Celek sprains knee
BETHLEHEM, Pa. -- Brent Celek suffered a mild sprain in his right knee during practice Thursday, the Eagles said.
Celek sprains knee
Jeff McLane, Inquirer Staff Writer
BETHLEHEM, Pa. -- Brent Celek suffered a mild sprain in his right knee during practice Thursday, the Eagles said.
The Eagles tight end caught a pass during the early portion of the first full squad practice of training camp, but left soon after. Celek was later seen walking out of the locker room at Lehigh University wearing a wrap around his knee.
"I'll be good," Celek said. "Promise."
Celek entered camp completely healthy, according to the team. This offseason, he underwent hip surgery and had a sports hernia repaired. After a slow start last season, Celek finished strong catching 53 passes for 738 yards and five touchdowns in the final 11 games.
The Eagles flirted with the idea of bringing in another tight end to push backup Clay Harbor. They worked out free agent Visante Shiancoe on Tuesday, but the 32-year-old vet signed with the Patriots later that day. Jeremy Shockey, a free agent the Eagles could have interest in, remained unsigned.
Harbor, Brett Brackett filled in for Celek with the first team for the rest of practice. Undrafted rookie Chase Ford is the fourth tight end in camp.
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The Eagles return to two-a-day practices tomorrow and will wear full pads and hit for the first time on Saturday.
The guys are running. How can they sprain a knee?— soulman386- Oh well, there goes the season. Maybe next year...— evolutionary
- sprain is nothing, soon enough someone will tear up a knee, happens every year. Already happened to someone in another camp, 10 min into his first practice. Thats football.— peteike
- NY FOOTBALL GIANTS WORLD CHAMPIONS. BELIEVE IT PIGEONS— Big blue wrecking crew
- Let me guess, you visited Philly and got smacked around, or worse yet, a Philadelphian came to New York and beat you down. Dude, holding a resentment is like going to the bathroom on yourself. You're the only one who feels it.
This is our year! E A G L E S! - Dude.....your face......it's brutal! I throw up in my mouth every time I see your picture! — OUTOFTOWN
- You must be that knucklehead that went to South Philly wearing the Rangers Jersey and got Knocked the F--- OUT! You must still be bitter over it. — chilenos
- Reid's camps always come away with multiple and critical injuries. This one is minor, but it makes you twinge on what's to come
- Every team loses a starter or projected starter each year. Fortunately, we lost ours early when we lost Jason Peters. Of course, there's no limit to the number of starters that can be lost, but if we are to lose only one, it's already happened.
- Nothing to worry about YET but the depth at TE is.As of right now,if Celek isn't 100%...the outlook is dismal.Let's hope the rooks show something because Harbor and shockey are NOT the answers.— greenbloodVAEagle
- Karma stop fixing something that ain't broke Howie...Nice offseason moves but put a brake on it no need for backup TE at moment but Howie does not get it as if he wished it on Celek. Should be fine but God I am waiting for the next shoe to drop....— glove69
- Injuries are coming for all teams...they are inevitable but these Eagles are jinxed.— sedale
- Thank you Wise Wizard. — chilenos
- too big too fast too bad it's just physics— not0
