Adrian Fedkiw
A trio of hamstring injuries at the safety spot to Rodney McLeod, Corey Graham and Jaylen Watkins in the loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 2 left the Philadelphia Eagles in dire straits at the position heading into their Week 3 showdown against the New York Giants.
And then this happened.
Paper-thin depth at safety due to injury bites the Eagles in the ass. Awful angle by Maragos and Giants take a 21-14 lead. pic.twitter.com/ylFWDUAaYd
— The Bitter Birds (@AdrianFedkiw) September 24, 2017
Chris Maragos took a terrible angle to the ball and he was toast. It was the first game McLeod’s missed, but he’ll be back in the starting lineup this week.
It felt good being back out there the past couple of days. I’m moving around well. I’m just excited, man. You don’t know how much you miss it until you’re not out there. It just feels good to be back and I’m looking forward to Sunday to being back out there with those guys.
He discussed what it was like to not be out on the field last week with his teammates, saying his mannerisms didn’t change.
I was the same way that I am on the field. Passionate, screaming my butt off, calling out everything that I saw, helping those guys out in any way. That was my role that game. I was just there when they needed me … We had a lot of guys step up and we won the game, and that’s all that matters.
That they did. Thank’s Jake!
I WILL NEVER SAY ANYTHING BAD ABOUT JAKE ELLIOTT AGAIN, 61-YD GAME WINNER!!! pic.twitter.com/nLp837k4O1
— The Bitter Birds (@AdrianFedkiw) September 24, 2017
Eagles head coach Doug Pederson updated us on the injuries to Graham and Watkins during his press conference on Thursday.