Jalen Carter added to Eagles injury report ahead of week 6 clash with Jets

The Philadelphia Eagles have released their second of three injury reports ahead of their week 6 clash against the New York Jets. Unfortunately for Philadelphia fans, there is some bad news.

Eagles injury report: Thursday, October 12th

Did not practice:
Jalen Carter (Ankle)
Darius Slay (Knee)
Justin Evans (Knee)

Limited practice:
Sydney Brown (Hamstring)
Marlon Tuipolotu (Triceps)
Jack Stoll (Shoulder)
Nakobe Dean (Foot)

Full participant:
Fletcher Cox (Back)
Rashaad Penny

Wednesday October 11th

Did not practice:
Darius Slay (Knee)
Justin Evans (Knee)
Marlon Tuipolotu (Triceps)

Limited practice:
Fletcher Cox (Back)
Sydney Brown (Hamstring)
Jack Stoll (Shoulder)
Nakobe Dean (Foot)

Full participant:
Rashaad Penny

Eagles DT Jalen Carter was added to the injury report on Thursday with an apparent ankle injury and was subsequently held out of practice. This does come as a slight surprise given he was a full participant yesterday, so could well have tweaked something during the day.

The Eagles already had to go a week without both Fletcher Cox and Marlon Tuipolotu and while Cox did return to practice today, losing another defensive tackle would be a real blow, especially one as dominant as Carter, who has 3.5 sacks already in what has been an explosive rookie season.

Fletcher Cox returned to practice in a full capacity, which means he should be good to go this weekend, while Tuipolotu’s status was upgraded to limited.

It’s certainly something to keep an eye on and hopefully the coaching staff will expand on this between now and Sunday. It’s likely he’s being held out due to caution rather than a serious injury. If it was genuinely concerning in the long-term, we’d have heard about it by now…

Darius Slay missed practice for a second straight day after picking up a knee injury in the loss against the Rams. The Eagles are already down one starting corner and have only just filled the void. Losing Slay would mean more reps for players like Josh Jobe and Eli Ricks, and the good news is that the Jets should be a lot less challenging than the Rams. However, it’s still not ideal.