Philadelphia Eagles’ A.J. Brown ruled out against New Orleans Saints, C.J. Gardner-Johnson’s status uncertain – NBC Sports Philadelphia | Sports

September 22, 2024

The Eagles is likely to be down two key gamers once they face the Saints in New Orleans on Sunday. They will at the least be with out one.

Here’s the complete damage report from Friday:

Out: WR A.J. Brown (hamstring)

Questionable: S C.J. Gardner-Johnson (foot)

Brown, 27, will miss his second consecutive recreation with a hamstring damage he suffered in observe final week. It’s not a shock that Brown was ruled out after lacking your complete week of observe.

There’s little question the Eagles missed Brown against the Falcons however this week have been in a position to spend your complete week recreation-planning with out him. The Eagles might need a troublesome determination to make with Brown in Week 4. The Eagles play in Tampa earlier than an early Week 5 bye.

Gardner-Johnson, 26, popped up on the damage report Thursday and missed the ultimate two days of observe.

“Yeah, he tweaked something yesterday,” head coach Nick Sirianni stated on Friday morning. “I won't get into the specifics, obviously, but we’ll see how today goes.”

Gardner-Johnson was within the Eagles’ locker room after observe. As he packed his bag for New Orleans, Gardner-Johnson declined an interview request.

“See ya on Sunday,” Gardner-Johnson stated.

It looks as if the plan is for Gardner-Johnson to journey to New Orleans as a recreation-time determination. If he isn’t in a position to make the journey on Saturday, the Eagles must rule him out.

Without Brown, the Eagles may have DeVonta Smith as their high receiver and you may count on for Jahan Dotson, Britain Covey, Johnny Wilson and even perhaps Parris Campbell from the observe squad to see enjoying time. The Eagles may additionally use extra 12 personnel with two tight ends. They did a mixture of these issues against the Falcons.

If Gardner-Johnson can’t play, the Eagles don’t have a ton of security depth however they do have choices. They may plug-and-play backup Tristin McCollum subsequent to Reed Blankenship. They may transfer Avonte Maddox to security and play Cooper DeJean within the slot. Or they might transfer Maddox at security and use Quinyon Mitchell inside on nickel conditions and Isaiah Rodgers exterior.

The one bit of fine information on Friday’s damage report is that Wilson (hamstring) is predicted to play. He doesn’t have a recreation status after lacking the primary two days of observe this week. The rookie receiver was a full participant on Friday.

Here’s the Saints’ damage report:

Out: DT Khalen Saunders (calf)

Questionable: LB D’Marco Jackson (calf), TE/FB Taysom Hill (chest), OT Landon Young (foot), S Will Harris (shin), WR A.T. Perry (sickness)

Starting cornerback Marshon Lattimore (hamstring) was a full participant on Friday and doesn’t have a recreation status, so he’ll make his return after lacking a recreation.