Eagles injury report: A.J. Brown out, C.J. Gardner-Johnson questionable for Saints game
The Philadelphia Eagles will be without A.J. Brown on Sunday in New Orleans ahead of their Week 3 game against the Saints, but he isn't the only starter who might miss the game.
The team announced that safety C.J. Gardner Johnson was questionable for the game with a foot injury that occurred during Wednesday's walk-through.
"He tweaked something," said Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni on Friday. "I won't get into the specifics, obviously, but we’ll see how today goes."
Philadelphia did get rookie wide receiver Johnny Wilson back after he was listed as a DNP on Wednesday and Thursday with a hamstring injury, on Friday he was a full participant
The two big names are Brown and Gardner-Johnson, both will be very difficult to replace on Sunday.
Without Brown, the team will need to depend on DeVante Smith in the pass game and Saquon Barkley in the run game.
In defense, if Gardner-Johnson misses the game the Eagles have a few options.
They could use rookie Quinyon Mitchell as the nickel corner and use, Isaiah Rodgers on the outside, moving Avonte Maddox to safety.
Rookie Cooper DeJean playing nickel, with Mitchell on the outside, and Maddox at safety is another option.
Tristin McCollum starting a safety is another option woth Mitchell on the outside and Maddox at nickel.
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