One day after the Philadelphia Eagles traded A.J. Brown to the New England Patriots, one Eagles player who is being counted on to help replace Brown’s production was not available to practice.
Rookie first-round pick Makai Lemon watched Tuesday’s media-attended OTA session from the sideline while wearing a sleeve on his right leg.
The
good news is that Lemon’s injury isn’t said to be serious; he’s expected to be fully ready for training camp, according to SportsRadio 94WIP’s Eliot Shorr-Parks.
The bad news is that Lemon’s soft tissue issue is expected to keep him out of the remainder of Philly’s spring workouts.
This development is hardly the biggest deal. But considering that the Eagles are likely to be heavily relying upon Lemon as a rookie, it would be preferable to see him getting any many reps as possible while he aims to learn the offense and build chemistry with Jalen Hurts.
It’s unclear when exactly Lemon’s injury occurred. He seemingly participated in last week’s OTA practice on Tuesday before the media-attended session on Wednesday. Maybe he got banged up in Friday’s practice that was closed to media? Or yesterday’s practice?
The Eagles have one more OTA practice remaining on Thursday, June 4 before mandatory minicamp begins next week.
