Breaking: Eagles Receive Massive Boost Ahead of NFC Championship! Star Playmaker’s Injury Update Revealed
While much of the focus has been on the other teams left among the four finalists in the NFL’s Super Bowl chase, the Eagles have quietly been the best team in the league over the majority of the season.
Commanders rookie Jayden Daniels has grabbed considerable attention. The AFC matchup between the Chiefs and Bills, highlighted by star quarterbacks Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen, has been a major storyline, too.
All the Eagles have done, meanwhile, is reel off 14 wins in their last 15 games, going undefeated since they had a bye week in Week 5. They wrapped up the year having finished in the Top 8 offensively in both points and yardage, and in the Top 2 defensively in both categories.
But they also enter the NFC Championship Game against the Commanders with some of the bigger injury concerns among the remaining teams. Quarterback Jalen Hurts appears to be a go after twisting his knee awkwardly last week against the Rams, but tight end Dallas Goedert has been a big question mark. He did not practice this week as he deals with an ankle injury.
On Friday, though, a ray of light: The Eagles opened practice with Goedert on the field, participating in stretches. Cam Jurgens, the team’s center who also did not practice this week, was also there.
Wrote Jeff McLane of the Inquirer on Twitter/X: “Dallas Goedert (ankle) and Cam Jurgens (back) are going through warm-ups at #Eagles practice. Team will release practice and status report later this afternoon, but a good sign that both can play on Sunday.”
Neither is out of the woods, then, but so far so good.
Goedert is an excellent blocker, and his presence would be missed. He is the team’s No. 3 leading receiver, with 42 catches for 496 yards and two touchdowns on the season.
