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Allen (foot) has no injury designation for Sunday's game against the Patriots after practicing fully Wednesday through Friday.

The foot injury Allen suffered in the Week 14 overtime loss to Tampa Bay initially looked like it might threaten his availability for Week 15, but the quarterback returned to full participation in practice last Friday, then started and finished with 210 passing yards and three touchdowns through the air in Sunday's 31-14 win over the Panthers. Allen's usage on the ground (three carries for 24 yards) against Carolina was lighter than it had been in recent weeks, but now that he's gotten a week of full practices under his belt, the Bills could loosen the reins a bit. Rather than worrying about a potential setback with the foot, Allen's greater concern for Week 16 is the fact that he won't have two of his top pass catchers at his disposal in a matchup with a tough New England defense. Slot man Cole Beasley (illness) and outside receiver Gabriel Davis (illness) are both ineligible to play this week after landing on the reserve/COVID-19 list, though the return of Emmanuel Sanders (knee) from a one-game absence should cushion the loss of Davis to some degree. Allen will also be missing 2-3 starting offensive linemen this week.

Mullens was elevated from the Browns' practice squad Friday, Nate Ulrich of the Akron Beacon Journal reports.

Mullens started this past Monday's loss to Las Vegas but subsequently reverted back to the practice squad. Baker Mayfield and Case Keenum were reinstated from the COVID-19 list Friday and likely will function as the No. 1 and No. 2 options at quarterback for Cleveland on Saturday, so Mullens presumably will be the team's third option at the position this weekend.

Keenum (illness), who was activated from the reserve/COVID-19 list Friday, will be listed as questionable for Saturday's game against the Packers, Nate Ulrich of the Akron Beacon Journal reports.

The designation is only procedural with Keenum being one week removed from testing positive for the virus, but because he's cleared the NFL's COVID-19 return-to-play protocol, he's on track to play Saturday. With Baker Mayfield (illness) also coming off the same list Friday, he's expected to handle his usual starting role, while Keenum backs him up.

Hurts (ankle) doesn't have a designation for Sunday's game versus the Giants.

After kicking off the week with back-to-back limited listings on Eagles injury reports, Hurts capped it with a full practice Friday, clearing him to play Sunday. He's coming off a three-touchdown effort that included 296 yards passing and 38 more yards on the ground Tuesday against Washington. Hurts will aim to do something similar against the Giants' 19th-ranked pass defense.

Cleveland activated Keenum (illness) from the reserve/COVID-19 list Friday.

The Browns also brought back Baker Mayfield (illness), who is in line to start Saturday's game in Green Bay. Keenum should fill his usual role as the backup, after both he and Mayfield missed last week's loss to the Raiders, which allowed Nick Mullens to step in for a spot start.

Mayfield was removed from the reserve/COVID-19 list Friday.

The same goes for backup QB Case Keenum and top WR Jarvis Landry, giving the Cleveland offense its full complement of skill-position players apart from No. 2 RB Kareem Hunt (ankle/illness). A road trip to Green Bay won't be easy, especially after so many players have missed practice time, though in Mayfield's case the rest might not be such a bad thing given that he's been playing through injuries (primarily to his shoulder) for most of the year. He figures to get the start this Saturday, with Cleveland and Green Bay scheduled for a 4:30 p.m. ET kickoff on Christmas Day.

With Lamar Jackson (ankle) and Tyler Huntley (illness) both on the injury report and listed as questionable, Johnson was the only quarterback at Friday's practice for the Ravens, Jamison Hensley of ESPN.com reports.

Jeff Zrebiec of The Athletic and Aditi Kinkhabwala of NFL Network suggest Huntley is expected to be ready for Sunday's game in Cincinnati, while Jackson is far less likely to play. If things take a turn for the worse and both quarterbacks are out, Johnson would make a start less than two weeks after signing with the Ravens.

Boyle is in line to start Sunday's game against the Falcons after Lions head coach Dan Campbell said Friday that Jared Goff (illness) is "highly unlikely" to be activated from the reserve/COVID-19 list prior to the contest, Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press reports.

Goff has continued to test positive for COVID-19 since initially contracting the virus Monday, and the Lions aren't confident that he'll either test negative on two consecutive occasions 24 hours apart or show diminished symptoms, which he'll need to do in order to clear the NFL's return-to-play protocol. Boyle has taken first-team reps in practice all week sans Goff and is primed to make his second start in six weeks, after the latter was previously sidelined with an oblique injury Week 11. Boyle oversaw a listless Detroit offense in his team debut and first career NFL start, completing 15 of 23 attempts for only 77 yards, no touchdowns and two interceptions in the Lions' 13-10 loss to Cleveland. The Falcons defense presents a less imposing matchup than the Browns, but fantasy managers' expectations for both Boyle and the Lions' skill-position players should still be tempered.

Huntley (illness) is expected to start Sunday's game in Cincinnati, though both he and Lamar Jackson (ankle) are listed as questionable, Jeff Zrebiec of The Athletic reports.

Huntley was added to the injury report Friday afternoon when he missed practice with a non-COVID-19-related illness. He still seems more likely to play than Jackson, who missed every practice for a second straight week. Both quarterbacks may be treated as game-time decisions ahead of Sunday's 1:00 p.m. ET kickoff, with Josh Johnson on hand for the start if Jackson and Huntley aren't ready.

Jackson (ankle) is listed as questionable for Sunday's game against the Bengals after not practicing this past week, Jeff Zrebiec of The Athletic reports.

Per Zrebiec and Aditi Kinkhabwala of NFL Network, at this stage Tyler Huntley -- who didn't practice Friday due to an illness and also is listed listed as questionable -- is expected to start at QB for the Ravens this weekend, assuming he's available. As Jamison Hensley of ESPN.com notes, Josh Johnson was the only available signal-caller at Friday's practice, and in the event that neither Jackson nor Huntley are out there for Sunday's 1:00 p.m. ET kickoff, he'd be next in line for the Week 16 assignment.