The Philadelphia Eagles issued their first official injury report in advance of their Week 13 home game against the Chicago Bears on Black Friday.
Note that this report is an estimation because the team held a walkthrough in lieu of a normal practice.
The Eagles listed five players under DID NOT PARTICIPATE: Lane Johnson, Andrew Mukuba, DeVonta Smith, Brandon Graham, and Xavier Gipson.
Lane Johnson will not play this week. The Eagles seem to hope that he might be able to return to action in Week 15. Fred Johnson will continue to start at right tackle.
Mukuba reportedly suffered a fractured ankle and seems likely to be placed on injured reserve.
Smith was looked at by trainers at one point in the Eagles’ loss to the Dallas Cowboys. He’s listed with a “shoulder/chest” injury designation. Guessing the team is taking it easy with him this week to help get him to Friday.
Guessing the Eagles are also taking it easy on Graham to help get him to Friday.
Gipson looked to be seriously hurt after the play where he idiotically returned a punt from the 1-yard line and then fumbled. He could be headed to injured reserve.
The Eagles listed three players under LIMITED PARTICIPATION: Reed Blankenship, Saquon Barkley, and Landon Dickerson.
Vic Fangio indicated that Blankenship will play on Friday, so, that’s good news for the Eagles’ secondary. With Mukuba out, the Eagles will have Blankenship and Sydney Brown as their starting safeties. Michael Carter II, who lacks extensive safety reps, might be the top backup behind those two. The Eagles could look to temporarily elevate Andre’ Sam from the practice squad for even more safety depth.
Barkley and Dickerson will probably play on Friday but they’re apparently less than 100%.
The Eagles listed three players under FULL PARTICIPATION: Adoree’ Jackson, Willie Lampkin, and Myles Hinton.
Jackson is listed with “gameday concussion protocol evaluation” (first time I’ve seen that one) as opposed to “concussion.” It was deemed that Jackson did NOT suffer a concussion in the Eagles’ Week 12 loss despite being evaluated for one. Jackson being available to start on the outside allows the Eagles to keep Cooper DeJean at nickel cornerback instead of moving him to the outside and playing Michael Carter II in the slot. So, that’s good news for the secondary outlook.
Lampkin’s 21-day practice window to return from injured reserve was opened on November 6. The Eagles have to either activate him to the roster or shut him down for the season. Guessing it’ll be the former with an injured player (or two) going on IR to open up a roster spot for Lampkin.
Hinton’s 21-day practice window to return from injured reserve was opened on November 19. The Eagles don’t need to rush to activate him to the roster.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES INJURY REPORT (TUESDAY)
DID NOT PARTICIPATE
WR Xavier Gipson (shoulder)
EDGE Brandon Graham (groin)
OT Lane Johnson (foot)
S Andrew Mukuba (ankle)
WR DeVonta Smith (shoulder/chest)
LIMITED PARTICIPATION
RB Saquon Barkley (groin)
S Reed Blankenship (thigh)
OG Landon Dickerson (knee)
FULL PARTICIPATION
OT Myles Hinton (back)
CB Adoree’ Jackson (gameday concussion protocol evaluation)
G/C Willie Lampkin (knee/ankle)
CHICAGO BEARS INJURY REPORT (TUESDAY)
The Bears are VERY banged up at off-ball linebacker. Starter Tremaine Edmunds was recently placed on injured reserve. Fellow starter (and old friend) T.J. Edwards is dealing with multiple injuries that have held him out since Week 9. He was listed under DNP on Tuesday. Top backup Noah Sewell missed Week 12 due to an injury. He was listed under DNP on Tuesday. Ruben Hyppolite II, who started in Week 12, got hurt in that game and was listed under DNP on Tuseday.
The Bears are also banged up at cornerback, maybe. Starters Jaylon Johnson and Kylen Gordon are in their 21-day practice windows to return from injured reserve and they were both listed as full participants on Tuesday. But it’s unclear if they’ll be activated to play against the Eagles. If neither suit up, Tyrique Stevenson would normally be slated to start … but he was listed under DNP on Tuesday. If both Johnson and Gordon suit up, well, that’s a really big boost for Chicago’s defense. Not that they need it against a pretty uninspiring Eagles offense.
DID NOT PARTICIPATE
LB T.J. Edwards (hand/hamstring)
LB Ruben Hyppolite II (shoulder)
OL Luke Newman (foot)
DL Dominique Robinson (concussion)
LB Noah Sewell (elbow)
DB Tyrique Stevenson (hip)
FULL PARTICIPATION
OL Theo Benedet (quad)
DB Kyler Gordon (calf)
RB Travis Homer (hamstring/knee)
DB Jaylon Johnson (groin)
RB Kyle Monangai (knee)
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