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Use the official NFL injury report for practice and game-status updates, and check it again near kickoff for confirmed inactives. NFL Mobile’s alert preferences are under More → Settings → Alert Preferences, but NFL’s support instructions describe how to turn alerts off, so available options for enabling injury alerts may differ by app version.
Where to check official NFL injury updates
The NFL injury report is the league’s official web source for player practice status and game status. Find the player, team, or matchup, then distinguish the two fields: practice status describes participation in practice, while game status gives the player’s designation for the upcoming game.
For scheduled filing times, consult the NFL’s 2026–27 important-dates calendar. Practice reports and game-status reports are due by 4:00 p.m. New York time or as soon as possible after practice concludes. The relevant weekdays vary by game date, and non-Sunday games follow different schedules.
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Set up NFL Mobile notifications
- Open the NFL App. NFL identifies the app as available for iOS and Android on phones and tablets; see What is the NFL App?
- Go to More → Settings → Alert Preferences. NFL Support documents this path in its notification instructions. Favorite teams appear below the general alert controls.
- Choose a favorite team and review the available preferences. Turn on relevant alerts if your app version provides them. The cited NFL instructions explain how to disable alerts, not a universal enable flow, so the exact switches and categories may vary.
- Allow notifications in your phone settings. If the NFL App’s alerts are disabled at the operating-system level, in-app preferences alone may not deliver push notifications.
NFL’s service terms say mobile alerts may include push notifications and text messages, with availability varying by carrier and device; messages may be delayed or undelivered. Treat an alert as a prompt to verify the report, not a guarantee of immediate delivery.
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When inactive lists come out
An injury designation during the week is not the final inactive list. NFL Support says: “Players are designated ‘Inactive’ by their NFL teams about 90 minutes before the game is scheduled to start if they are unable to play.” The timing comes from its Auto-Swap Inactives article.
Check the injury report during the week, then revisit the official report close to kickoff. A player’s status can change after an earlier report, and an earlier designation should not be treated as confirmation of the final inactive list.
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What Questionable, Doubtful, and Out mean
- Questionable: It is uncertain whether the player will play.
- Doubtful: The player is unlikely to participate.
- Out: The player will not play.
The NFL’s injury-report policy explainer notes that the former “Probable” designation was eliminated. A player certain to play may not appear on the Game Status Report even if listed on practice reports. These game-status labels are not the same thing as the later inactive designation.
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NFL Fantasy has separate league-level email and push notification controls. Those settings are for fantasy league alerts; NFL Support does not describe them as a complete feed for every league-wide injury update or game-day inactive announcement. Configure them separately if useful, but use the official injury report to verify player status.
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Choose the right way to follow updates
- For authoritative information: Use NFL.com’s injury report rather than relying on an aggregator’s alert alone.
- For an early weekly picture: Follow practice and game-status reports according to the schedule for that matchup.
- For final game-day status: Recheck close to kickoff, when teams designate inactives.
- For delivery: App push alerts can save manual checks when available, while the web report is the direct source when you want to verify a status.
