Dan Quinn spoke to the media before today’s Christmas Eve practice. This is the team’s third, and final practice before they host the Cowboys on Christmas day. Quinn named the team captains for this week, with Chris Rodriguez Jr, Frankie Luvu, and Tress Way getting the nod this week.
Quinn also provided some injury updates and named Josh Johnson the starter for Week 17. Marcus Mariota needed stitches on his throwing hand, and was also dealing with a quad injury, and won’t play this week. The team
signed Jeff Driskel off the Arizona Cardinals practice squad, bringing back last year’s QB3. Sam Hartman is getting signed to the 53-man roster to be the team’s emergency 3rd QB.
Daron Payne is dealing with a back injury that Quinn said “didn’t turn the right way” this week, and he’s not playing tomorrow. Laremy Tunsil has been dealing with an oblique injury, and he’ll miss his second game in a row, increasing the chances hes getting shut down for the season. Special teams LB Nick Bellore is also out with a concussion.
