Eagles could struggle to score points without A.J. Brown and to stop the Saints without this DB.
, who missed Week 2 with a hamstring injury, has been ruled out for Week 3, according to the team’s injury report that came out on Friday. Brown told ESPN’s Lisa Salters on Monday that he expects to miss a couple of weeks.Philadelphia’s defense has to slow down New Orleans’ offense to keep the score close, but that won’t be easy to do because safetysaid Gardner-Johnson tweaked something in his foot at Thursday’s practice, but he didn’t specify the type of foot injury.
The timing of these injuries are bad. After two weeks, the Saints have been one of the league’s most impressive teams, averaging a league-high 45.5 points per game and only giving up 14.5 points per game. The Eagles will have to play much better on defense and generate explosive plays without Brown to pull off the upset.Eagles vs.
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