Philadelphia Eagles Pro Bowl guard Landon Dickerson may have suffered a significant knee injury.
The injury, which ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports is believed to be a meniscus injury, was suffered in practice on Sunday. Dickerson needed to be helped off the field before being carted inside.
Dickerson has been an important part of the Eagles’ offensive line since he was selected out of Alabama in the second round of the 2021 NFL Draft. He became the starting left guard early in his rookie year following an injury to Isaac Seumalo. He was voted to the Pro Bowl in each of 2022, 2023, and 2024, and became the highest-paid guard in the NFL after signing a four-year, $84 million contract extension in March.
It could be a significant blow to the Eagles’ offense if they have to be without Dickerson for any amount of time.
This is, of course, also significant for the Giants. New York will face their division rivals twice in the first eight games of the season, playing them on Thursday Night Football in Week 6, and then again on Week 8. While it would take a lot more than one injury for the Giants to be favored in either of those games, a blow to the offensive line would be meaningful.
The Giants are still expected to have one of the, if not the, best defensive fronts in the NFL. Even without Dexter Lawrence, the Giants’ D-line impressed the Buffalo Bills announce team enough that they proclaimed that “this Giants’ defense is real.” A healthy Bobby Okereke and ascendent Micah McFadden behind that front could make life very difficult for a wounded offensive line.
The Giants’ schedule appears to be a brutal one to start the year, but attrition may already be impacting that stretch of games. Not only is it possible that the Eagles could be without one of their best linemen, there is still the drama surrounding Washington and Dallas with the Terry McLaurin and Micah Parsons’ situations (respectively).
We obviously don’t know (as of this writing) how long Dickerson will be sidelined, and the expectation is still that deals will get done between Dallas, Washington, and their respective stars. But given that those three division rivals represent half of the Giants’ opening schedule, even a hangover could be enough to make an actual “fast start” not that unreasonable a proposition.
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