Injury and Status Update for Week 17 Early Games

MAURICE JONES-DREW and FRED TAYLOR are inactive at Houston. The Jaguars do not have much to play for with their playoff position set so they decided to rest their key runners. LABRANDON TOEFIELD will start and is worth a look if you are in need of a running back this week.

DAVID GARRARD is active, but will not start at Houston. Like Jones-Drew and Taylor, the Jaguars are not taking any chances with a key member of their offense. QUINN GRAY will start in Garrard's place.

BRIAN WESTBROOK (knee) is active against Buffalo. Westbrook has had a fantastic season and should continue that on Sunday because the Bills are really hurting on defense with a variety of injuries.

AARON STECKER (toe) is active at Chicago. Stecker is definitely not 100 percent healthy and will probably lose some carries to PIERRE THOMAS, but he's available if you need him.

DONALD DRIVER and GREG JENNINGS (ankle) are inactive against Detroit. While there is nothing wrong with Driver and he's just being held out in a meaningless game, Jennings has missed practice this week so no big surprise with him. JAMES JONES and RUVELL MARTIN should see more looks from Green Bay's quarterbacks.

BRETT FAVRE will play against Detroit, but with many key offensive players not active, Favre might not see much action. Proceed with caution if you're a Favre owner.

DONALD LEE will not play against Detroit. Like Donald Driver, the Packers are sitting some of their key players in a non-important game.

JEFF GARCIA, EARNEST GRAHAM (ankle), JOEY GALLOWAY (shoulder) and IKE HILLIARD (knee) will all not play against Carolina. The Bucs are taking a cautious approach with their key offensive players because their playoff position is locked in. LUKE MCCOWN and MICHAEL PITTMAN will start at quarterback and running back for Tampa Bay and could be a decent options if you are looking for last-minute options.

FRANK GORE (ankle) is active at Cleveland. Gore could have some major success against a suspect Browns' rush defense, although it does not help Gore that CHRIS WEINKE is starting for SHAUN HILL (back).

DEION BRANCH (calf) is inactive at Atlanta. Most of Seattle's starters won't play much anyway with nothing to gain or lose playoff wise, but Branch won't see the field at all.

RON DAYNE (ankle) is active against Jacksonville, but DARIUS WALKER will start again. Dayne did not see any carries last week so he might be limited again against the Jaguars.

MATT SCHAUB (shoulder) is the emergency quarterback against Jacksonville. SAGE ROSENFELS will start once again and could be very productive against a defense that figures to rest many of its starters.