The Philadelphia Eagles released their first official injury report on Tuesday ahead of their Week 16 game against the Dallas Cowboys.
Note that this report is an estimate as the team organized a walkthrough instead of normal practice.
Four players have been listed under DID NOT PARTICIPATE: Jalen Hurts, Gardner Minshew, K’Von Wallace and Zach Pascal.
Hurts is likely to miss this week’s game with a sprained right shoulder. The fact that it was listed as DNP only reinforces this belief. Hurts himself and Nick Sirianni argue there’s a chance he’ll play in Dallas. The feeling here is that they’re going with this message because 1) Sirianni is big on the idea of ”competitive advantage” and wants to force the Cowboys to prepare for two different quarterbacks and 2) they want to play down concerns about the severity of his injury. I can’t say there’s no chance of Hurts playing, but I guess it’s a single digit possibility.
Minshew, who will likely start on Saturday, missed practice because he attended and spoke at Mike Leach’s funeral in Mississippi. Minshew is expected to return to Philadelphia Tuesday night and practice Wednesday. Ian Book, who hasn’t been active for a game this year, was the only Eagles quarterback available for the team walkthrough. Book will be Minshew’s replacement if Hurts goes out on Saturday.
Wallace is an unexpected new addition to the injury report with a hip problem. He saw his playing time increase in Week 15 due to the presence of CJ Gardner-Johnson on injured reserve and the exclusion of Reed Blankenship. Blankenship was listed as a full participant (more on him later) on Tuesday, so Wallace won’t be needed like he was on Sunday. If Wallace misses this week’s game, the team will likely temporarily raise Anthony Harris from the practice squad to serve as a back-up behind Blankenship and Marcus Epps.
Pascal was not listed on the original Tuesday injury report released by the Eagles; it was later added with a concussion. Pascal must respect the league’s mandatory protocol in order to play on Saturday. It remains to be seen if there is enough time for that to happen. If he can’t play, the Eagles will be reduced to AJ Brown, DeVonta Smith, Quez Watkins and Britain Covey at wide receiver. They have Greg Ward and Devon Allen on the practice squad.
One player has been listed under LIMITED ATTENDANCE: Tyree Jackson.
Jackson is apparently struggling with a knee issue. His injury comes at a time when the Eagles don’t really need him since they activated Dallas Goedert from IR. Jackson was TE3 in the pecking order with Goedert out so now he’s TE4. Perhaps the Eagles could look to place Jackson on IR to open up a roster spot to sign Christian Elliss, who no longer has temporary elevations from the practice squad. Something to watch out for.
One player has been listed under FULL PARTICIPATION: Reed Blankenship.
Blankenship suffered a knee injury in Week 14 and missed Week 15. It looks like he’s ready to get back on the court in Dallas. Good news. Blankenship figures to start at safety with CJGJ out for at least one more game.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES INJURY REPORT (TUESDAY)
DID NOT PARTICIPATE
QB Jalen Hurts (right shoulder)
QB Gardner Minshew (personal)
S K’Von Wallace (hip)
WR Zach Pascal (concussion)
LIMITED PARTICIPATION
TE Tyree Jackson (knee)
FULL PARTICIPATION
S Reed Blankenship (knee)
DALLAS COWBOYS INJURY REPORT (TUESDAY)
Two Cowboys players did not practice: Micah Parsons and Leighton Vander Esch.
Parsons is simply dealing with a disease. He will be ready to play.
LVE, however, will likely miss this game after picking up an injury in Week 15. That’s bad news for the Cowboys’ run defense prospects.
Five Cowboys players have been restricted from practice: DeMarcus Lawrence, Dorance Armstrong, Jayron Kearse, Noah Brown and Jake Ferguson.
Lawrence is a player who gets managed during the week in order to make it a game day.
Armstrong was restricted all week in training last week. He played despite being deemed questionable… but he scored his lowest snaps of the season and failed to get a stat. It seems to work at less than 100%. Armstrong ranks second on the Cowboys in sacks this season.
Kearse, a starting safety for Dallas, is also managed to make it to game day.
Brown, who ranks second on the Cowboys in receiving yards, is likely to play, but he’s a little battered.
Ferguson, the Cowboys’ second tight end, is likely to return for this game after missing last week with a concussion.
DID NOT PARTICIPATE
LB Micah Parsons (illness)
LB Leighton Vander Esch (neck)
LIMITED PARTICIPATION
OF Dorance Armstrong (knee)
WR Noah Brown (foot)
TE Jake Ferguson (concussion)
S Jayron Kearse (shoulder/back)
DE DeMarcus Lawrence (foot)
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