PHILADELPHIA - Landon Dickerson was back on the practice field Wednesday, a notable step for the Philadelphia Eagles offensive lineman as the team opened his 21-day practice window after placing him on injured reserve.
That doesn’t mean Dickerson is guaranteed to play Sunday against the Carolina Panthers, but it was still a meaningful sight for a player whose season had already taken a rough turn.
Dickerson landed on IR with a bone bruise in his right knee after what may have been the worst outing of his career in Week 1 against the Washington Commanders. He now says he was dealing with the injury then, even if it wasn’t obvious at the time.
He explained that he was rolled up on in practice a few weeks before the opener, and said the knee issue is separate from the meniscus injury he dealt with before the 2025 season.
“I was a complete liability,” Dickerson said. “Again, that was my fault.
I know I said earlier in camp, I shouldn’t be out there until I feel healthy. A few weeks ago, got rolled up on in practice.
I thought as weeks went by it would get better. It didn’t and we kind of went out there and finally got some imaging on it today, figured out what was wrong with it.
“Really the best plan going forward is to put me on IR so I can get this thing better to have a good stretch at the back end of the season versus kind of what happened last year, go out there limping through 18 weeks. I don’t think anyone wants to see that again because that was just ugly. I don’t want to do that again because that was just some BS.”
Dickerson’s return would give the Eagles another option up front after a week of major shuffling. When he first went down, Philadelphia moved Cam Jurgens to left guard and put Drew Kendall in at center.
Then came another hit to the depth chart: Jurgens was traded to the Baltimore Ravens and Kendall was injured. That forced Willie Lampkin to left guard and Jake Majors to center against Jacksonville.
Kendall was not at practice Wednesday because of a knee injury, which only adds to the uncertainty around how the Eagles will line up if Dickerson is cleared for Sunday. The next few days will determine how much, if at all, the Eagles can get their former Pro Bowl guard back into the mix.
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