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Eagles injury report: A.J. Brown misses practice as Saints week begins

Wed, Sep 18 2024 05:47:11 PM

The Eagles began their week of prep for the Saints on Wednesday without star receiver A.J. Brown.

Because the Eagles held a walkthrough on Wednesday, their injury report was an estimation. But Brown was listed as a non-participant with a hamstring injury he suffered last week. Brown missed the loss to the Falcons on Monday Night Football.

And now Brown’s status for Week 3 against the Saints is definitely in doubt.

ESPN sideline reporter Lisa Salters said during Monday night’s broadcast that she talked to Brown and he expected to “miss a couple weeks.” After the Eagles play the Saints in Week 3, they play the Buccaneers in Tampa Bay in Week 4 before an early Week 5 bye.

There’s no doubt that the Eagles missed Brown in their 22-21 loss to the Falcons at the Linc on Monday.

“Any time you lose a player like A.J. Brown, it’s going to affect you,” head coach Nick Sirianni said. “But again, I thought the efficiency of the offense wasn’t as good as we needed it to be in the red zone, but the guys that had to step up and make plays in the absence of A.J. did a good job.”

During his first two seasons with the Eagles, Brown has been a two-time Pro Bowler and has had over 1,400 yards receiving in each season. He’s one of the best receivers in the NFL; of course they missed him.

Without Brown, the Eagles’ top receivers in terms of snaps were DeVonta Smith and Jahan Dotson. After that, Britain Covey, Johnny Wilson and Parris Campbell filled in. Smith had 7 catches for 76 yards and a touchdown. The others had 7 catches for 29 yards (Covey had 6 for 23 and Dotson had 1 for 6).

Wilson was able to play on Monday night after entering Monday listed as questionable with a hamstring injury of his own. Wilson was the only other player listed as DNP on Wednesday afternoon.

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A.J. Brown will miss Eagles' home opener with hamstring injury

Reuben Frank — Sun, Sep 15 2024 12:41:32 PM

Superstar receiver A.J. Brown will miss the Eagles’ home opener Monday night vs. the Falcons, the Eagles announced in an updated injury report.

Brown, who suffered a hamstring injury in practice on Friday, sat out practice on Saturday and was initially listed as questionable. But the Eagles downgraded him on Sunday, which means he’ll miss a regular-season game for the first time since he joined the Eagles in 2022.

Brown, who had five catches for 119 yards in the opener vs. the Packers, has the 3^rd-most receiving yards in the NFL since opening day 2022 with 3,071, trailing only Tyreek Hill (3,663) and CeeDee Lamb (3,169).

With Brown out, the Eagles plan to start recent acquisition Jahan Dotson, the 16^thpick in the 2022 draft. Dotson had 84 catches for 1,041 yards and 11 touchdowns in two seasons with the Commanders. The Eagles acquired Dotson and a 5^th-round pick on Aug. 22 in exchange for a 3^rd-round pick and two 7^th-round picks.

There’s a good chance practice squad receiver Parris Campbell, the Colts’ 2^nd-round pick in 2019, will be a game-day activation. Campbell spent training camp with the Eagles.

Brown missed the Eagles’ wild-card loss to the Bucs in January with a knee injury, but he’s played in 37 consecutive regular-season games since December 2021 with the Titans. With Brown out for Tampa, DeVonta Smith had eight catches for a franchise-postseason-record 148 yards but not other wide receiver had more than 22 yards.

In his career, Brown has played in 78 of a possible 84 games. On Friday in São Paulo, he increased his career receiving yards total to 6,066 yards and became the 14^th-fastest player in NFL history to 6,000 career yards.

Rookie receiver Johnny Wilson, who played 10 snaps in his NFL debut vs. the Packers, is still listed as questionable for Monday night. The Eagles’ only active wide receivers who are not on the injury report are Smith, Dotson and Britain Covey.

Along with Campbell, Danny Gray, Kyle Phillips and Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint are also on the practice squad. Gray was a 3^rd-round pick of the 49ers in 2022 and has one career catch. Phillips, a 5^th-round pick of the Titans in 2022, has 23 catches for 259 yards. Jacksaint, who was in camp with the Commanders along with Dotson, is an undrafted free agent and hasn’t played in the NFL.

Eagles lose rookie Cooper DeJean for multiple weeks with injury

Reuben Frank — Tue, Jul 23 2024 08:55:30 PM

The Eagles will be without rookie 2^nd-round pick Cooper DeJean for about three weeks – the bulk of training camp – because of a hamstring injury he suffered recently.

The news was first reported by ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler and confirmed by a league source familiar with the injury.

According to Fowler, DeJean got hurt when he was “caught in an awkward position during offseason training.”

Fowler wrote on social media, “The Eagles are confident in a quick recovery and that he will be able to contribute as expected this season.”

Since DeJean was healthy throughout spring practices, the injury occurred while he was working out on his own between OTAs and the start of training camp.

DeJean, the Eagles’ rookie 2^nd-round pick from Iowa, was expected to compete for the starting slot in camp. During spring practices he worked mostly in the slot but also a bit at outside corner. The Eagles believe he can also play safety, and he was also expected to be in the mix in the kick return game.

With DeJean out for now, Avonte Maddox, Zech McPhearson, Eli Ricks, Mario Goodrich and Tyler Hall are among the candidates to work with the first defense at inside corner for now. Maddox is the most experienced and is very good when he can stay on the field, but he’s had trouble staying healthy in recent years.

McPhearson missed all of last year with a torn Achilles, Ricks played 146 snaps inside in 2023 and did OK, Goodrich struggled when he got a chance early in the year and Hall is a 5^th-year veteran who signed with the Eagles in March.

The Eagles are scheduled to begin training camp on Wednesday. If DeJean is out three weeks, he would miss the first two preseason games, in Baltimore Aug. 9 and New England Aug. 15. The third preseason game is Aug. 24 at home vs. the Vikings.

Opening day vs. the Packers in Brazil is Sept. 6, which is about 6 ½ weeks away, so assuming a three-week recovery with no complications, DeJean would have nearly a month to practice before the opener after he returns.

Fowler said DeJean will begin training camp on the Non-Football Injury list, which is for injuries that occur outside an NFL game or team practice.

DeJean will count against the Eagles’ 90-man roster during the preseason. If he’s still on NFI when rosters are cut down to 53 on Aug. 30 – which appears unlikely – he’d have to miss at least four games before the Eagles could activate him.

After ranking 31^st in the NFL in pass defense last year, the Eagles drafted Toledo’s Quinyon Mitchell in the first round 22^nd overall and DeJean in the second round 40^th overall.

It was the first time they’ve ever drafted two defensive backs within the first 40 picks.

They’ve also added Isaiah Rodgers, who sat out last year, and safety Chauncey Gardner-Johnson, a starter in the 2022 Super Bowl season, as part of a secondary overhaul.