The Eagles began their 2024 season on the street for a impartial web site sport in São Paulo, Brazil vs. the Packers. In Week 2, Philadelphia was at dwelling to face the Falcons on Monday Evening Soccer. In opposition to Atlanta in Week 2 the crew was with out Professional Bowl WR A.J. Brown.
He suffered a hamstring harm of their observe on Friday and didn’t play on MNF. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that A.J. Brown instructed reporters he expects to overlook a few weeks with the hamstring harm. That was Brown’s first common season sport missed since becoming a member of the Eagles in 2022. With the information that Brown is out, the Eagles will rely closely on De’Vonta Smith and the remainder of their WR core.
Can the Eagles survive a number of extra video games with out A.J. Brown?
Eagles WR AJ Brown instructed ESPN’s @saltersl that he does count on to overlook a few weeks as a result of hamstring harm he suffered Friday.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 17, 2024
On Monday evening, the Eagles have been with out WR A.J. Brown vs. the Falcons. With Brown lacking the sport, Philadelphia’s WR1 instantly turned De”Vonta Smith. The previous Heisman Trophy winner was focused 10 instances vs. Atlanta and had seven catches for 76 yards and a landing. The subsequent closest offensive participant focused by Jalen Hurts was WR Brintan Covey with six targets and 6 catches. Jalen Hurts was held to underneath 200 passing yards in Week 2 after 278 passing yards in Week 1 vs. Inexperienced Bay.
It didn’t assist that the Eagles have been lacking A.J. Brown who had 119 receiving yards and a landing in Week 1. He’s the #1 goal for Jalen Hurts when he’s on the sector. Brown has had back-to-back seasons with not less than 1,400 receiving yards for the Eagles. Whereas the proficient WR misses time, the crew will proceed to feed the ball to De’Vonta Smith. The Eagles have the Saints developing in Week 3 and so they want their offense to match the explosiveness of New Orleans. They’ve scored (45.4) factors per sport in every of their first two contests in 2024. The Eagles are on the street in Week 3 to face the Saints.
