NFL Injury Report 2024 Ahead Of Sunday's Week 11 Games: Tee Higgins, More
The NFL Week 11 injury report looks a little lighter than normal and that’s a much-needed exhale for how many season-ending, fantasy-season-ending injuries have occurred.
NFL Injury Report For Week 11: Fantasy Football Injuries
The likes of Nico Collins, DK Metcalf, and Michael Pittman are all returning to action. Let’s dive into this week's injury report and see who’s in, who’s out, and what we’re still monitoring leading up to Sunday’s action-packed Week 11 slate.
NFL Week 11 Injury Report: Quarterbacks
Trevor Lawrence Injury Update - Shoulder
Head coach Doug Pederson officially ruled Trevor Lawrence out for Week 11 but he’s optimistic that after the teams Week 12 bye, he’ll return to the lineup in Week 13. His shoulder injury is not to his throwing arm.
NFL Week 11 Injury Report: Running Backs
Isiah Pacheco Injury Update - Hamstring
The Chiefs star running back Isah Pacheco was officially ruled out this week but was on the practice field to end the week on Friday, meaning he’s closing in on a return, likely in Week 12.
Tank Bigsby Injury Update - Ankle
Despite being given a glimmer of hope based on optimism from head coach Doug Pederson, Tank Bigsby was unable to practice this week and has been ruled out as he battles an ankle sprain.
Jaylen Warren Injury Update - Back
Jaylen Warren is currently battling a back injury that has limited him at practice this week and the Steelers have listed him as questionable for Week 11. If he can’t play, it’s going to be a LOT of Najee Harris, but as Nick Farabaugh of Penn Live notes, the Steelers haven’t activated any of their practice squad running backs.
Dameon Pierce Injury Update - Groin
The Texans play on Monday night, so their practice week started on Thursday and Pierce has been involved in both practices. He was limited on Thursday and upgraded to full on Friday. He’ll be active barring a setback on Monday night.
MarShawn Lloyd Injury Update - Ankle, Hamstring, Abdomen
Talk about absolute bad luck. Marshawn Lloyd, who’s 21-day practice window was opened, woke up on Friday morning with appendicitis and it requires an appendectomy, which is a multi-week absence in itself. The Packers are working with the league about what they can do down the line considering Lloyd’s practice window has been opened.
NFL Week 11 Injury Report: Wide Receiver
Nico Collins Injury Update - Hamstring
Finally, the return of Nico Collins has arrived. After practicing on a limited basis on Thursday, Collins logged a full session on Friday and is set to make his return to the field on Monday night against the Cowboys.
DK Metcalf Injury Update - Knee
After practicing in full all week long, DK Metcalf will make his return from a strained MCL that kept him out for two games. He is not even listed on the team's injury report.
Davante Adams Injury Update - Illness, wrist
After coming down with the stomach flu, Davante Adams was back at practice on Friday and is likely going to suit up in Week 11. Crisis averted.
Michael Pittman Injury Update - Back
This back injury has been a week-to-week thing, but Pittman is completely off of the injury report this week and will return to action after missing just one game.
Amari Cooper Injury Update - Wrist
It looks as if wide receiver Amari Cooper is going to play this week, but there’s something very interesting to note; he’s wearing a cast on his wrist. Why is that significant you may ask? Well, he catches passes for a living.
Tee Higgins Injury Update - Quad
I mean, we knew he was playing, didn’t we? Our very own Andrew Cooper did the deep dive so YOU didn’t have to.
JuJu Smith-Schuster Injury Update - Hamstring
After practicing this week, head coach Andy Reid confirmed JuJu Smith-Schuster being ready to return to action and sure enough, he’s off the injury report for the Chiefs and is playing in Week 11.
NFL Week 11 Injury Report: Tight End
George Kittle Injury Update - Hamstring
The 49ers have officially listed star tight end, George Kittle, as questionable for their game this week. He’s often been listed on the team's injury report and has played through almost every injury.
Sam LaPorta Injury Update - Shoulder
Head coach Dan Campbell told the media after Week 10 that they weren’t worried about Sam LaPorta’s injury and just because he has been ruled out in Week 11 doesn’t mean he was lying. The Lions are likely proceeding with caution in this spot and should have LaPorta back in Week 12.
Dalton Kincaid Injury Update - Knee
The Buffalo Bills have ruled Dalton Kincaid out of their Week 11 game with a knee injury. He was able to briefly return after the initial injury in Week 10, but he was wearing a brace and only played a few plays before leaving again.
Isaiah Likely Injury Update - Hamstring
Isaiah Likely has been removed from the Week 11 injury report and is ready to rock this week after not playing in Week 10.
Player News
Patriots signed RB Trayveon Williams, formerly of the Bengals.
Henderson was passed on the Cincinnati depth chart by Chase Brown last year and the team even traded for Khalil Herbert midseason. Despite having no role on offense, Williams was active for all 17 games as a special teamer. He will likely hold a similar role in New England if he cracks the team’s 53-man roster.
Free agent RB Jordan Mims worked out for the Patriots.
The Pats also worked out former Bengals running back Trayveon Williams. Mims ran 20 times for 70 yards in 2024 while adding 12 catches for 71 yards through the air. He also got some run on special teams. The Patriots are looking for some extra depth at running back, but there isn’t room for another fantasy-relevant option behind Rhamondre Stevenson and TreVeyon Henderson.
Jaguars signed TE Quintin Morris, formerly of the Bills, to a one-year contract.
Morris is purely a blocking tight end. He caught just 15 passes during his three years with the Bills, though he did manage to find the end zone three times. Morris will back up Brenton Strange in Jacksonville.
Ravens signed Derrick Henry to a two-year, $30 million contract extension.
Per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, Henry is the first running back over the age of 30 to make $15 million per year. Henry hit the open market at the peak of the “running backs don’t matter” discourse and signed a measly two-year, $16 million deal with the Ravens last offseason. He spent the 2025 season stuffing nerds in lockers with 1,921 yards and 16 touchdowns on 325 attempts. The monstrous season more than earned him a raise and the Ravens knew the assignment. Rapoport noted that Henry wants to finish his career in Baltimore and the extension will give him the opportunity to do so.
ESPN’s Rob Demovsky reports Packers C Elgton Jenkins is skipping offseason workouts for contract reasons.
Jenkins is being moved to center ahead of the 2025 season. He is a left guard by trade but has also spent time at both tackle spots during his six years in Green Bay. The Packers signed him to a four-year, $68 million extension in 2022 that runs through 2026. The deal initially made him a highly-paid guard. It now has him as one of the league’s most expensive centers. The Packers could save $20 million by cutting Jenkins next offseason, something they would likely do unless Jenkins is immediately one of the league’s best centers. Jenkins, in turn, is almost certainly looking to up his guarantees on the final two years of the contract. Though, as Demovsky points out, the Packers rarely adjust contracts this far from their expiration, Jenkins could be the exception to the rule.
Dak Prescott said George Pickens is “more than a 50-50 catcher.”
Prescott in a Wednesday morning radio interview was effusive in his praise of Pickens, who was traded last week from the Steelers to Dallas in exchange for draft compensation. “You put the ball anywhere in his vicinity, very strong hands,” Prescott said of Pickens. “He’s more than a 50-50 catcher. ... I’m excited for him. I know that we need some help at that position.” Pickens, 24, has 2,841 receiving yards and 12 touchdowns over three NFL seasons and is widely expected to see more single coverage in Dallas than he did as the unquestioned No. 1 wideout in Pittsburgh. Opposing coverage units won’t be able to shade safeties toward his side of the field with CeeDee Lamb threatening the middle of the field. Pickens shapes up as a volatile WR2/3 in 2025.