Philadelphia Eagles rookie safety Andrew Mukuba suffered a fractured ankle late during the team’s loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night, according to multiple reports.
The injury is said to require surgery and it’s possible his season is over.
This development is really bad news. Mukuba, the Eagles’ second-round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, has shown promise this season. They really needed him to stay healthy, especially with Reed Blankenship also getting banged up in Week 12.
The Eagles currently have one healthy safety on the active roster: Sydney Brown, who’s struggled when he’s had to play defense. Woof.
Marcus Epps was previously the fourth safety on the roster but he’s ineligible to be activated from injured reserve until after the Eagles’ Week 13 game against the Chicago Bears on Black Friday.
The Eagles have one safety on the practice squad: Andre’ Sam, who has never played a regular season snap on defense.
Howie Roseman previously made mention of Michael Carter II being able to play safety when the Eagles acquired him in a trade with the New York Jets. Perhaps we’ll see him move to the back end of the defense.
Of course, a complicating factor there is that they could really use MC2 in the slot with Cooper DeJean moving outside to play in place of an injured Adoree’ Jackson. Otherwise, they could keep DeJean at nickel and play Kelee Ringo on the outside … but he’s struggled when called upon. Maybe the Eagles give Jakorian Bennett a try if Jackson can’t play.
Any way you slice it, the Eagles just don’t have a very ideal secondary situation right now.
Might’ve been good if the Eagles didn’t blow a 21-point lead and instead built on it so that they could’ve pulled their starters by the end of the game. Maybe Mukuba never gets hurt in that scenario.
But he did and now the Eagles have to figure out how they’ll move forward without him, at least for some time.
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