Philadelphia’s first injury report of the 2024 season.
The Philadelphia Eagles issued their first official injury report on Tuesday in advance of their Week 1 game against the Green Bay Packers on Friday night in São Paulo, Brazil.
The injury report mechanics are a bit weird this week. Ahead of a typical Sunday game, the Eagles have a Wednesday-Thursday-Friday practice schedule with injury reports each day that follow. This week, however, the Eagles had a Sunday-Monday-Tuesday operation ahead of flying to South America. But the injury reports will be on a Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday basis even though today is the only one of those three days they’ll have actually practiced with Wednesday being a travel day and Thursday being a walkthrough. So, now you know.
Anyway, back to the injury report itself.
The Eagles listed four players under LIMITED PARTICIPATION: A.J. Brown, Landon Dickerson, Isaiah Rodgers, and Devin White.
Brown and Dickerson were listed with “rest” designations, so, presumably nothing to worry about there.
Rodgers, who missed some practice time last week, is listed with a hand issue. One would think that won’t prevent him from playing but we’ll have to see. Assuming he does suit up, it’ll be interesting to see how the Eagles utilize him. Rodgers finished training camp as the first-team outside cornerback opposite from Darius Slay. But with Vic Fangio indicating that Quinyon Mitchell is ready to play 100% of the Eagles’ defensive snaps in Week 1, it could be Mitchell starting on the outside in base defense before shifting to the slot in nickel with Rodgers coming in on the boundary. We’ll have to wait and see how this goes. If Rodgers can’t play, that opens the door for Kelee Ringo to have a role in his stead.
White is listed with an ankle issue. There’s been some question if he’ll start in part since he’s not definitively listed as a starter on the team-issued depth chart. It lists “Devin White/Nakobe Dean” at one spot while Zack Baun is by himself at the other. Even if White is healthy and does start, there’s been thought that Dean might end up playing more snaps than him over the course of a game anyway. Again, we’ll just have to wait and see how this linebacker rotation works. Fangio has said he’d ideally like to settle on two starters but he’s also acknowledged it’s an ongoing battle.
It’s good to see that neither Dallas Goedert nor Jalyx Hunt are listed on the injury report after previously missing some time due to oblique injuries. Ditto for Tyler Steen, who had been dealing with an ankle issue.
It’s also worth noting that Johnny Wilson is back in full force after missing more than two weeks due to a concussion.
The Eagles just might have their entire 53-man roster available to play in Week 1. Of course, only 48 of those players will be active for the game.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES INJURY REPORT (TUESDAY)
LIMITED PARTICIPATION
WR A.J. Brown (rest)
OG Landon Dickerson (rest)
CB Isaiah Rodgers (hand)
LB Devin White (ankle)
GREEN BAY PACKERS INJURY REPORT (TUESDAY)
To be announced — check back for updates.
