The Eagles may have found a real spark in Dontayvion Wicks, but that momentum hit a snag on Thursday.
Wicks, who has been one of the clearer bright spots in a Philadelphia offense that hasn’t exactly exploded out of the gate, was added to the Eagles injury report with a hamstring issue. Jeff McLane reported that Wicks was limited at practice and that the injury appeared to have happened on Thursday.
That’s a tough development for a receiver who has quickly become one of the team’s more productive options. Through four games this season, Wicks has 197 yards and is averaging 16.4 yards per catch, the top mark on the Eagles. His yardage total trails only DeVonta Smith, who is also dealing with injury uncertainty right now.
And that’s where this gets especially tricky for Philadelphia. Smith is already on the injury report, and Wicks now joins him there along with Marquise Brown. Their status for Sunday is still unclear, which leaves Sean Mannion and Nick Sirianni sorting through a receiving group that could look very different in the team’s overseas matchup.
If Wicks can’t go, it could open the door for more work for rookie Makai Lemon. It would also mean more opportunities for Darius Cooper, whose two touchdowns against the Los Angeles Rams stood out as one of the few positives from that game for the Eagles.
Philadelphia faces the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday morning at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in North London, with kickoff set for 9:30 a.m. EST.
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