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  • ARI Running Back #6
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    James Conner was forced from Arizona’s Week 16 game against the Panthers with a knee injury and is questionable to return.
    Conner twisted up on a third quarter tackle attempt. He spent several minutes trying to stretch it out on the sideline but could be seen grimacing. He was then declared questionable. Conner is still walking around but is sans helmet. It is sadly looking like his afternoon is through after he took the rock 15 times for 117 yards and a score. He also added four receptions for 49 yards. Fantasy managers will take it, but it could have been so much more. Michael Carter appears to be the next man up with Trey Benson and Emari Demercado sidelined.
  • DET Defensive Coordinator
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    Jaguars interviewed Lions DC Aaron Glenn for their head coaching vacancy.
    Glenn has now completed interviews with the Saints, Jets, Raiders and Jaguars. The 52-year-old Lions defensive coordinator is still set to interview with the Bears while he declined to meet with the Patriots. Glenn played for the Saints, Jaguars and Jets during his 15-year playing career and coached defensive backs with the Saints before coming to Detroit with Dan Campbell. It appears that Glenn will have a head coaching job by the end of this hiring cycle.
  • FA Coaching Staff
    Mike Vrabel is the favorite for the Patriots head coaching vacancy, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
    Vrabel interviewed with New England on Thursday. Schefter echoed an earlier report from the Athletic’s Dianna Russini by stating that the Patriots will be charting their next steps in their coaching search this weekend. With Vrabel not currently tied to another team, he’s the obvious candidate for a team that appears to be moving quickly towards finding its next coach.
  • LAC Wide Receiver #1
    Quentin Johnston (thigh/illness) is expected to play in the AFC Wild Card Game against the Texans, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
    No surprise here as Johnston was able to get in a full practice before the end of the week. Schefter’s report Saturday that Johnston is expected to play barring a setback comes on the heels of a Jeremy Fowler report Friday that the 23-year-old wide receiver was “good to go” for the Wild Card Game. With Josh Palmer still out, Johnston is the primary deep threat in the Chargers offense.
  • LAC Running Back #27
    J.K. Dobbins (ankle) is expected to play in the AFC Wild Card Game against the Texans, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
    Dobbins, who’s still listed as questionable with ankle injury, practiced in a limited fashion all week. After handling 37 rushing attempts over the final two games of the regular season, the Chargers were just taking it easy on their lead back in practice this week. Expect the 26-year-old to suit up and see the majority of the backfield work against the Texans Saturday, barring a setback.
  • DET Offensive Coordinator
    Raiders are “enamored” with Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.
    Johnson, who interviewed with the Raiders virtually Friday, has quickly emerged as the candidate to watch for Las Vegas, according to Rapoport. While the Raiders job has some obvious drawbacks such as a difficult division and no long-term solution at quarterback, there are some benefits that might appeal to Johnson, who ultimately decided to sit out the past two coaching cycles. Las Vegas cleaned house and will have alignment from limited partner Tom Brady, who appears to be running the show, to the general manager and head coach. That alignment is said to be important to Johnson, though other teams he’s meeting with like the Bears and Jaguars haven’t made those front office changes. According to Rapoport, the Raiders are also willing to wait for Johnson’s playoff run with the Lions to conclude if it means securing the Detroit play caller as their future head coach. Brady both lobbied internally to make Johnson a priority in the Raiders coaching search and implored Johnson to take the interview through his agent.
  • FA Coaching Staff
    Patriots are pushing for a quick resolution to their head coaching search, according to Dianna Russini of the Athletic.
    Russini notes that Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson interviewed well with New England, but that the Lions play caller still plans to meet with other teams. At the same time, the Patriots are pushing to complete their search for a coach in a timely fashion, meaning they aren’t likely to wait for Johnson’s playoff run with the Lions to conclude before making a decision. Many around the league expect a decision this weekend, according to Russini. All signs point to Vrabel, the former Patriots linebacker, to be the choice.
  • FA Head Coach
    ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reports “former Bears head coach Matt Eberflus is involved in the Bengals’ defensive coordinator search.”
    We take Fowler’s phrasing to mean that the Bengals are interested in hiring Eberflus for their vacant defensive coordinator role. He adds, that Eberflus “should be in the coordinator mix league-wide.” Eberflus’ successes working as the Colts’ defensive coordinator from 2018-2021 earned him the Bears head coaching gig, so returning to the defensive coordinator ranks certainly makes sense.
  • SF Offensive Coordinator
    CBS’ Jonathan Jones reports that the 49ers will comply with NFL rules by conducting “an open search” for their vacant offensive coordinator position despite Kyle Shanahan naming passing game specialist Klay Kubiak to the role.
    Shanahan named Kubiak to the role just two days ago but, per Jones, “NFL rules do not allow teams to name coaches to previously closed coordinator roles without an open search process.” Shanahan reportedly favors Kubiak for the role because “Kubiak has done this job without the title for 2 years, but rules dictate a search must be done.” The search will undoubtedly be heavily scrutinized by the league. How it pans out is anyone’s guess.
  • DEN Running Back #28
    Broncos RB Tyler Badie (back) is questionable for the Wild Card Round against the Bills.
    Badie suffered a scary back injury in Week 4 and collapsed on the sideline. He was placed on injured reserve and thankfully returned to practice a few weeks ago. He practiced in full this week, though the Broncos could continue to ease him into the lineup with another week off. They will need to make their decision wether to activate him or not on Saturday.
  • MIN Running Back #33
    Aaron Jones (quad) was limited in Friday’s practice.
    Jones tweaked his quad in Week 18. He attempted to play through the issue but was knocked out of the game by a hard hit late in the contest. The game was all but decided already, so his absence was likely a precaution. Two limited sessions to start the week put him on track to suit up for the opening round of the playoffs. The Vikings will release their final injury report on Saturday.