Washington injury and COVID-19 tracker for Week 15 – Riggo’s Rag

The Washington Football Team has yet to rule anybody outfor Tuesdays clash against Philadelphia, but its worth noting Curtis Samuel wouldnt have dressed if the game had been played Sunday.

The Samuel injury tour continues. If you can believe it, the speedy wideout has finally shed his groin injury. Hes now dealing with a hamstring injury. Tough to call his first year in the Burgundy and Gold anything but a huge disappointment, because its looking less and less likely hell make an impact down the stretch.

Samuel and JD McKissic were the lone DNPs on Saturday. The weird thing about McKissic is that hes managed to clear concussion protocol, but his now listed on the injury report with a neck injury.

In good news, Terry McLaurin got in a full session and looks to be headed in the right direction for Tuesday.

With that out of the way, lets move onto the COVID side of things.

Entering the weekend, Washington had 20 players on the COVID list, tied with Cleveland for the second-most of any team in the NFL. Only the Rams, who leapfrogged the pack by adding nine more players on Thursday, had more with a maximum of 25 before they activated eight players on Saturday.

In light of this breakout, the NFL updated its COVID-19 protocols for vaccinated players and staff members on Thursday, announcing that individuals who are asymptomatic for at least 24 hours can return as early as the day after their positive test by one of the three options outlined in the memo.

The latest high-profile addition for Washington was Taylor Heinicke, who tested positive on Friday, joining backup quarterback Kyle Allen on the COVID list. While Heinicke is asymptomatic and has a chance of returning in time for the game, basic math gives Allen the better chance of being activated sooner.

Heres where Washington stands on the COVID front as of Sunday morning. We decided to keep it simple and just list a players name and give a simple yes or no in terms of whether theyve been activated off the shelf.

This article will be updated through Tuesday evening.

Its a huge sign of encouragement knowing Allen, Sweat, Smith-Williams, Toohill and Wise will be back in the defensive lineup. That could end up making all the difference on Tuesday, but Washington is still far from out of the woods.

These are all the updates we have for now, but feel free to keep tuning back to this article for all the latest on Washingtons COVID conundrum.

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Washington injury and COVID-19 tracker for Week 15 - Riggo's Rag