Cam

Jurgens

Jurgens departed the team’s Week 11 win over the Lions to be evaluated for a concussion. He increased his participation in each practice this week before drawing the questionable tag, ultimately removed from the injury report Saturday ahead of a matchup with the Cowboys.

Jurgens sat out Wednesday, was limited Thursday and practiced fully on Friday. He has not yet been cleared, but as long as he remains symptom-free, he is on track to play. The Eagles’ offense gets a boost with their reliable center on the field. Hopefully, he is good to go.

Jurgens is making progress in the NFL’s concussion protocol, but he has a ways to go before he can be viewed as more than questionable. Having their reliable center on the field would be great for a struggling Eagles offense as they take on the division-rival Cowboys.

Jurgens will likely miss Week 12 because of the brain injury. Right tackle Lane Johnson is also out this week. He is dealing with a Lisfranc injury and is expected to miss at least a month. Luckily for the Eagles, their banged-up line is facing Dallas’s bottom-tier pass-rush on Sunday. There are certainly worse matchups to be without two starters for.

Jurgens returns to the Philadelphia offensive line after missing the previous two games with a knee injury sustained in Week 7, just in time for one of the more difficult rushing matchups in the league against the Lions. Inactive for the Eagles are QB Sam Howell. RB A.J. Dillon, CB Mac Williams, G Drew Kendall, and NT Ty Robinson.

Jurgens, along with LG Landon Dickerson (quad) and RT Lane Johnson (ankle), practiced fully on Friday. This is great news. The Eagles’ stud center has been sidelined by a knee injury suffered in Week 7. If this unit can continue improving its health, it should help the team’s fantasy stars return positive results down the stretch.

He also participated in a walkthrough yesterday. Jurgens’ return to the lineup would help solidify an interior line that feels like it hasn’t all been healthy at the same time all season. Jurgens has missed the last three weeks since leaving Week 7 with the injury.

Jurgens remained sidelined in practice on Saturday and appears headed for another absence when the Eagles play the Packers on Monday Night Football. Look for Brett Toth to once again be relied upon in the trenches when two top NFC teams meet on Monday.

Neither will Adoree Jackson (concussion) and Azeez Ojulari (hamstring), three of the four injuries the Eagles announced that they suffered against the Vikings in Week 8. (A.J. Brown never was given a status in that game.) LB Jeremiah Trotter (ankle) got in a full practice on Friday and isn’t on the final injury report for the Eagles.

Trotter left the Eagles’ Week 7 game against the Vikings with the injury. EDGE Azeez Ojulari (hamstring), C Cam Jurgens (knee), and CB Adoree’ Jackson (concussion) also all left in Week 7 and did not participate in Wednesday’s practice. The Eagles defense and offensive line turn to depth options with all four players question marks for Week 8 against the Giants.