Eagles welcome back key veteran to kick off Week 11 vs Commanders
The Philadelphia Eagles did not hold practice on Monday following their 36-4 road win over the Dallas Cowboys in Week 10. However, they still needed to release an estimated injury report ahead of Thursday night's game against the Washington Commanders as if they did practice. Among those who would not have practiced included four starters: […]
The Philadelphia Eagles did not hold practice on Monday following their 36-4 road win over the Dallas Cowboys in Week 10.
However, they still needed to release an estimated injury report ahead of Thursday night's game against the Washington Commanders as if they did practice.
Among those who would not have practiced included four starters: linebacker Nakobe Dean (groin), tight end Dallas Goedert (ankle), cornerback Darius Slay (ankle) and wide receiver DeVonta Smith (hamstring).
Eagles Bryce Huff was listed with a wrist injury as a full participant.
But by far the best news to come from Monday's injury report is that the Eagles welcomed back Jordan Mailata (hamstring) from Injured Reserve and listed him as a full participant.
The Eagles officially have 21 days to active Mailata off of the IR, though whether or not he will be ready to go by Thursday's game remains to be seen.
The good news is that head coach Nick Sirianni did not rule that out.
“We’ll see,” Sirianni said. “We’ll see how this week goes of putting him in positions to see if he can do some things. Obviously, we’ll have to be creative there knowing that we’ll be doing walkthroughs. There’s some different things we’ll do later in the week that will be a little bit more than walkthrough to help with that as well to get their bodies going. We’ll have to be creative with that with Jordan.
"I think one thing, even though we’re doing walkthroughs, we’ll still have some individual periods and times to get the guys going. Again, just so their bodies are moving. So those will be opportunities for him to do that. But, like I said, we’ll see where he is by the end of the week. We don’t have to make a decision now. We have time. Excited that he has the possibility to be back. But, again, Fred (Johnson) has done a nice job and we’ll play it by ear. If Jordan’s not ready, he won’t go. If he’s ready, he’ll go. We’ll see where we are at the end of the week.”
After a rest day, the Eagles return to full practice on Tuesday where we'll have a better idea of how serious the other players' injuries are.
Nick Sirianni mentions important development during win over Cowboys that should help against Commanders
Nice advantage heading into Week 11.
