurin and Deebo Samuel have already shed their injury designations with one Week 8 prep practice remaining Saturday.
Other notable short-term QB injuries to monitor: Michael Penix Jr., Falcons, QUESTIONABLE (foot); Bryce Young, Panthers, DOUBTFUL (ankle); Tyrod Taylor, Jets, QUESTIONABLE (knee)
Running Backs
Bucky Irving, Buccaneers, OUT (foot/shoulder)
Irving will miss a fourth straight game Sunday at New Orleans after once again sitting out practice all week, meaning Rachaad White will once again serve as Tampa Bay’s lead back.
White has only averaged 3.5 yards per carry and added an 11-57-0 receiving line on 13 targets over his current three-game run as lead back, although that’s come against the tough defenses of the Seahawks, 49ers, and Lions.
The Week 8 matchup lines up as the most appealing yet by far, as New Orleans is surrendering the fifth-most adjusted line yards per carry (4.65).
D’Andre Swift, Bears, QUESTIONABLE (groin)
Swift practiced in limited fashion both Thursday and Friday again this week, and despite the questionable tag, he’s likely to suit up for Sunday’s road matchup against the Ravens.
Swift followed the same practice pattern last week and then accrued a season-high 124 rushing yards and a touchdown on 19 carries across 36 snaps against the Saints. However, an absence by Swift would lead to a start for rookie Kyle Monangai, who posted a career-best 13-81-1 rushing line in Week 7 versus New Orleans.
Breece Hall, Jets, QUESTIONABLE (knee)
Hall practiced in a limited fashion both Wednesday and Thursday before managing a full practice Friday, so he appears to be trending up to play Sunday against the Bengals despite the questionable tag.
If Hall can get out there, he’ll have a crack at one of the most vulnerable run defenses in the NFL, one that’s surrendered 4.9 RB yards per carry and that ranks in the bottom half of the league in both second-level and open-field yards per carry allowed.
Other notable short-term RB injuries to monitor: Tyler Allgeier, Falcons, QUESTIONABLE (hip); Kareem Hunt, Chiefs, QUESTIONABLE (knee)
Wide Receivers
Mike Evans, Buccaneers, OUT (IR, collarbone/concussion) / Chris Godwin, Buccaneers, OUT (lower leg)
Evans’ return from a hamstring injury in Week 7 against the Lions couldn’t have gone any worse, as the star wideout broke his collarbone and suffered a concussion while trying to reel in his fourth target of the night, after failing to come up with any of the first three.
Evans is now on injured reserve, and Godwin will remain out for a third straight game, meaning that Baker Mayfield’s top three receivers against the Saints on Sunday will be Emeka Egbuka, Sterling Shepard, and Tez Johnson.
That trio played the entire second half in that capacity versus Detroit after Evans’ exit and finished the game having combined for 15 receptions, 141 yards, and a touchdown from Egbuka. However, it was notably tight end Cade Otton who paced the pass-catching corps, generating a 7-65-0 line on nine targets.
A.J. Brown, Eagles, OUT (hamstring)
Brown was ruled out on Friday after missing practice all week, teeing up his first absence of the season. Despite the occasional rumblings about his diminished importance in the offense, Brown has been especially productive over the last two games and is averaging 7.3 targets per contest overall this season.
Therefore, DeVonta Smith and Jahan Dotson, who’ll serve as Jalen Hurts’ top two receivers versus New York, will each see a bump in their respective workloads, and both Saquon Barkley and Dallas Goedert could also see an extra target or two come their way.
It’s also possible Philadelphia opts for a more run-centric gameplan with Barkley – who gained a season-high 58 rushing yards against the Giants two games ago – against a defense surrendering an NFC-high 5.35 RB yards per carry.
Nico Collins, Texans, OUT (concussion)
Evans wasn’t the only star wideout to suffer a concussion Monday night, as the same fate befell Collins in Houston’s loss to the Seahawks.
With the Texans’ clear No. 1 receiver sidelined for Sunday’s visit from the 49ers and Christian Kirk also out with a hamstring injury, C.J. Stroud’s top three receivers vs San Francisco project to be Xavier Hutchinson, Jayden Higgins, and Jaylin Noel.
However, tight end Dalton Schultz could also be a major beneficiary and is coming off having generated a season-best 9-98-0 receiving line on 10 targets versus Seattle.
Garrett Wilson, Jets, OUT (knee)
Wilson will miss a second consecutive game Sunday against the Bengals after missing practice all week. Notably, New York’s No. 2 receiver Josh Reynolds is also questionable with a hip injury, leaving rookie Arian Smith, Allen Lazard, and Tyler Johnson as the top three receivers on New York’s depth chart without an injury designation.
It’s also unclear who’ll quarterback the makeshift receiving corps, as head coach Aaron Glenn hasn’t revealed whether Justin Fields or Tyrod Taylor (knee) will be under center (assuming Taylor remains a viable candidate, health-wise).
Other notable short-term WR injuries to monitor: Matthew Golden, Packers, QUESTIONABLE (hip); Josh Reynolds, Jets, QUESTIONABLE (hip); Ricky Pearsall, 49ers, OUT (knee); Joshua Palmer, Bills, OUT (knee); Christian Kirk, Texans, OUT (hamstring); Calvin Ridley, Titans, OUT (hamstring); Dontayvion Wicks, Packers, OUT (calf)
Tight Ends
Dalton Kincaid, Bills, QUESTIONABLE (oblique)
Despite a Week 7 bye, Kincaid still practiced in limited fashion all week and is questionable for Sunday’s road matchup against the Panthers.
The talented third-year tight end would once again be spelled by veteran backup Dawson Knox and rookie Jackson Hawes, who netted just Knox’s 19-yard touchdown catch between them when Kincaid was inactive against the Falcons in Week 6.
Cole Kmet, Bears, OUT (back)
Kmet will miss Sunday’s game against the Ravens due to the back injury that forced him from the Week 7 win over the Saints. Kmet failed to practice all week, and in his stead against a Baltimore defense that’s given up a 39-402-2 receiving line to tight ends, rookie first-round pick Colston Loveland will serve as Chicago’s top option at the position.
Loveland played a career-high 46 snaps and managed a career-best three catches and four targets against New Orleans, and he should be in line for even more opportunity Sunday.
David Njoku, Browns, QUESTIONABLE (knee)
Njoku practiced in limited fashion all week, and there’s a chance he can return Sunday against the Patriots after a one-game absence.
In Njoku’s stead in Week 7 against the Dolphins, Harold Fannin Jr. posted a 4-36-0 line on five targets over 47 snaps as the main option at tight end, and he’d fill the same role again versus a New England defense that’s surrendered 11.5 yards per reception to tight ends if Njoku were to ultimately sit out.
Other notable short-term TE injuries to monitor: Mason Taylor, Jets, QUESTIONABLE (quadriceps); Darren Waller, Dolphins, OUT (IR, pectoral)
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