Philadelphia Eagles expected to miss Michael Vick and LeSean McCoy against Dallas Cowboys – NFL News
Philadelphia Eagles are expected to play Week 13 game against Dallas Cowboys without quarterback Michael Vick and running back LeSean McCoy, as both the players, who are yet to report full fitness after suffering concussions, did not practise on Wednesday.
As a matter of fact, Vick got his injury during Week 10 game against the Cowboys. The veteran was replaced by rookie Nick Foles, who has been starting games and will continue to do so as long as Vick is out.
McCoy, on the other hand, missed last week’s game after suffering the injury a week earlier. Bryce Brown is expected to once again replace McCoy.
As both players did not take part in practice on Wednesday, there are strong indications that both will not play on Sunday. Eagles head coach Andy Reid, however, did not completely rule both players out, though he did maintain that the players were out as
of Wednesday.
Reid said:
“Michael will not practice (Wednesday), and we’ll just see. Right now, Nick is practicing, so I’ll tell you Nick is playing as of today.”
He added:
“(McCoy’s) still on the phase one of the concussion test. He’s not going to practice (Wednesday). I’d say the same thing that I said about Michael; I’d say the same things about McCoy. Today Bryce is the starter until McCoy is ready to play.”
It might be difficult for both these players to return for this week’s game because recovery from concussion follows clearance from the National Football League (NFL) before a player can take the field again.
The NFL protocols bind the players suffering from concussion to first recover completely, then prove their fitness during some training drills and get a green signal from an independent neurologist.
To follow these protocols, some time is required and since the players have not take the field for practice yet it is somewhat certain that they are not going to be activated for this week’s game.
This is another serious blow to the Eagles, who are struggling to perform well this season and are currently on a seven-game losing streak. Eagles have won only three games this season.
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