NFL Injury Updates: Official Reports, Inactives and Player Status

NFL Injury Report Hub

Injury designations can change throughout a practice week, and “questionable” is not the same as “out.” Use the final inactive list close to kickoff to confirm whether a player is available for a particular game. This hub links to official injury reporting and Sportimatic’s published player-status coverage.

Official weekly injury reports

Check the NFL’s official injury report for the latest team-submitted practice participation and game-status designations.

Recent Sportimatic injury and inactive coverage

How to read an NFL injury designation

  • Did not participate / limited / full participation: describes the player’s reported participation in practice. It is not, by itself, the final game decision.
  • Questionable: signals uncertainty about availability; it does not mean the player has been ruled out.
  • Out: the player is not expected to play in that game.
  • Inactive: the player has been declared unavailable for that specific game.

Practice reports, final game-status designations and inactive lists serve different purposes. Always check the date, opponent and game in the report; old injury news should not be treated as current roster status.

Editorial standards

Sportimatic injury stories are written as dated updates and should identify the relevant matchup and status. When a new report supersedes an older one, use the newest article or the official NFL report rather than relying on an archived designation.

Updated October 26, 2026. The linked Week 7 articles are historical reports; the official NFL page is the source to check for the latest weekly information.