Posted: Monday, November 21, 2011, 3:50 PM | 8 comments |
 

DeSean's foot 'sore'
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Andy Reid said that he didn't believe DeSean Jackson's foot bruise was serious enough to keep the Eagles wide receiver out of Sunday's game against the Patriots.

Jackson had his foot stepped on early in Sunday night's Giants victory and left briefly. He was visibly limping after the game and wore a protective boot as he left the visitors locker room at MetLife Stadium.

“It’s sore today," Reid said Monday. "But it’s not a Lisfranc or one of those things. It got stepped on. It’s tender. He came in early this morning and got treatment, so we’ll see how he does.”

Jackson had his best game in several weeks. The Eagles will surely need the receiver Sunday if Jeremy Maclin has to miss another game. Reid said that Maclin, who sat out the Giants game with shoulder and hamstring injuries, was progressing.

The other major injury question was who will be throwing to the receivers when the Eagles host New England. If Michael Vick is healthy he will start ahead of Vince Young, Reid said. But will he be healthy? Reid said that if the Patriots game were to be played on Monday Vick wouldn't be ready to go.

Vick broke two ribs against the Cardinals last week.

"I just got to see that he's comfortable," Reid said, before twisting his body to show how Vick has and will need to progress. "We got him from here to here last week. Now he got to get him here and then up here.

"When you get broken ribs they have a tendency to rub like this," Reid said. "When they start to join back together -- and it's not all the way back -- you still see the fracture, but there's a little sticky thing that goes on. ... You can't actually feel that rubbing and hear it."

Reid said Vick was at the NovaCare Complex Monday morning to receive treatment.

-- Cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, who missed the Giants with a high ankle sprain, isn't expected to be back for Sunday's game, Reid said. Joselio Hanson filled in for Rodgers-Cromartie at the nickel and played well.

“I’m not anticipating DRC back for a while here, so I would tell you that Joselio did do a nice job, but DRC is a good player too, so keep them all out there," Reid said when asked about Hanson permanently playing the nickel.

-- Defensive end Brandon Graham was not active because of knee swelling. He also had a rib contusion, but Reid said the knee was primarily why he held Graham back. Graham is coming off December knee surgery.

-- Offensive lineman King Dunlap did not pass baseline concussion testing last week, but will try again this week.
Posted by Jeff McLane @ 3:50 PM  Permalink | 8 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:07 PM, 11/21/2011
    Vince and DeJean and Riley actually did well enough to keep them in there. Why push Vick against those Patriot D killers until he can run and pass without pain and ints.
    — Koons
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:51 PM, 11/21/2011
    "I’m not anticipating DRC back for a while here"

    Best news I heard all day!!

    And Koons, have you watched the Pats play this year? Their D is nothing near killers. It's pretty weak actually.
    — robynk
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:55 PM, 11/21/2011
    Eagles wonlast night because they played a different game than usual. We need to keep it mixed up a bit otherwise we will have the same old results.
    — unbelieveable!
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:42 PM, 11/21/2011
    The taunting penalty against Desean Jackson was incorrectly ruled. If there wasn't a defensive penalty, it would be a dead ball foul, catch would stand, 15 yd penalty would be assessed after the catch. The Giants were essentially rewarded for commiting a penalty on that play. Say if there was defensive holding, when the offense scored a TD. And the team gets unsportsmanlike penalty for overcelebrating. Are you telling me they take the TD away, since the defense committed a penalty? That's nonsense. If the NFL does not designate the difference between dead ball penalties and regular penalties when there are penalites on both teams, I would be surprised, and the rule needs to be changed.
    — arrowamy
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:58 PM, 11/21/2011
    Who stepped on it and when? Maybe the Gaints coach he taunted, and after the game with the scrum/high fives on the field? LMAO
    — Mark1npt
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:31 PM, 11/21/2011
    I hate the Giants more than an Iranian however, Folks...the referee Correctly applied the penalty. Here is the rule:

    Rule 14 Article 9 If there has been a foul by either team during a down and there is a dead ball foul by the other team in the action immediately after the end of the down, it is a double foul, and all rules for enforcement of double fouls apply (see 14-3-1).

    This is exactly what happened, the Giants had committed a foul during the play, Jackson runs out of bounds ending the down, however he commits the taunting foul and now the penalties offset. The rule is there exactly for that reason.
    — arrgy
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:52 PM, 11/21/2011
    You hate the Giants "more than an Iranian"?? What does that mean, exactly?
    — postcynic
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:44 PM, 11/21/2011
    The rule was correctly applied, but that doesn't make it a good rule. It's absurd. I'm not arguing in favor of or against the taunting rule (that's a different discussion). I'm saying that DURING the play penalties should not offset with AFTER the play penalties.
    — Penfold18


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