NFL Injury Report: Were the Giants Impacted the Most?

The NFL teams that are success stories are made so by the skill position players who catch the pass and run the ball. While the big guys move bodies around the smaller guys bring the effort together and make the catches and go through the running gaps..without full speed efforts these plays don't efficiently happen and sometimes don't happen at all. Injuries to hands are important to wide receivers, tight ends, running backs, and quarterbacks. Linemen on both sides of the ball can deal with the inconvenient injury to a hand or a finger while the same injury to a ball handler is a game ender for him.

Here are the injuries preceding Week 12s slate of games to the ball handlers or to what I'll refer as the skill position players...the status of the players, usually labeled as questionable, probable, or doubtful, reflect the likelihood of that player being available for the upcoming game.

Week 12 NFL Injury Report, Skill Position Players

Arizona Cardinals...No injuries to report

Atlanta Falcons...No injuries to report

Baltimore Ravens...Todd Heap, tight end, is probable (chest)

Buffalo Bills...No injuries to report

Carolina Panthers...Jonathan Stewart, running back, is probable (concussion)...Bryan St Pierre, quarterback, is questionable (right shoulder)

Chicago Bears...Devin Hester, wide receiver, is probable

Cincinnati Bengals..Chad Ochocinco, wide receiver, is probable (shoulder)...Carson Palmer, quarterback, is probable (foot)

Cleveland Browns...Jake Delhomme, quarterback, is questionable (ankle)

Dallas Cowboys... Felix Jones, running back, is questionable (hip)...

Denver Broncos...Eddie Royal, wide receiver, is probable

Detroit Lions...Jason Hansen, place kicker, is questionable...Tony Scheffler,tight end, is questionable... Calvin Johnson, wide receiver, is probable... Nate Burleson, wide receiver, is probable...

Green Bay Packers...Donald Driver, wide receiver, is probable (shoulder)

Houston Texans...No injuries to report

Indianapolis Colts...Joseph Addai, running back, is questionable (shoulder)...Reggie Wayne, wide receiver, is probable

Jacksonville Jaguars...Mike Sims-Walker, wide receiver, is questionable (high ankle sprain)

Kansas City Chiefs...No injuries to report

Miami Dolphins...Chad Henne is questionable (sprained left knee)...Brandon Marshall, wide receiver, is questionable (hamstring injury)...

Minnesota Vikings...Brett Favre, quarterback, is probable with multiple injuries (shoulder, foot)...Bernard Berrian, wide receiver, is probable (groin)...Percy Harvin, wide receiver, is probable

New York Giants...Hakeem Nicks, wide receiver, out for at least three weeks (leg injury)...Steve Smith, wide receiver, out until at least December 5th game...Kevin Boss, tight end, is probable (back)

New York Jets...Jeremy Cotchery, wide receiver, is questionable (groin)

New England Patriots...Fred Taylor, running back, is probable (turf toe)...Tom Brady, quarterback, is probable (foot)

New Orleans Saints...Reggie Bush and Pierre Thomas are probable though both won't most likely play...and Ladell Betts is questionable (concussion)...Jeremy Shockey, tight end, is questionable (ribs)

Oakland Raiders...Zach Miller, tight end, is probable (foot)

Philadelphia Eagles...No injuries to report

Pittsburgh Steelers...Hines Ward, wide receiver, is probable (concussion)

San Diego Chargers...Randy McMichael, tight end, is questionable...Malcolm Floyd, wide receiver, questionable(hamstring)...Patrick Crayton, wide receiver, is questionable (dislocated wrist)...Antonio Gates with
multiple injuries (both feet) is questionable

San Francisco 49ers...Vernon Davis, tight end, is questionable (right ankle sprain)

Seattle Seahawks...Mike Williams, wide receiver, is questionable (foot injury)...Matt Hasselbeck, quarterback, is probable (concussion)...Brandon Stokley, wide receiver, is probable

St Louis Rams...No injuries to report

Tampa Bay Buccaneers...Curtis Graham, running back, is probable...

Tennessee Titans...Vince Young, quarterback, was placed on the injured reserve list and is out for the year

Washington Redskins...Clinton Portis, running back, is probable (groin)...Ryan Torain, running back, is questionable (hamstring)...Donovan McNabb, quarterback, is probable (hamstring)...Chad Simpson, running back, was placed on the injured reserve list

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