Saturday Inactives, Injuries and Weather: NFL Week 16

Sunday updates begin as teams begin submitting official inactivity and starter information to the league prior to the game. This usually happens around 90 minutes before the start of the game.

Weather forecasts come from The Football Database.

Week 16 Saturday inactive, weather and notes

IMPORTANT DECISIONS ABOUT PLAYTIME

Early games:
Afternoon games:

Early game

Houston Texans at Kansas City Chiefs (1:00 p.m. ET)

Kickoff weather: 30°F, clear

Texan

Inactive: DL Jerry Hughes, TE Cade Stover, LB Devin White, WR John Metchie, DT Folorunso Fatukasi, OG Juice Scruggs and OG Nick Broeker

Lineup notes: WR John Metchie III (Shoulder) was excluded. LB Christian Harris (Ankle) was questionable after missing Thursday’s session but will play, and RB Joe Mixon (Ankle) was limited all week but managed to avoid injury.

Chiefs

Inactive: OT DJ Humphries, DL Malik Herring, DT Marlon Tuipulotu, OT Ethan Driskell, OG CJ Hanson, LB Josh Uche and CB Chamarri Conner

Lineup notes: QB Patrick Mahomes (Ankle), WR Marquise Brown (Shoulder), C Creed Humphrey (Ankle), PK Harrison Butker (knee) and RT Jawaan Taylor (Knees) all trained intensively throughout the week and suffered no injuries.

Late afternoon window

Pittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens (4:30 p.m. ET)

Kickoff weather: 33°F, cloudy, NW 13 mph

Steelers

Inactive: SS DeShon Elliott, CB Donte Jackson, QB Justin Fields, WR George Pickens and DT Larry Ogunjobi

Lineup notes: WR George Pickens (Thigh) hasn’t trained all week and is out again. S DeShon Elliott (Thigh) doesn’t want to play either. LB TJ Watts (Ankle) is ready to go.

Ravens

Inactive: DE Adisa Isaac, WR Nelson Agholor, C Nick Samac, RB Keaton Mitchell, CB Jalyn Armour-Davis and S Marcus Williams

Lineup notes: WR Diontae Johnson (personal) was initially excluded, but has since been lifted. WR Nelson Agholor (Concussion) sat all week and is questionable. WR Rashod Bateman (Foot) was missing Thursday and also drew a questionable tag.