The Philadelphia Eagles listed seven players on their initial injury report ahead of their Week 8 matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals, and will be without two starters. The Bengals are mostly healthy, as they listed four players on their initial injury report, but had a late-week addition in WR Tee Higgins, who will not play.
Here are the Eagles’ and Bengals’ inactives, with analysis.
WR2 Tee Higgins is out. Higgins forms one of the best WR duos in the NFL along with Ja’Marr Chase. Higgins has 29 catches for 341 yards and 3 TDs so far this season. He injured his quad during practice this week. Andrei Iosivas will be the WR2.
The rest of the Bengals’ inactives:
Other notable players on IR, PUP, suspension, etc.
• CB Dax Hill: Hill was the Bengals’ first-round selection in 2022. In 2023, he finished third on the team with 110 tackles and tied for first with 11 pass breakups. He also had 2 INTs and 1.5 sacks. Hill played safety initially for the Bengals, but moved to corner in 2024 and was the Bengals’ CB2. His season is over with a torn ACL.
• OT Trent Brown: Brown, a massive 6’8, 380-pound OT, was the starting RT for the Bengals the first three games of the season. Brown’s season is over with a patellar tendon tear. The Bengals signed Brown to a one-year deal worth $4.75 million in March, but then selected OT Amarius Mims in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft. It was anticipated that Mims would start at RT, and Brown would be the swing tackle, but Brown joined the starting lineup after Mims suffered a pectoral injury in training camp. Mims is healthy now, and starting at RT.
• OT Jaxson Kirkland: Kirkland is the Bengals’ fourth OT, so his injury wouldn’t normally be notable, but with Orlando Brown hurt and Trent Brown done for the season, the Bengals are very thin at offensive tackle. Kirkland’s season is over with a biceps tear.
• DE Cam Sample: Rotational DE. Fourth-round pick in 2021, 5 sacks in 3 seasons. He tore his Achilles in training camp, season over.
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