Eagles injury update: Latest on Jalen Hurts and Kenny Pickett from Thursday’s practice originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts (concussion) was not at practice Thursday afternoon during the first half open to reporters.
His status for Sunday’s game against the Cowboys is very much in doubt.
Meanwhile, backup quarterback Kenny Pickett (ribs) was practicing with some extra padding around his abdomen.
Thursday’s practice was the first practice of the week for the Eagles. They took a tour on Tuesday and had a day off on Wednesday for Christmas. Despite the day off, the Eagles had to release an estimated injury report on Wednesday. In that estimated report, Hurts was listed as a non-runner, while Pickett was listed as limited.
Earlier in the day, Nick Sirianni was extremely evasive when asked several times about the status of his two top quarterbacks.
“We have a plan of what we want to do,” Sirianni said, “and we’ll see how today goes and how the warm-ups go and how the individual goes and then the 7-on-7 and the team.”
The Eagles head coach admitted that part of the avoidance was because they still don’t know enough information, but part of it was in the name of competitive advantage.
The Eagles will release another injury report this afternoon.
Hurts suffered his concussion in the first quarter of the Eagles’ loss to the Commanders on Sunday in Washington. He attempted to stay in the game, but was pulled and eventually ruled out. He remains in concussion protocol.
Pickett replaced Hurts in that game but suffered a rib injury. He needed x-rays after the game and more tests to start the week. After the game, Pickett said he wasn’t worried about his status for the following week.
Against the Commanders, Pickett completed 14 of 24 passes for 143 yards with 1 touchdown and 1 interception. The Eagles had to settle for four field goals in the second half as the Commanders came back and won the game.
The last time a quarterback other than Hurts started a regular-season game for the Eagles was late in the 2022 regular season, when Gardner Minshew lost back-to-back games to the Cowboys and Saints. But that could happen this week.
On Thursday morning, the Eagles brought quarterback Ian Book back to the practice squad as insurance at the position. Book was with the Eagles in 2022. He will be behind Tanner McKee on the Eagles’ depth chart. McKee has been the Eagles’ third player since being selected last year in the sixth round. While McKee has not played in a regular season game, he had a strong training camp this summer.
Nakobe Dean (abdomen), who was listed as DNP on Wednesday, was practicing on Thursday.
Will Shipley (concussion) did not practice Thursday and remains in the NFL’s concussion protocol.
The two players listed as full participants on the injury report at the start of the week, WR Britain Covey (neck) and DE Bryce Huff (wrist), practiced again. Huff’s practice window opened last week. He will return from wrist surgery on November 21.
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