Eagles news: Dallas Goedert knee injury not season-ending; updated playoff scenarios; ex-Birds QB to call next game

During his weekly Monday press conference, Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni said he was still in "the gathering phase" when it came to diagnosing the knee injury Dallas Goedert suffered in Sunday's win over the Ravens.

According to The Inquirer's Jeff McLane, the news isn't great — he's going to miss time — but it's also not nearly as bad as it could've been, especially for a team that hopes to be playing deep into January and beyond.

Goedert is out on a week-to-week basis, according to McLane, meaning he'll be reevaluated each week rather than having a specific timetable attached to his return. However, he does remain a candidate for short-term injured reserve, which would sideline him for a minimum of four weeks.

— Matt Mullin

Saquon Barkley and the Eagles may have gotten the better of the Ravens on Sunday, but according to numbers released on Monday afternoon by the NFL, the Baltimore's star duo of quarterback Lamar Jackson and running back Derrick Henry are the top two vote-getters respectively for the 2025 Pro Bowl.

But Barkley, currently the league leader in rushing yards and on pace to break Eric Dickerson's single-season NFL record, is only a little more than 100 votes behind Henry. Bills quarterback Josh Allen (36,574) and Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs (35,637) are the other two players to crack the Top 5.

— Matt Mullin

Up: Cooper DeJean. The Eagles’ rookie slot cornerback is listed at 6 feet, 198 pounds. Ravens star running back Derrick Henry is 6-2, 247. Those numbers defy the fact that DeJean made the signature play of Sunday evening, decleating Henry after the back caught an underneath pass with the Ravens facing third-and-11 in the fourth quarter. DeJean conceded even he didn’t expect to lift Henry off the ground and said he felt Henry’s strength even when delivering the hit rather than receiving it. Still, the moment was emblematic of the elite play the Eagles have gotten from the second-round pick this season.

Down: Avonte Maddox. Speaking of DeJean, the player he replaced as the starting slot cornerback might be staring down another demotion before too long. Maddox struggled as the dime defensive back once again on Sunday, getting charged for a defensive holding early in the game that negated a sack by Josh Sweat. The Eagles have enough young defensive backs to try someone else in sub packages, especially given how Maddox has played.

Up: Braden Mann. The Eagles’ multiyear search for a punter has settled on Mann, who played a vital role in the win with two punts inside the 5, one of which landed at Baltimore’s 1-yard line. Sirianni and Baun mentioned how Mann’s punts were game-changing in the field-position battle. For as well as the defense played, the precision from Mann and the gunner pair of Sydney Brown and Kelee Ringo are deserving of some credit for the score line as well, especially considering the Ravens gained 372 yards but scored just 19 points.

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— EJ Smith

The Eagles lost their second member of the secondary to a concussion in as many weeks, with safety Reed Blankenship leaving late in the third quarter.

Tristin McCollum replaced Blankenship at safety opposite C.J. Gardner-Johnson, working behind a cornerback pairing that already featured Isaiah Rodgers in place of Darius Slay, who is in the concussion protocol after leaving last Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Rams.

Tight end Dallas Goedert also left with a knee injury and didn’t return to the game. The Eagles listed him as questionable late in the fourth quarter. Quinyon Mitchell also had an injury scare, but returned after missing a few plays midway through the third quarter.

— EJ Smith