Adrian Fedkiw
At least he got it out of the way before the season starts.
The Philadelphia Eagles placed injury-prone Ryan Mathews on the active/non-active football injury list on Wednesday. He suffered an ankle injury while working out on his own last week.
#Eagles sign WR David Watford. RB Ryan Mathews placed on Active/Non-Football Injury List. He suffered an ankle injury training last week.
— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) July 27, 2016
Mathews was second among running backs in average per carry (5.1) last year, totaling 539 yards and six touchdowns. He’s played all 16 games in a season just once so far in his six-year career. The Eagles running backs are thin behind Mathews. Darren Sproles is an electric play-maker, but he’s not going to get more than 10 carries in a game. Kenjon Barner, meanwhile, has 18 career carries, while Wendell Smallwood is a fifth-round rookie, although he showed some promise during the spring. Byron Marshall and Cedric O’Neal are undrafted rookies.