The Commanders won’t have their leading rusher once again this weekend.
Running back Brian Robinson Jr. (hamstring) has been ruled out for the Week 10 matchup against the Steelers.
While Robinson was a limited participant in practice on Wednesday and Thursday, he did not participate on Friday.
With Robinson sidelined last week, Austin Ekeler started and took 11 carries. Chris Rodriguez also had 11 carries while Jeremy McNichols took eight.
Robinson has tallied 461 yards rushing with six touchdowns this year along with nine catches for 79 yards.
Kicker Austin Seibert (right hip) is also officially questionable for the contest. He did not practice on Wednesday but was limited on Thursday and Friday. The Commanders added kicker Zane Gonzalez to its practice squad in case Seibert can’t play.
Newly acquired cornerback Marshon Lattimore (hamstring) is out, as head coach Dan Quinn announced earlier on Friday.
Offensive tackle Cornelius Lucas (ankle) and tight end Colson Yankoff (hamstring) are also out. Offensive lineman Andrew Wylie (shoulder) is questionable.
Defensive end Durance Armstrong (shoulder), center Tyler Biadasz (thumb), defensive end Clelin Ferrell (knee), linebacker Dante Fowler (groin), and cornerback Noah Igbinoghene (thumb) are all off the injury report and set to play.
Steelers quarterback Justin Fields was inactive for the team’s last game, but he’s set to be back in uniform against the Commanders on Sunday.
Fields had a hamstring injury that kept him out of uniform in Week Eight and the bye week seems to have done the trick to make him feel better. Fields practiced all this week and does not have an injury designation on the final injury report of the week.
Russell Wilson will remain the starting quarterback, but Fields’ return to health should push Kyle Allen back to the No. 3 role.
Wide receiver Ben Skowronek (shoulder) and linebacker Tyler Matakevich (hamstring) are questionable to be activated from injured reserve. Safety Terrell Edmunds (illness) and linebacker Nick Herbig (hamstring) have been ruled out.
Commanders kicker Austin Seibert is dealing with a hip injury, so Washington has added a player at the position.
Per Mike Garafolo of NFL Media, the Commanders are signing Zane Gonzalez to their practice squad.
Seibert was limited in practice on Thursday and Friday after he did not participate on Wednesday. The Commanders signing Gonzalez provides insurance at the critical position if Seibert can’t play against the Steelers on Sunday.
In eight games this year, Seibert has made 25-of-27 field goals and all 22 of his extra points. He’s in his first season kicking for the Commanders.
Gonzalez, 29, last appeared in a regular-season game in 2021 with the Panthers. He’s connected on 80.5 percent of his career field goals and 94.8 percent of his extra points.
The Commanders will not have their newest defensive addition when they take on the Steelers this weekend.
Head coach Dan Quinn said in his Friday news conference that cornerback Marshon Lattimore will not play on Sunday.
Lattimore has been dealing with a hamstring injury. He did not practice all week after he was acquired via trade on Tuesday.
He’s recorded a pair of passes defensed and 30 total tackles in seven games so far this season.
The Commanders have a short week coming up, as they’ll play the Eagles on Thursday in Week 11. We’ll see if Washington can get Lattimore ready to make his debut by that time.
Washington’s full injury report with game statuses will be released later on Friday.
They had it. Until they didn’t.
Entering Thursday night’s game against the Bengals, the Ravens had 42 straight regular-season games with 100 or more team rushing yards. The all-time record of 43, shared by the Ravens and the Steelers, could have been tied last night.
And it was. Until it wasn’t.
The Ravens had 100 yards. They’d done it. It was over. The only question was whether they’d break the record they share with themselves and the Steelers next week, when they play the Steelers.
But it wasn’t to be. After the Bengals failed to convert a late two-point conversion and attempted an unsuccessful onside kick, the Ravens took a knee. And the minus-one yard result from Lamar Jackson dropped the total to 99.
Some would say it’s a fitting bookend to the way the Ravens got to 43 games the last time around. In garbage time, when victory formation would have ended a win against the Broncos, the Ravens ran the ball with three seconds to play in order to get to 100 yards.
“I thought it was kind of bullshit, but I expected it from them,” Broncos coach Vic Fangio said at the time. “Thirty-seven years in pro ball, and I’ve never seen anything like that. But it was to be expected, and we expected it. . . . I just know how they operate. That’s just their mode of operation there. Player safety is secondary.”
It’s unknown whether the Ravens considered risking a Joe Pisarcik outcome in order to ensure another triple-digit rushing performance. Wisely, they didn’t do it.
The record is a far cry from the Joe DiMaggio hitting streak. Most don’t attach any significance to it. Fortunately for the Ravens, they didn’t attach enough importance to it to roll the dice on possibly blowing the victory over the Bengals.
