The Eagles will have outside linebackers Jonathan Greenard (ankle) and Jalyx Hunt (knee/ankle) tonight. Both are active. Greenard and Hunt went into today with questionable designations. Greenard missed Week 5 with his injury and had no designation in Week 6 and played 24 of 79 snaps against the Panthers last week. He has been on the injury report every week this season and missed the first two games with a pectoral injury. Hunt missed last week’s game with his injury. Running back Saquon Barkley (hamstring) is also dressed as he returns after missing the past two games. The Eagles will start Tanner McKee at quarterback, and former Cowboys quarterback Joe Milton will serve as McKee’s backup. The Eagles’ inactives are outside linebacker Nolan Smith (concussion), wide receiver DeVonta Smith (hamstring), wide receiver Dontayvion Wicks (ankle), quarterback Cole Payton, defensive back Michael Carter II (abdomen) and offensive lineman Jake Majors. Payton will serve as the emergency third quarterback. The Cowboys’ inactives are offensive tackle Drew Shelton (hamstring), wide receiver KaVontae Turpin (ribs), linebacker Dee Winters (calf), running back Emari Demercado and outside linebacker Tyrus Wheat
With starting quarterback Jalen Hurts out indefinitely, the Eagles have had to scramble to fill out the depth chart. Tanner McKee started on Sunday against the Panthers. They also have rookie Cole Payton, and they added Joe Milton from the Cowboys’ practice squad. They had 16-year veteran Andy Dalton, but the Eagles cut him nine days ago. They wanted to bring him back, but Dalton has politely declined, we’re told. Dalton, who has played for the Bengals, Cowboys, Bears, Saints, Panthers, and Eagles, will be signing with a team other than the Eagles as soon as tomorrow. And his arrival in a new city likely will trigger a current member of the quarterback room making his exit. Which would then, frankly, make that player a potential option for the Eagles
The Eagles will be without starting quarterback Jalen Hurts for at least four games. Hurts has been placed on injured reserve because of a blood clot, the team announced. That comes after a previous ESPN report said the Eagles hadn’t even discussed putting Hurts on injured reserve. That seemed hard to believe at the time, and now the team hasn’t just discussed it but has done it. The Eagles’ next four games are against the Panthers, Cowboys, Commanders, and Giants, then have their bye. It’s possible that Hurts could be back after the bye. But he’s currently considered out indefinitely, and it’s possible he’ll be gone for most or all of the rest of the season. Players who have to go on blood thinners are typically out for more than a month. The 2-3 Eagles are still contenders in the NFC East, and they’ll hope to get Hurts back for a playoff push late in the season. But that’s no sure thing. While Hurts is out, backup quarterback Tanner McKee will start. Rookie Cole Payton is currently McKee’s backup, and the recently signed Joe Milton is the No. 3 quarterback in Philadelphia
The task of breaking a three-game losing streak and keeping the Philadelphia Eagles afloat in the NFC East falls not on Jalen Hurts in Week 6 but rather on Tanner McKee , a fourth-year backup primed for the biggest opportunity of his NFL career. Hurts is out for the matchup against the Carolina Panthers due to a superficial blood clot , which developed after the Week 4 loss to the Los Angeles Rams and moved following last week's trip to London, resulting in his unavailability for Sunday. While the Eagles do have a third option in rookie Cole Payton , the expectation is that McKee will trot out with the offense when they return to Lincoln Financial Field. He served as Hurts' primary backup last year and was the third-stringer in 2024 and made a combined six appearances with two starts. McKee is not entirely unknown in the NFL, considering his pair of previous starts, but this is by far the most prominent role of his career. With so much pressure facing the Eagles in their quest to rebound from a rocky start to the season, McKee will have more eyes on him this weekend than ever before. So who is McKee, really? Here is everything to know about his football career, from his rise as a highly touted high school recruit to his emergence as Philadelphia's Week 6 starter. McKee landed on the national radar during his junior year at Corona (Calif.) High School. Centennial. It was the most productive season of his prep career and earned him recognition as a Top247 recruit, and he later climbed as high as No. 38 overall in the 247Sports rankings for the Class of 2018 . McKee closed the recruiting cycle as the top four-star quarterback with only three five-star prospects ahead of him: Trevor Lawrence , Justin Fields and JT Daniels. As a three-sport athlete who also played volleyball and basketball at Centennial, McKee's future was always in football, and he elevated his stock with strong showings on the all-star circuit. He won the MVP award at the 2018 Polynesian Bowl, earned a spot in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl and reached the finals at both The Opening and Elite 11. McKee already held scholarship offers from myriad Power Five schools when Stanford called. Programs across the country sought his talents. Even though Stanford was his ultimate choice and much closer to home than the other programs he was interested in, it was not an open-and-shut case that he would end up with the Cardinal. Stanford was the last school to extend him an offer and the penultimate school to welcome him for an official visit. By the time he took his official visit in January 2018, he had already been on campus for regular-season games at Texas, Texas A&M, Alabama and Washington. Each of those other schools pushed hard to land him, but come National Signing Day in February 2018, it was Stanford that earned McKee's commitment. The only hiccup for the Cardinal was that its prized signee would not arrive for another two years. As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, McKee embarked on a two-year mission in Brazil. The COVID-19 pandemic cut his mission short by about five weeks, and upon his return to the United States, uncertainty about the 2020 college football season left him without a firm answer as to when he would join the Cardinal and eventually suit up as a freshman quarterback. His roster spot was waiting for him, though, and he was physically ready to join the team thanks to a workout regimen he and a fellow missionary adhered to in Brazil. "Because we had that weight room in my last area, I think I gained back 10 pounds," McKee said to Deseret News after returning from his mission. "That was super nice. We worked out every morning and I was able to get a little bit back in shape. He threw the rugby ball and I threw the football. Now, when I throw, my arm doesn't really get sore. It's nice to come back home and work out at full speed." The Pac-12 delayed the start of its season due to the pandemic and was the last of t
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Eagles quarterback Tanner McKee is set to start on Sunday against the Panthers after Jalen Hurts was ruled out with a blood clot . It will be the first meaningful start of McKee’s NFL career. McKee has started two games, in Week 18 the last two years, when the Eagles had already clinched their playoff seeds and decided to rest Hurts and their other top players. He’s never played a snap outside garbage time in a meaningful regular-season game. The Eagles had a very experienced backup quarterback in Andy Dalton, but they cut him last week before Hurts was diagnosed with the blood clot. It wouldn’t be surprising if the Eagles ask Dalton to come back now that they need another quarterback. The only other quarterback on the roster is Cole Payton, a fifth-round rookie who has a lot of talent but only started one season at North Dakota State and isn’t viewed as a player who’s ready to lead an NFL team right away. We’ll find out on Sunday if McKee is ready
The Eagles ruled out a slew of players ahead of Sunday’s game against the Jaguars in London, so there wasn’t much mystery to their inactive list ahead of kickoff. The one question mark was linebacker Jonathan Greenard, although the fact that he didn’t practice all week due to an ankle injury pointed in a clear direction. Greenard is inactive for the game along with wide receiver Hollywood Brown, wide receiver DeVonta Smith, running back Saquon Barkley, safety Marcus Epps and center Drew Kendall. While Lane Johnson announced his retirement this week, he remains on the Eagles’ roster and is technically active for the game. Rookie quarterback Cole Payton is also active for the first time this season. Wide receiver C.J. Williams, cornerback Alijah Huzzie, safety Eric Murray, cornerback Jaylon Jones, offensive lineman Daniel Faalele, defensive end Wesley Williams, and defensive tackle Albert Regis are inactive for Jacksonville
Philadelphia Eagles release veteran quarterback Andy Dalton as they prepare for Sunday's game against the Jaguars. Dalton will begin his search for a new team
