Eagles injury report: A couple key players return ahead of Giants game

Eagles injury report: A couple key players return ahead of Giants game originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

A couple key Eagles returned to practice at the NovaCare Complex on Friday ahead of the game against the Giants on Sunday in North Jersey.

After missing Thursday’s session, both Jalen Carter (shoulder) and Darius Slay (knee) were both full participants on Friday. Carter was not given a game status and is fully expected to play, while Slay is questionable.

Here’s the full injury report:

OUT: Dallas Goedert (hamstring), Jordan Mailata (hamstring), Byron Young (hamstring)

Questionable: Darius Slay (knee), Eli Ricks (groin)

“I’m hoping all these guys are ready to go but we’ll see how it goes,” Sirianni said about Slay and Carter. “Today is going to tell a lot.”

Slay suffered his knee injury during the game on Sunday and had to leave early. He was limited on Wednesday and was a non-participant on Thursday. Slay spoke after practice on Friday and made it seem like he’s going to play on Sunday.

Carter popped up on the injury report Thursday and Sirianni intimated that the starting defensive tackle got hurt in practice.

“We’ll get you some of that information here later,” Sirianni said when asked about the origin of Carter’s injury. “But had practice and when you’re practicing hard and practicing to get better, things happen sometimes.”

For the third straight day, Jordan Mailata (hamstring) and Dallas Goedert (hamstring) did not practice and weren’t even on the field as spectators. Both have been ruled out.

The other players not practicing on Friday were CB Eli Ricks (groin) and DT Byron Young (hamstring). Ricks also missed Thursday, when Young was limited.

DT Milton Williams (ankle) and LB Oren Burks (groin) were both practicing as full participants on Friday after being limited on Thursday. Williams missed the first day of practice this week. They are both expected to play on Sunday.

All four players who were listed as full participants on Thursday — S Sydney Brown (knee), OLB Jalyx Hunt (ankle), TE Albert Okwuegbunam (abdomen) and WR Ainias Smith (ankle) — were practicing again on Friday and will be available against the Giants if the Eagles want them to play. But they would have to activate Brown, Okwuegbunam and Smith to the 53-man roster before Sunday if they want any of them to play.

The Eagles activated Brown’s 21-day practice window last week and he seems on track to be brought back to the 53-man roster for Sunday’s game against the Giants at MetLife Stadium, where he tore his ACL late in his rookie season.

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