Nakobe Dean Sustains season-ending injury

Nakobe Dean

Dean suffered a torn patellar tendon in his left knee during Sunday’s 22-10 wild-card win over the Packers and will miss the remainder of the postseason, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports.

Dean sustained the injury in the second quarter while bringing down Packers tight end Tucker Kraft for a three-yard loss after a reception. A 2022 third-round draft pick, Dean was primarily a special-teams contributor and reserve linebacker over his first two seasons in the NFL before moving into a full-time starting role in 2024. He finished the regular season with a trio of sacks among his 128 tackles to go with an interception, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery over 15 games. Oren Burks came on to replace Dean in Sunday’s game and will presumably take over as a starter in the Eagles’ divisional-round game against either the Vikings or Rams.

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Jan 12

6:20pm

Goedert caught four of six targets for 47 yards and a touchdown in Sunday’s 22-10 wild-card round win over the Packers.

Jan 12

6:16pm

Smith caught all four of his targets for 55 yards in Sunday’s 22-10 wild-card round win over the Packers.

Jan 12

6:06pm

Brown caught one of three targets for 10 yards in Sunday’s 22-10 wild-card round win over the Packers.

Jan 12

5:58pm

Barkley carried the ball 25 times for 119 yards and caught both his targets for four yards in Sunday’s 22-10 wild-card round win over the Packers.

Jan 12

5:45pm

Hurts completed 13 of 21 passes for 131 yards and two touchdowns in Sunday’s 22-10 wild-card round win over the Packers. He added 36 rushing yards on six carries.

Jan 10

1:10pm

Pickett (ribs) was a limited practice participant Friday but doesn’t have a designation for Sunday’s wild-card game against the Packers.

Jan 10

1:01pm

Brown (knee/rest) doesn’t have an injury designation for Sunday’s game against the Packers.

Jan 10

12:59pm

Smith (back/rest) doesn’t have an injury designation for Sunday’s game against the Packers.

Jan 10

10:07am

Brown (knee) is participating in Friday’s practice, Martin Frank of The Delaware News Journal reports.

Jan 10

10:04am

Smith missed Friday’s practice due to back tightness but is still expected to play Sunday against Green Bay, Brooks Kubena of The Athletic reports.

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