Nate Allen not practicing Friday
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Nate Allen not practicing Friday
Jeff McLane, Inquirer Staff Writer
Safety Nate Allen did not practice Friday because of a left hamstring injury he suffered the day before.
If he can't play Monday night against the Saints, David Sims will start in his place, Eagles coach Andy Reid said.
Allen said that he injured his hamstring during Thursday's practice. He injured his other hamstring in the fourth quarter of the overtime loss to the Lions on Oct. 14 and was replaced by Colt Anderson. Allen returned two weeks later, after the bye, and played the entire game against the Falcons.
Allen has three days to get ready for Monday night's game against the Saints. The Eagles practice again on Saturday, have a walk-through on Sunday and then fly to New Orleans immediately afterward.
Anderson had several issues in short relief of Allen against the Detroit, so Sims is now ahead of him on the depth chart.
Guard Danny Watkins (ankle) and wide receiver Mardy Gilyard (hamstring) were the only other Eagles to not practice on Friday. Defensive tackle Cullen Jenkins (knee) returned after sitting out a day and defensive tackle Mike Patterson continues to make progress toward a return after January brain surgery.
In the words of Newt: 'It won't make any difference'— Ohmy
Who cares....- Yeah. I saw him not play last Sunday too.— justacarpenter
another wasted draft pick by the dope howie roseman— hannibal barca- Give Sims a shot. He can't be any worse then Allen and Anderson! That missed tackle Allen had against Atlanta and the poor angle on the 63 yard TD Jones had on NA makes me not miss Allen at all.— connorjr
- Our safeties are terrible. Cannot cover, cannot tackle, cannot read a play.— bobcitydoc
- awe new layout sucks comments get deleted so sensative... can we get some midnight green going here all this white sucks... this comment will be deleted if even posted...— defroe
- Practice what? The Guy can't play! Has Allen made a solo tackle this year? Another great draft pick by Howie the Accountant and Andy the Turd!— cooperhawk
- BUST— m82492
- I hate to see anybody get hurt but the Birds Saftey Play is terrible. Maybe somebody else will step up- oh wait there is nobody else.— John Dealoni
- David Sims? Colt Anderson? Who the hell are these guys, anyway? At least I knew who Allen was. How are these players evaluated? Are they holdovers from Banner's penny-pinching ways? Or is it just plain horrid evaluation and development? Tend to think 50/50 on both of those.
- The over/under on Brees' yardage just went from 425 to 475.— Bobby G
- No worries, plenty of depth at safety...— Mr. Magee
- Wasted draft pick. where is jaiquawn jarret when you need him?— blaqjaq
- Another injury benching coming? These guys have become a joke.— kjuggs77
- So what else is new. I have been posting since before the season that Allens is not that bad of player, but he's never on the field. The NFL is not for him, gets injured too much. He'll be out of the league shortly.— watsonmr
- This guy can't stay healthy long enough to get his game experience that would help him be a good safety. In 2013 the eagles should seriously drafting LSU Safety Eric Reid to replace Allen. Reid can cover and is a physical hitter, Allen i a finesse soft player. Please also look at drafting a new strong safety too, Bacarri Rambo or Tony Jefferson, both hard hitting SS who can also cover.— Eaglehaslanded
- Over 20 mil under the cap and we go into the season with a bunch of scrub safety's— PhillyRedHot
