Eagles defensive tackle Jalen Carter playing with hairline fracture in his wrist
Carter suffered the injury in the Week 1 win over the Washington Commanders and has played with a soft cast in the last two games.
Eagles defensive tackle Jalen Carter has a hairline fracture in his right wrist, NFL sources told The Inquirer.
Carter suffered the injury in the Week 1 win over the Washington Commanders and has played with a soft cast in the last two games.
He was an estimated full participant in Wednesday’s walkthrough ahead of Sunday’s game vs. the Rams.
Carter’s playing time has decreased since the injury. He played 66 snaps in the opener (94%), 41 snaps vs. the Titans in Week 2 (77%), and 51 snaps (71%) in Monday night’s 27-7 loss at the Bears.
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The 25-year-old declined to go into detail about his wrist injury when it first popped up on the injury report two weeks ago.
While he has made a few splash plays in the last two games, Carter hasn’t been as productive as usual. He has yet to record a sack and has just one quarterback hit. The Eagles defense, as a whole, has just three sacks and has yet to force a turnover.
Defensive coordinator Vic Fangio was asked how effective Carter can be playing with the injury on Wednesday.
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“It’s a negative,” Fangio said. “There’s no way it can’t be, but to be honest with you, he’s done better than I thought he would with it.”
Carter played through shoulder injuries last season. He struggled in last November’s loss to the Bears and underwent procedures on both shoulders and missed four of the next five games.
The former first-round draft pick signed a four-year, $152 million extension in July ahead of training camp that made him the highest-paid interior defensive lineman in the NFL.
