Eagles’ Secondary Just Got Weaker For Packers Showdown
Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers are getting set to tussle on Thursday night. Usually when the Thursday night games happen, one team tends to wish they had the full week. Usually, that team is the Green Bay Packers. The last few years have been hell for injuries with the team. This year (Knocking on the largest piece of wood), it has been different. Philadelphia cannot say the same thing. They’re banged up the point where they’re looking like a MASH unit. It is ugly, and it only got worse on Monday when Ronald Darby, one of their top corners, will miss significant time with a hamstring injury.
#Eagles CB Ronald Darby, who injured his hamstring on Sunday, is expected to miss some time following his MRI, source said. Likely a few games. So Philly will be short-handed in the secondary.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 23, 2019
Philadelphia has three healthy corners. We have seen in Packers’ world what happens when you only have three healthy corners. You end up with LaDarius Gunther on Julio Jones in a game to decide the right to go to the Super Bowl. Packers offense has a golden opportunity to get going in this one. For the first time in four weeks, the Packers have a defense where they can go to work especially in the passing game. This could be a nightmare situation for the Eagles this week with Davante Adams, Marquez Valdes-Scantling and crew ready to roll.
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