Quarterbacks

Chicago's backup QB Kordell Stewart missed the game on Sunday due to his leg injury. Status: Stewart watched as Chris Chandler tightened his hold on the top job in Chicago Sunday - he was listed as questionable before the game.

San Francisco's starting QB Jeff Garcia injured his ankle in the game on Sunday. Status: Garcia is listed as questionable for the next game - he returned to action after sustaining the injury on Sunday.

Tampa Bay's backup QB Shaun King missed the game on Sunday due to his ankle injury. Status: King was listed as probable on the Friday injury report.

Cleveland's QBBC member Tim Couch injured his right thumb in the game on Sunday. Status: Couch banged the thumb on a pass-rusher's shoulder pad, and was unable to grip the ball properly after the injury - it will be evaluated further later in the week, but the injured digit has been broken twice already (most recently in 2000). Stay tuned...

Denver's starting QB Jake Plummer (broken foot) remains sidelined due to his injury. #2 QB Steve Beuerlein landed on IR last week due to his broken and dislocated finger.

Houston's starting QB David Carr (high ankle sprain) was injured in the game on Sunday, and had to bow out of the action. Status: The severity of the sprain is being evaluated further today.

Jacksonville's backup QB Mark Brunell remains sidelined due to his elbow injury/infection.

Running Backs

Arizona's Emmitt Smith remains sidelined due to his broken shoulder blade.

Carolina's backup FB Nick Goings missed the game on Sunday due to the after-effects of an earlier concussion. Status: Goings was listed as questionable before the game.

Chicago's starting RB Anthony Thomas (foot) and his backup Adrian Peterson (ankle) both missed the game on Sunday. Status: Thomas was listed as doubtful on Friday, Peterson was said to be questionable.

Reports from Minnesota indicate that starting RB Michael Bennett may be activated for action vs. Green Bay next week, and that he is expected to see a few plays in the game. The current timetable for his return as the team's starter is Dec. 7th vs. Seattle.

Philadelphia's starting RB Brian Westbrook injured his left ankle in the game vs. the Jets. Status: The injury is a high ankle sprain, and may cost the player several weeks of play. He is very doubtful to play this week vs. Atlanta.

St. Louis' starting RB Marshall Faulk missed the game on Sunday due to his injuries (fractured hand/knee injury). Status: Faulk did suit up for the game, but was an "emergency" option only this week.

St. Louis' backup RB Lamar Gordon missed the game on Sunday due to his left ankle injury. Status: Gordon was listed as questionable on the Friday injury report.

Cincinnati's starting RB Corey Dillon missed the game on Sunday due to his involvement in a car accident on the way to the game. Dillon was not injured, but was placed on the inactive list due to the situation.

Cleveland's starting RB William Green missed the game on Sunday due to his injured shoulder. Status: Green was listed as probable on the Friday injury report.

Indianapolis' reserve RB James Mungro (knee surgery) and backup RB Ricky Williams (ankle) missed the game on Sunday. Status: Mungro is sidelined indefinitely, while Williams was listed as doubtful on the Friday injury report.

Pittsburgh's Jerome Bettis contused a knee in the game on Sunday, but returned to action. Status: The injury is considered minor at this time.

Tennessee's reserve RB Chris Brown missed the game on Sunday due to his injured hamstring. Status: Brown was questionable on the Friday injury report.

Wide Receivers

Arizona's starting WR Anquan Boldin bruised a knee in the game on Sunday. Status: The injury is considered minor at this time.

Arizona's reserve WR Jason McAddley missed the game on Sunday due to his hamstring injury. Status: McAddley has struggled with this for many weeks, but he doesn't seem any closer to being in game shape.

Carolina's starting WR Muhsin Muhammad missed the game on Sunday due to after-effects from an earlier concussion. Status: Muhammad was listed as questionable before the game.

Carolina's reserve WR Karl Hankton missed the game on Sunday due to his injured hamstring. Status: Hankton was listed as questionable before the game on Sunday.

Chicago's starting WR Marty Booker (ankle) and reserve WR Ahmad Merritt (neck) both missed the game on Sunday, as expected. Status: Both were listed as out prior to the game.

Detroit's starting WR Charles Rogers (fractured collarbone) and reserve WR Eddie Drummond (ankle/knee) missed the game on Sunday, as expected. Status: Both were listed as out prior to the game.

Minnesota's reserve WR Kelly Campbell missed the game on Sunday due to his calf injury. Status: Campbell had been listed as probable prior to the game.

New Orleans' starting WR Joe Horn bruised his left knee in the game on Sunday, but stayed in the game. Status: The injury is considered minor at this time.

New Orlean's starting WR Donte Stallworth missed the game on Sunday due to his quadriceps injury. Status: Stallworth was listed as questionable on the Friday injury report.

New York Giants' reserve WR Willie Ponder missed the game on Sunday due to his lingering hip injury. Status: Ponder was listed as doubtful on the injury report.

St. Louis' reserve WR Mike Furrey missed the game on Sunday due to his continuing recovery from appendix surgery.

Tampa Bay's backup WR Joe Jurevicius continues to miss time due to his knee injury. Status: Jurevicius was listed as doubtful before the game, but is expected back next week if the knee doesn't flare up this week.

Baltimore's reserve WR Ron Johnson missed the game on Sunday due to his injured knee. Status: Johnson was listed as probable on Friday's injury report.

Cincinnati's reserve WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh missed the game on Sunday due to his hamstring injury (again). Status: Houshmandzadeh has struggled with this injury all season long. He was out on the Friday injury report.

Denver's starting WR Ed McCaffrey (knee) missed the game on Sunday. Status: McCaffrey was listed as doubtful before the game.

Denver's reserve WR/KR Chris Cole missed the game on Sunday due to his injured ankle. Status: Cole was listed as questionable before the game.

Jacksonville's reserve WR Jimmy Redmond (foot) missed the game on Sunday. Status: Redmond was listed as doubtful on the injury report.

New England's starting WR David Patten missed the game on Sunday due to his injured knee. Status: Patten was listed as questionable on Friday.

Tennessee's starting WR Drew Bennett injured his calf in the game on Sunday. Status: Drew Bennett strained his calf and may miss up to a month.

Tight Ends

Carolina's starting TE Kris Mangum bruised his chest in the game on Sunday. Status: The injury is considered minor at this time.

Chicago's starting TE Desmond Clark missed the game on Sunday due to his toe injury. Status: Clark was listed as doubtful before the game.

Dallas' reserve TE James Whalen (ankle) missed the game on Sunday. Status: Whalen was listed as questionable before the game.

San Francisco's starting TE Eric Johnson continues to be sidelined due to his broken clavicle. He was officially placed on IR, so his season is finished for sure, now.

Indianapolis' backup TE Dallas Clark missed the game on Sunday due to a sore hamstring. Status: Clark was listed as probable prior to the game.

Pittsburgh's starting TE Jay Riemersma (knee) missed the game on Sunday. Status: Riemersma was listed as out on the Friday report.

Kickers

Arizona's PK Bill Gramatica missed the game on Sunday due to his injured back. Status: Gramatica was listed as doubtful before the game.

New York Giants' PK Matt Bryant remains sidelined due to his injured hamstring.

Offensive Lineman

Philadelphia's starting G Jermaine Mayberry remains sidelined with his elbow injury. Status: Mayberry was listed as out on the Friday injury report, and has been placed on IR due to the torn elbow tendon.

San Francisco's starting LT Derrick Deese missed the game on Sunday due to his ankle injury. Status: Deese was listed as doubtful before the game.

Seattle's starting RT Floyd Womack missed the game on Sunday. Status: Womack was listed as questionable before the game.

Tampa's starting OT Roman Oben played Sunday despite two broken bones in his right hand. Status: The injury is constantly painful, but Oben managed to get the job done.

Buffalo's starting OT Jonas Jennings injured his hip in the game Sunday. Status: X-rays were negative, but the injury is being evaluated further today.

Cincinnati's reserve OL Matt O'Dwyer (foot) missed the game on Sunday. Status: O'Dwyer had been listed as probable to play on the Friday injury report.

Cleveland's starting C Jeff Faine (knee), starting G Shaun O'Hara (knee) and starting T Barry Stokes (ankle) all missed the game on Sunday. Status: All three were listed as questionable on the Friday injury report.

Denver's starting OT Ephraim Salaam missed the game on Sunday due to his injured knee. Status: Salaam was listed as out prior to the game. This injury is an ongoing, chronic problem in the knee.

Houston's starting G Milford Brown (knee) missed the game on Sunday. Status: Brown was listed as probable on Friday.

Indianapolis' starting T Tarik Glenn missed the game on Sunday due to a sprained ligament in his left knee. Status: Coach Dungy said that Glenn's return to the lineup is an unknown quantity at the current time, "Injury-wise and in terms of the structure of the knee, he's fine. We just have to wait for it to feel well."

Pittsburgh's starting OT Marvel Smith missed the game on Sunday due to his shoulder injury. Status: Smith has struggled with this injury all season - he was listed as out on the injury report.

Pittsburgh's backup OT Mathias Nkwenti went on IR due to his injured back.

Tennessee's starting G Benji Olsen injured his hamstring in the game on Sunday. Status: The injury is considered minor at this time.

Defensive Players

Arizona's reserve DL Derrick Ransom missed the game on Sunday due to his injured ankle. Status: Ransom was listed as doubtful before the game.

Carolina's starting MLB Dan Morgan suffered a concussion in the game on Sunday. Status: This is Morgan's second concussion this season - it may keep him sidelined for some time, depending on the severity of this new concussion and how cautiously the training staff approaches the new injury.

Carolina's backup DB Colin Branch suffered from irregular heartbeat during the game. Status: The severity of the condition is not clear, and is under further evaluation at this time.

Carolina's backup LB Brian Allen (Groin) and starting DT Brentson Buckner (hip) both missed the game on Sunday. Status: Allen and Buckner were both listed as questionable on the Friday injury report.

Chicago's starting DT Kieth Traylor (knee), starting LB Warrick Holdman (ankle) and starting S Mike Green (groin) all missed the game on Sunday. Status: Traylor was listed as doubtful, Holdman as questionable, and Green as probable on the Friday injury report.

Minnesota's reserve LB Raonall Smith missed the game on Sunday due to his injured hamstring. Status: Smith was listed as doubtful before the game.

New Orlean's starting LB Sedrick Hodge (fractured knee cap) and starting DE Darren Howard (dislocated wrist) remain sidelined due to their injuries.

New Orleans' starting DT Grady Jackson missed the game on Sunday due to his injured thumb. Status: Jackson was listed as questionable on the Friday injury report.

New York Giant's starting LDT Cornelius Griffen injured his right ankle in the game on Sunday. Status: Griffen did not return to the game - the severity of the sprain is under evaluation.

New York Giants' starting RCB William Peterson remains sidelined due to his back injuries.

Philadelphia's reserve DL Hollis Thomas tore his biceps tendon in the game on Sunday. Status: The injury has ended Thomas' season. Surgery to repair the injury is scheduled for Tuesday.

Philadelphia's starting S Brian Dawkins remains sidelined due to his foot injury.

Philadelphia's starting RCB Bobby Taylor (foot), reserve DB Roderick Hood (hamstring) and reserve DL Jerome McDougle (ankle) missed the game on Sunday. Status: Hood was listed as doubtful on the injury report, while Taylor and McDougle were questionable to take the field.

St. Louis' starting DE Leonard Little injured his chest in the game on Sunday. Status: The severity of the injury is not known at the current time.

St. Louis' starting DT Damione Lewis injured his ankle in the game on Sunday. Status: The severity of the injury is not known at the current time.

St. Louis' starting LB Tommy Polley (dislocated elbow), starting CB Travis Fisher (groin), starting S Adam Arculeta (ankle) and reserve DB Kevin Garrett (hamstring) all missed the game on Sunday due to their injuries. Status: Polley was listed as out on the injury report; the others were reported as questionable.

San Francisco's reserve DL Anthony Adams (toe) and reserve DB Dwaine Carpenter (Achilles) missed the game on Sunday. Status: Adams and Carpenter were listed as questionable before the game.

San Francisco's starting CB Jason Webster continues to be sidelined due to his knee injury.

San Francisco's starting FS Zack Bronson (shoulder stinger) and backup FS Ronnie Heard (knee) were injured during the game. Status: Heard is listed as doubtful for the next game because of a torn knee ligament, while Bronson's injury is not considered serious at this time.

Seattle's starting LB Randall Godfrey strained his neck in the game on Sunday. Status: Godfrey could not continue due to the injury, which is being evaluated further today.

Seattle's starting DT Norman Hand (turf toe), starting LB Chad Brown (foot), starting CB Ken Lucas (ankle) and reserve LB Tracey White (foot) missed the game on Sunday. Status: White was listed as doubtful on the Friday injury report, Brown and Lucas were questionable, while Hand did not appear on the report.

Tampa Bay's starting S John Lynch missed the game on Sunday due to his shoulder injury. Status: Lynch was listed as doubtful before the game, but is expected back this week.

Tampa Bay's CB Hank Poteat injured his hamstring in the game on Sunday. Status: The extent of the injury is unknown at this time.

Baltimore's starting CB Corey Fuller pulled a hamstring in the game on Sunday. Status: Fuller did not return to action - the severity of the pull is not known at the present time, and the injury will require further evaluation.

Baltimore's reserve DB Tommy Knight missed the game on Sunday due to his injured leg. Status: Knight was listed as doubtful prior to the game.

Buffalo's reserve DL Ron Edwards missed the game on Sunday due to his injured shoulder. Status: Edwards was listed as doubtful before the game.

Denver's starting LB John Mobley bruised his spinal cord in the game on Sunday. Status: Mobley regained feeling in all his extremities and no permanent damage was found in his back. However, swelling of the spinal cord caused him to be kept in the hospital overnight for observation. The severity of the injury is being evaluated further, and no information about when Mobley might return to the lineup was available at this early stage in the evaluation.

Houston's starting CB Aaron Glenn injured his head in the game on Sunday. Status: The injury is considered minor at this time.

Houston's backup NT Steve Martin injured his hamstring and ankle in the game on Sunday. He returned to action later in the game. Status: The injury is not considered serious at this time.

Houston's starting DE Gary Walker (toe), starting LB Charlie Clemons (ankle) and reserve DB Jason Bell (knee) missed the game on Sunday. Status: Clemons was listed as questionable, while the others were probable on the Friday injury report.

Indianapolis' reserve LB Jim Nelson (clavicle) and reserve DB's Cliff Crosby (groin) and Joseph Jefferson (pelvis) missed the game on Sunday. Status: Nelson was listed as out, Crosby and Jefferson were questionable on the Friday injury report.

Jacksonville's DB James Trapp (ankle) and DE Lionel Barnes (leg) were injured during the game on Sunday. Status: The severity of their injuries is not currently known.

Jacksonville's starting CB Jason Craft (knee), reserve DB Kiwaukee Thomas (groin) and LB Keith Mitchell (neck) missed the game on Sunday. Status: Craft was listed as doubtful, while Thomas and Mitchell were questionable before the game.

Kansas City's starting LB Mike Maslowski injured his head in the game on Sunday. Status: The injury is described as mild.

Kansas City's starting DE Vonnie Holliday had knee soreness after the game on Sunday. Status: The injury is considered minor at this time.

Kansas City's reserve LB Fred Jones (foot) missed the game on Sunday. Status: Jones was listed as questionable before the game.

New England's reserve DB Je'Rod Cherry (knee), starting DT Ted Washington (fractured leg) and starting LB Ted Johnson (broken foot) missed the game on Sunday. Status: Johnson and Washington were both listed as out, while Cherry was questionable on the injury report.

New York Jets' starting DE John Abraham injured his groin in the game on Sunday. Status: The injury is expected to keep Abraham out of the next game vs. the Giants, and an MRI is scheduled for further evaluation.

New York Jet's starting LB Mo Lewis has hip and back soreness. Status: The team scheduled an MRI to evaluate the cause of the pain.

The Jets' starting S Jon McGraw (shoulder), starting CB Donnie Abrahams (shoulder) and reserve DB Jamie Henderson (knee) missed the game on Sunday. Status: All three were listed as out on the Friday injury report, and McGraw and Abrahams are expected to miss more time in the weeks to come.

Tennessee's starting DE Jevon Kearse sprained his ankle in the game on Sunday. Status: The injury is considered minor at this time.

Tennessee's starting DT Robaire Smith injured his back in the game on Sunday. Status: The injury is considered minor at this time.

Tennessee's reserve DB Andre Woolfolk sprained an ankle in the game on Sunday. Status: Coach Fisher described the sprain as "severe" after the game. That doesn't sound good at all.

Tennessee's starting CB Samari Rolle (elbow) and reserve DB Donnie Nickey missed the game on Sunday due to his injured foot. Status: Both players were listed as out on the Friday injury report.