Injury Updates

by Joe_D on Dec 14, 2009 5:08 PM EST

Eagles rookie wide receiver Jeremy Maclin needed walkers to make it out of the locker room last night. It's the product of an injury to his plantar fascia and here's how coach Andy Reid described it earlier this afternoon:

"From what I understand, without being a doctor, is that you have two strands that make up plantar fasciitis," said Reid. "He tore one of those strands. The other strand is a non-weight bearing strand so he should be OK, probably not this week, possibly next week."

Reid said he wouldn't immediately make a roster move at wide receiver because he wants to see how much progress Kevin Curtis makes this week. Reid also revealed that tight end Brent Celek has a sore back that he ended up playing through in Sunday night's game.

A team source told me earlier today that Celek's back tightened up on him in the hours leading up to kickoff. He wasn't moving around very well but some pain medication calmed things down. Celek went out and had five catches for 64 yards and a touchdown. It was his seventh touchdown of the season.

Defensive end Trent Cole is day to day with a hamstring sprain, fullback Leonard Weaver has a slight hamstring sprain and running back Brian Westbrook did not have any setbacks over the weekend. Reid was non-committal as to whether Westbrook would continue to work with the scout team this week. He said he would wait until Wednesday to make that decision.

Hamstring injuries seem to be killing us.

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Hamstring injuries seem to be killing us.

…yeah and dont forget sheldon, from watching last nights game, its seems to be effecting him. its funny cause he played much better against the falcons

"It's unfortunate that happened. That's no excuse. Absolutely no excuse."

-Andy Reid

by immynimmy on Dec 14, 2009 5:26 PM EST reply actions

Of course im not the Coach (thank god) but

I would make a roster move! Maybe sign like Norwood back to the active roster! Just to have assurance at he WR position incase Curtis really can’t got full speed and help on the field!. Also just incase Maclin is out for more than 1-2 weeks! But with Maclin out for a couple of weeks and Curtis being “up in the air” and not playin since week 3…I’d say we’d need to make a roster move. Not playing since wk 3 is HUGE! I mean..for Curtis to come in now and try to do something good on the field..hmm I don’t like the odds there. I know we have Djax..but we all saw what happened when teams Double Djax..Jmac comes up big! I havent forgotten about Avant but we need more assurance just incase things dont pan out the way Reids sees it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"... You play to win the game. Hello? You play to win the game. You don't play it to just play it. That's the great thing about sports: you play to win..."

by Realtalk32 on Dec 14, 2009 5:44 PM EST reply actions

Marvin Harrison!

"I hate listening to people's dreams. It is like flipping through a stack of photographs. If I'm not in any of them and nobody is having sex, I just don't care. "

by midnitegreen on Dec 14, 2009 6:20 PM EST up reply actions

fuck that, its to late to bring him in.

thats Cobb on Kolb crime if you ask me... as said by yophillybro

by wild_eagle on Dec 14, 2009 6:28 PM EST up reply actions

Reggie Brown has been playing well

I think he has responded well to not having the pressure of being the primary playmaker. He is not, never was, and never will be a number 1 receiver but put him across from a guy like Desean Jackson and he can be very productive. He could have had a touchdown if McNabb didn’t overthrow him on that one play.

by tanman5 on Dec 14, 2009 10:43 PM EST up reply actions

he slowed up,

the throw was on. he slowed down

by E. L. Fudge on Dec 15, 2009 12:55 AM EST up reply actions

Thats where we missed Maclin

No offense to Reggie because he had a good game and made some important plays, but with the speed of Maclin and Jackson I don’t think Mcnabb was used to over throwing receivers. In my opinion (and almost factually), the over thrown ball to Reggie, Maclin would have caught. As you could see it was just out of the reach of Reggie and we know obviously that Maclin is faster than Reggie and that’s the extra dimension that we over look with Maclin. He is not as good a deep threat as Jackson (but who really is?), but he isn’t too far off. He’s shown that he can out run coverage very well himself. Get well soon Maclin and get ready for the playoffs.

by macjack09 on Dec 15, 2009 12:58 AM EST via mobile up reply actions

To Reggies Credit...

I can’t recall seeing him run after a catch like he did on his long reception Sunday night. It was great to see him get down to the 5. If he could play like that on a regular basis, JIB-Stain would finally be right about something.

I also noticed a lot of similarities in the explosiveness of the two teams Sunday. Nicks is going to be a tough guy to stop for a few years. Manning and Jacobs were a nightmare. Manning was pulling elusive backfield moves that reminded me of McNabb, which was out of character for him.

We have a great rivalry with the Giants, and I think it’s going to be very exciting for years to come. I’ve always respected that team more than Dallas, even though we now truly own them.

by IggleGreen on Dec 15, 2009 7:41 AM EST up reply actions