Philadelphia Eagles fullback/linebacker Ben VanSumeren suffered a season-ending knee damage in the course of the group’s Friday apply, in keeping with a report from the Inquirer’s Jeff McLane.
This sucks.
BVS, who initially signed with the Eagles as an undrafted rookie free agent final yr, had carved out a job as a lead blocker on offense along with offering depth at linebacker and contributing on particular groups. All instructed, he performed 22 offensive snaps, 213 particular groups snaps, and 0 defensive snaps this season.
It stays to be seen if the Eagles have one other participant in thoughts for his or her fullback position or if they simply scrap it transferring ahead. The guess right here is the latter.
The BVS damage leaves the Eagles with much less depth at LB. With Zach Baun and Nakobe Dean beginning, the one depth off-ball linebackers are Oren Burks and Jeremiah Trotter Jr. In addition they have Dallas Gant on the apply squad.
If the Eagles need to place BVS on injured reserve to open a roster spot to fill previous to Sunday’s recreation towards the Baltimore Ravens, they’ve till 4:00 PM Japanese on Saturday. In any other case we’ll see them make that maneuver subsequent week.
Right here’s wishing BVS a speedy restoration.
