Hotspots on the wild-card round NFL injury report include Buffalo's defense, Green Bay's WR depth and San Francisco's defense. Make sure to keep up with NFL breaking news throughout the weekend.
Below you'll find four different categories, with our lists including key offensive linemen and defensive players whose absences might impact fantasy decisions. The bottom section, for potential game-day decisions, is sorted by kickoff times. It can be used as a checklist/cheatsheet for Sunday when inactives come out and we need to adjust lineups.
Good to Go 💯
Players that missed their team's previous game are listed in bold.
Cleared to Play this Week
QB Justin Herbert (hand)
RB Josh Jacobs (knee)
WR Davante Adams (hamstring)
WRs Rome Odunze (heel) & DJ Moore (illness)
TEs Dallas Goedert (knee) & Grant Calcaterra (ankle)
TE Dalton Kincaid (knee)- TE Tyler Higbee (ankle)
The Rams feel like they're getting healthy at the right time -- well, mostly.
A look at the returns of Davante Adams and Quentin Lake and what's going on with Kevin Dotson, Terrance Ferguson, Shaun Dolac and more ahead of the first playoff game:https://t.co/HEZUSayVyl
— Nate Atkins (@NateAtkins_) January 8, 2026
And he's no longer questionable on the injury report.
He's playing, and that could be huge for a team that wants to run. https://t.co/JnmSe6Jn8d
— Darin Gantt (@daringantt) January 9, 2026
Ruled Out/Doubtful 🚑
New absences listed in bold (guys that played in the previous game).
Out/Doubtful/IR
- WRs Dontayvion Wicks (head) & Bo Melton (IR - knee)
- WR Jordan Whittington (knee)
- WR KeAndre Lambert-Smith (hamstring)
Key Defensive Players + Offensive Linemen
- G Kevin Dotson (ankle)
- S C.J. Gardner-Johnson (concussion)
- CB Maxwell Hairston (ankle), LB Terrel Bernard (calf)
DT Khyiris Tonga (foot)
All #Eagles players on the injury list are here:
G Landon Dickerson (rest), OL Brett Toth (concussion), TE Grant Calcaterra (ankle), DT Jalen Carter (hip), TE Dallas Goedert (knee), T Lane Johnson (foot), LB Nakobe Dean (hamstring), S Marcus Epps (concussion), OLB Azeez Ojulari… https://t.co/v5YDPbbOiR
— Jeff McLane (@Jeff_McLane) January 9, 2026
Truly Questionable / Game-Time Decisions 🤔
Players with key fantasy repercussions listed in bold.
Saturday
- TE Terrance Ferguson (hamstring)
Sunday
- RB Ty Johnson (ankle)
- WR Joshua Palmer (ankle)
- K Matt Prater (quad)
WR Ricky Pearsall (knee/ankle)- RB Omarion Hampton (ankle)
- [LOGO WR Kayshon Boutte (hamstring)
Trent Williams (hamstring) and Ricky Pearsall (knee, ankle) are officially questionable for #49ers' playoff game vs. Eagles.
Williams was limited Thursday and Friday. Pearsall has not practiced all week.
— Noah Furtado (@_noahfurtado) January 9, 2026
Omarion Hampton on if he expects to play Sunday: "Yeah, that's the plan."
— Daniel Popper (@danielrpopper) January 9, 2026
Palmer won't necessarily have much of a role even if he's active, as Buffalo's WR rotation has been inconsistent apart from Khalil Shakir's spot in the slot. Brandin Cooks and Tyrell Shavers have done more than Palmer in recent weeks.
Johnson's absence would be more impactful, potentially giving James Cook more work in passing situations and/or opening up a few touches for Ray Davis.
Monday
TE Jonnu Smith (glute)
RB Jawhar Jordan (ankle)
Key Defensive Players + O-Linemen
LT Cole Van Lanen (knee)- RT Lane Johnson (foot)
- LT Trent Williams (hamstring)
- CB Renardo Green (foot), LB Dee Winters (ankle), LB Luke Gifford quad)
- OLB Harold Landry (knee)
- CB Kamari Lassiter (ankle), DL Denico Autry (knee), RT Trent Brown (ankle)
The 49ers are counting on two things they didn't have last week — rest and Trent Williams — to pull off an upset in Philadelphia https://t.co/Vb7xCnwhd9
— Matt Barrows (@mattbarrows) January 9, 2026
Seven questionable for #49ers, including four starters. Three questionable for #Eagles, one starter.
Final injury report: pic.twitter.com/TnmEvfwzbx
— Noah Furtado (@_noahfurtado) January 9, 2026
Bills K Matt Prater says he feels pretty confident that he'll be ready for Sunday. He's also helping K Matthew Wright in the meantime. Prater thinks the cold was a factor in his quad stiffening up on Sunday, and he felt good going into the game.
— katherine fitzgerald (@kfitz134) January 7, 2026
