Bradberry suffers injury that should land him on IR originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
Eagles safety James Bradberry suffered a leg injury in practice on Wednesday and is expected to miss 6-8 weeks, a league source confirmed to NBC Sports Philadelphia.
Bradberry, 31, made the Eagles’ 53-man roster this season after converting to safety in the offseason. But now he’s going to miss some time.
According to the initial report from NFL Network, Bradberry won’t need surgery but the injury did involve a tendon. The timeframe makes it likely the Eagles will place Bradberry on Injured Reserve. He could return later in the season.
The Eagles put TE Albert Okwuegbunam and WR Ainias Smith on IR with a destination to return before the cutdown deadline so they are allowed to return just six more players from IR during the course of the season. But since we’re through cuts, they won’t have to designate those players anymore.
Bradberry is entering his ninth NFL season after playing very poorly at outside cornerback in 2023. He said this summer that he actually suggested the switch to safety after seeing the writing on the wall.
While there were definitely some bumps along the way this summer, especially in that preseason game against the Patriots, Bradberry didn’t look terribly out of place at safety in training camp. Still, it surprised plenty of people to see that he made the initial 53-man roster.
Eagles general manager Howie Roseman on Tuesday explained the decision to keep Bradberry:
“James always has had really good football instincts,” Roseman said. “When you see him play safety every day here and see his ability to diagnose his football instincts. I think for all of us, that’s a transition, that’s a different position than playing outside corner.
“He’s got a skill set. It’s a long season. We already know that he’s had tremendous success in this league playing outside corner as well. With the goals that we have for this football team, having a…
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Publish date : 2024-08-29 16:22:47
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