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Dorsey ran into his own teammate while covering a crossing route in the second quarter and his ankle bent in gruesome fashion. The cart came out for him immediately and he had an air cast on as he was taken to the locker room. With fellow cornerback Carlton Davis also suffering an injury in Week 15, the Lions’ poor run of injury luck continues.

Harris outcarried Jalen Warren 12-6, and received 10 more touches all together since Warren didn’t catch a pass. He didn’t do much with those touches outside of a short-yardage touchdown, and he also left this game with an apparent head injury late in the fourth quarter. If Harris can’t go, Warren likely will receive the overwhelming majority of touches in the Wild Card round against either the Texans or the Ravens.

With Chase Brown unable to play, Herbert not only was the lead back for the Bengals, he was the only back. No other Cincinnati player received a carry. He finishes the season with all of 114 yards on 28 carries as he was well behind Brown and Zack Moss on the depth chart. Herbert will be a free agent at the end of the year and well off the fantasy radar for 2025.

Wilson and the Steelers’ offense was better in the second half, but that’s faint praise The completion percentage isn’t pretty, but much of it isn’t Wilson’s fault, as the veteran quarterback was the victim of several drops; three alone by George Pickens. The final straw was a perfect throw on 4th and 12 to Pat Freiermuth that went right through Freiermuth’s mittens. That’s not to say that Wilson was great, but the statline doesn’t really tell the story. Wilson and the Steelers will be under center in the Wild Card round on the road, and they’ll take on either the Texans or Ravens; depending on what happens in the Chargers-Raiders game.

Burrow did head to the injury tent for a moment in the first half, but he didn’t miss any plays. It ends a regular season that was one of the 2020 first-overall pick’s best, as he threw for 43 touchdowns against nine picks while adding a couple of scores on the ground. The 28-year-old very likely could be missing Tee Higgins next season, but Ja’Marr Chase will almost assuredly be back for the 28-year-old signal-caller. Burrow’s season is likely over, but if the Broncos and Dolphins both lose, he and Cincinnati will get the seventh seed against Buffalo.

Higgins was questionable to play in this game because of an ankle injury on top of a knee issue, and he appeared to aggravate the former He caught four passes for 53 yards on five targets before exiting. Andrei Iosivas and Mike Gesicki should see the bulk of the targets Higgins would receive.

Likely came into the contest having scored in consecutive games but took a significant backseat to fellow tight end Mark Andrews, the latter of whom scored for the 11th time in his last 12 games in the win. The Ravens await their Wildcard Round opponent after clinching the No. 3 seed.

Andrews finishes the regular season with 11 touchdown receptions, which sets a new career high. That is particularly impressive considering he did not score in the team’s first five games of the season, ending the year with a flurry of 11 touchdowns in the final 12 games. In fact, he scored in all but two of the team’s final 12 games of the regular season. Andrews and the Ravens clinched the No. 3 seed out of the AFC with the win and await their opponent in the Wildcard Round, pending the outcomes of the remaining games this weekend.

Bateman stepped into featured duties following the departure of Zay Flowers with a knee injury, cashing in on a third quarter touchdown from seven yards out on a Lamar Jackson scramble drill. Flowers’ status was not updated by the team following the game, meaning Bateman could enter Wildcard preparations as the top wide receiver for a Ravens team with Super Bowl aspirations.

Henry struggled to find room to run in the first half, entering the break with just eight yards to his ledger. He would experience greater efficiency after halftime, erupting for 130 yards and two scores over the final two quarters of play against a battered Browns defense. His 138-yard effort sees him fall just short of setting an NFL record with his second 2,000-yard season, but he did set a different record with his third season of more than 1,500 yards and 15 or more touchdowns. The Ravens must wait for the rest of the weekend’s games to play out before they learn their opponent for the Wildcard Round.