ESPN: The Philadelphia Eagles favorite star offensive weapon ruled out due to injury.
The 13th regular season game of the 2024 season will take place at Lincoln Financial Field as the 10-2 Philadelphia Eagles take on the 3-9 Carolina Panthers. Sports Illustrated’s Patrick McAvoy walks over ten exciting possibilities in which the Eagles might secure a postseason berth tomorrow. In the event that they win, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers lose or draw, the Arizona Cardinals lose, and the Green Bay Packers already lose, they will secure a berth.
Late last week, the standout tight end for the Philadelphia Eagles left.
Dallas Goedert, the top tight end for the Eagles, seemed to have a knee injury late in last week’s game against the Baltimore Ravens. The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Jeff McLane reports that Goedert just had a sprain and escaped a serious knee damage. He was regarded as an injured reserve candidate and had a week-to-week injury status despite avoiding a catastrophic injury.
Eagles TE At first, Dallas Goedert’s knee injury wasn’t considered serious. According to an NFL insider, the organization hopes he only has a sprain, but he will be tested further today.
— December 2, 2024, Jeff McLane (@Jeff_McLane)
They’re being cautious.
Dallas Goedert has been placed on injured reserve by the Philadelphia Eagles, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo. Goedert will miss the team’s season finale against the New York Giants, as well as the following four games at the very least. Fans shouldn’t be concerned about his knee ailment, as Garafolo and Rapoport note, because it is anticipated that he will be completely recovered for a postseason run, and the injured reserve classification is only a precaution.
With their star out of the lineup, Grant Calcaterra, a third-year tight end and previous sixth-round choice in the 2022 NFL Draft, will take over as the starting tight end. When Goedert missed three weeks due to a hamstring injury, Calcaterra took his place. With 17 catches on 20 targets for 216 yards in 498 plays, he is setting career highs in receptions, targets, yards, and snaps.
Calcaterra is joined in the tight end rotation by C.J. Uzomah. Uzomah has been promoted three times this season and has moved about on the Eagles practice squad. He needed to be signed or promoted to the active roster in order to receive a fourth promotion, and they succeeded in doing so.
E.J. Jenkins, a second-year tight end, is the final tight end on the active roster. Jenkins has been promoted three times this season, much as Uzomah. When they ran out of game-day elevations, they added him to the active roster.
