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NFL Week 8: Bengals vs Redskins Friday practice and injury report

It's incredibly impressive for the Bengals to be this healthy in Week 8 of the NFL season.

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The Bengals have yet to be as healthy as they are right now all season long. And in fact, it's incredibly rare for any NFL team to be as healthy as the Bengals are in Week 8 of the NFL season. Everyone on the Bengals' 53-man roster was a full go at practice on Friday in London and the team's injury report this week has no injury designations assigned for the game in London. That means we're likely to see seven healthy scratches for the second week in a row on the inactive list. Additionally, we should expect Tyler Eifert to be much more involved this week than he was against the Browns in Week 7. Eifert has not been on the injury report this week leading up the game against the Redskins.

Cue the Eifert hype video, right?!

The Redskins have ruled out starting running back Matt Jones and activated a practice squad running back to be their No. 3 RB on Sunday. (Read more on that here and how it will impact the game!) Expect Chris Thompson and Rob Kelly to take most of Washington's snaps at running back. Washington has taken the "list nearly everyone on the report as questionable" route. That includes many key players such as Bashaud Breeland, Jamison Crowder, Vernon Davis, Terence Garvin, DeSean Jackson, Josh Norman and Jordan Reed. I'd expect the large majority - if not all of them - to play on Sunday, despite their questionable designation. Both Reed and Norman are recovering from concussions, so they are the most legitimately questionable to play from that group.

Here's the final Friday practice and injury report for both teams.

BENGALS

INJURY WED THUR FRI STATUS
LT Andrew Whitworth Concussion DNP LP FP --
Clint Boling Shoulder DNP FP FP --
LB Karlos Dansby Not-Injury Related DNP -- -- --
DT Domata Peko Not-Injury Related DNP -- -- --
CB Dre Kirkpatrick Groin LP FP FP --
LB Marquis Flowers Groin LP FP FP --
LB Vontaze Burfict Not-Injury Related -- DNP FP --
WR James Wright Knee -- DNP FP --

REDSKINS

INJURY WED THUR FRI STATUS
LB Terence Garvin Hip DNP LP LP QUESTIONABLE
RB Matt Jones Knee DNP DNP DNP OUT
CB Bashaud Breeland Ankle LP LP FP QUESTIONABLE
WR Jamison Crowder Groin LP LP LP QUESTIONABLE
TE Vernon Davis Groin LP LP FP QUESTIONABLE
WR DeSean Jackson Hamstring/Shoulder LP LP LP QUESTIONABLE
Spencer Long Chest LP LP FP QUESTIONABLE
CB Josh Norman Concussion/Wrist LP LP LP QUESTIONABLE
TE Jordan Reed Concussion LP LP LP QUESTIONABLE
Brandon Scherff Shoulder LP LP LP QUESTIONABLE
Trent Williams Knee LP LP LP QUESTIONABLE
S Will Blackman Wrist FP FP FP --
LB Mason Foster Shin FP FP FP --

DNP - Did Not Participate
LP - Limited Participation
FP - Full Participation

Game Status:

Out = Player will not play
Doubtful = 25% chance a player will play
Questionable = 50% or greater chance a player will play 
(-) = Not Listed - No game status available