PHILADELPHIA — Two of the Eagles' star players, quarterback Jalen Hurts and receiver A.J. Brown, have injuries to monitor ahead of Monday's wild-card playoff game at the Buccaneers.
Hurts dislocated the middle finger on his throwing hand in the regular-season finale against the Giants. Brown, meanwhile, exited late in the first quarter with a right knee injury and did not return.
He was not present at the beginning of Thursday's practice. Hurts was, though he wore a glove on that throwing hand during the portion of practice open to the media.
During that time, the only pass he threw was a very short one to fellow QB Marcus Mariota during ball-security drills. Before that, Hurts said he hadn't thrown a ball since Sunday's game at New York. «Obviously leaving that game and attempting to go back into that game probably wasn't physically the best idea, not having much control over the things that I wanted to do,» he said. «But time will tell with that, and I can assure you things are progressing in the right way.» Hurts' hand collided with the hand of Giants linebacker Bobby Okereke during a pass attempt early in the second quarter.