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Eagles Injury Update: Dallas Goedert Headed To IR, EJ Jenkins Taking His Spot
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All posts by Paul BowmanPublished07 Dec 2024
Now, none of these are currently “official” moves announced by the team at this point, but the reports are credible.
It was announced at the beginning of the week that Dallas Goedert was, once again, week-to-week.
On Saturday, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported that the TE will officially be hitting IR.
#Eagles standout TE Dallas Goedert is headed to Injured Reserve because of his knee injury, sources tell me and @MikeGarafolo.
The plan is for him to be back at full speed heading into the playoffs. pic.twitter.com/GVmTIFTSFb
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) December 7, 2024
Making the move now means his sitting out of the Panthers game (which he was already ruled out for) will count as one of the games he has to miss for the IR placement.
Assuming the move is made official prior to Sunday’s game, Goedert will also miss the Steelers, Commanders and Cowboys games.
That will push the veteran to seven games missed on the season in a contract year.
He would be eligible to return for the final game against the Giants before the playoffs kick off.
The team did add veteran C.J. Uzomah to their active roster earlier in the week, but EJ Jenkins is also joining the 53-man roster according to his agency.
CONGRATS @_Ejjenkins signing to @Eagles active roster!!
👀🏈💰 #TeamESM @PHLEaglesNation @GeorgiaTechFB @GamecockFB @RedFlashFB pic.twitter.com/TSL3oIwnl4— EnterSports Management (@EnterSportsMgmt) December 7, 2024
Jenkins has been with the team since camp, actually being signed to a futures deal last January. He’s been on the practice squad since the initial iteration this season, so it’s not surprising that with the injury prone Goedert and Calcaterra, he’s already out of practice squad elevations – he had to be added to the 53-man roster if the Eagles wanted him available on game day.
He had a pretty impressive camp and has become a much better blocker.
The moves give the Eagles three healthy players at the position (at least for the time being).
