Jaguars starters, running back Travis Etienne Jr. (hamstring), wide receivers Brian Thomas Jr. (chest) and Gabe Davis (shoulder), and right guard Brandon Scherff (knee) enter Jacksonville’s Week 9 matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles as game-time decisions, per head coach Doug Pederson.
Starting left guard Ezra Cleveland is “probably not going to make it to this game” after suffering a high-ankle sprain in Week 8 against the Green Bay Packers, Pederson said.
Like Cleveland, Thomas, Davis and Scherff suffered their injuries against the Packers on Sunday.
Pederson suggested Thomas, who leads Jacksonville with 573 receiving yards and five touchdowns, has handled his chest injury well in practice this week but noted the Jaguars want to be cautious with his injury.
“BT’s done well,” Pederson said. “Look, you know, still need to be cautious with that. We’re gonna make sure that he’s — he’s not going to be 100%, obviously. You know, and nobody is at this time. But we don’t want a setback obviously with him, any of the guys.”
Etienne has missed Jacksonville’s last two games after hurting his hamstring in Week 6 against the Chicago Bears.
Etienne’s replacement at running back the last two weeks, Tank Bigsby, injured his ankle against the Packers and has been limited in practice this week. Bigsby leads the Jaguars with 493 yards and four touchdowns rushing this season.
“He’s fine, he’s fine,” Pederson said of Bigsby. “Ankle injuries, they’re tough. Especially running backs but for all players. He battled through a little bit yesterday and we’ll see where he’s at today.”
Pederson shared that Jacksonville safety Andrew Wingard, who is currently on the injured reserve but returned to practice last week, has progressed this week and could be activated from the reserve before the Jaguars face the Eagles.
“Dewey’s Dewey. He had a better week,” Pederson said. “We’re gonna see today and make a decision today.”
