Initially, it looked as though the Jacksonville Jaguars would be in good shape health-wise for their game against the Pittsburgh Steelers but there are now some concerns as five players surfaced on their final injury report. Specifically, there were three players ruled questionable and two ruled OUT.
Two players are OUT for Sunday's game against the Steelers.
Full @farahandfarah Injury Report ⤵ pic.twitter.com/uocALPNm8k
— #DUUUVAL (@Jaguars) November 20, 2020
The players who were ruled out were quarterback Gardner Minshew (thumb), cornerback Sidney Jones (Achilles), and receiver Collin Johnson (hamstring). However, of the three, Minshew isn’t expected to play though he was limited this week and was expected to begin throwing against air again, according to coach Doug Marrone. As a result, rookie quarterback Jake Luton resumed practice as the starter.
As for Jones and Johnson, they both surfaced on the injury report on Wednesday and were limited from then to Thursday. Of the two, the absence of Jones may be the toughest to deal with because the Jags would be without their two starting corners on the perimeter after C.J. Henderson went on injured reserve this week. That said, if Jones can’t go, Tre Herndon and rookie Chris Claybrooks would likely start while D.J. Hayden will be activated from injured reserve (which is expected) to play nickelback.
Marrone said on his radio show tonight that CJ Henderson’s groin injury happened in practice yesterday. Placed him on IR this afternoon. Nickel CB DJ Hayden had 21-day window to get ready to return from IR, but Marrone said he will be active Sunday. #Jaguars #duuuval #PITvsJAX
— J.P. Shadrick (@jpshadrick) November 19, 2020
As seen above, Laviska Shenault Jr. (hamstring) was ruled out for his second consecutive week and tight end James O’Shaughnessy (knee) won’t play either. This comes after neither player participated in practice Wednesday and Thursday. However, based on the news Ian Rapoport provided earlier in the month, Shenault should be back shortly as he received a positive evaluation in a recent MRI.
#Jaguars WR Laviska Shenault, ruled out yesterday with a hamstring injury, received good news on his MRI. Source says he has a chance to play Sunday against the #Packers.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) November 9, 2020
