The New England Patriots have declared WR Chris Harper, DE Geneo Grissom, DL Ish Kitchen, LB Jonathan Bostic, OT LaAdrian Waddle, CB Tavon Wilson, OG Tre Jackson inactive for Week 20.

The Denver Broncos have declared DT Darius Kilgo, RB Juwan Thompson, DB Lorenzo Doss, OG Robert Myers, C Sam Brenner, CB Taurean Nixon, QB Trevor Siemian inactive for Week week.

Confirming a previous report, Denver Broncos CB Chris Harris Jr. (shoulder) will play in the AFC Championship Game against the New England Patriots, despite continuing to experience some weakness and pain. He has a deep-tissue shoulder bruise that has required 24-hour treatment and even had difficulty brushing his teeth. However, the injury will not require surgery.

Confirming a previous report, Denver Broncos CB Chris Harris Jr. (shoulder) will play in the AFC Championship Game against the New England Patriots, despite continuing to experience some weakness and pain. He has a deep-tissue shoulder bruise that has required 24-hour treatment and even had difficulty brushing his teeth. However, the injury will not require surgery.

Former University of Memphis QB Paxton Lynch is being trained by former Univeristy of Central Florida offensive coordinator Charlie Taaffe, and Taaffe said Lynch has a stronger arm than Jacksonville Jaguars QB Blake Bortles, who played for Central Florida when Taaffe was the coordinator.

Carolina Panthers WR Corey Brown faces the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC Championship Game Sunday, Jan. 24, and Brown ran the most routes of any player on the team over the final four games of the regular season.

New England Patriots RB James White faces the Denver Broncos in the AFC Championship Game, and no team allowed more catches or receiving touchdown to running backs in the regular season than the Broncos.

Miami Dolphins WR DeVante Parker is the likely candidate to take over the No. 1 receiver role in 2016, according to Liz Loza of Yahoo! Sports.

Carolina Panthers TE Greg Olsen faces the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC Championship Game Sunday, Jan. 24, and LB Deone Bucannon allowed eight catches for 105 yards and no touchdowns against the top seven tight ends this season.

Footballguys View: The Cardinals are going to do whatever they can to slow down Olsen. This is likely to hamper what QB Cam Newton does through the air. We’ll see if the Panthers can find creative ways to get Olsen open.

Philadelphia Eagles TE Zach Ertz posted 75 receptions in 2015, but he had six games with three receptions or fewer in 15 games played. Ertz hasn’t been featured as much in the passing game in recent seasons, but head coach Doug Pederson maximized the talents of Kansas City Chiefs TE Travis Kelce in their time together, now Ertz is likely to be in the game plan more going forward.