Philadelphia Eagles fullback/linebacker Ben VanSumeren suffered a season-ending knee damage throughout the staff’s Friday follow, 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 12 months, had carved out a job as a lead blocker on offense along with offering depth at linebacker and contributing on particular groups. All informed, he performed 22 offensive snaps, 213 particular groups snaps, and nil 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 only 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. Additionally they have Dallas Gant on the follow 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 Jap on Saturday. In any other case we’ll see them make that maneuver subsequent week.
Right here’s wishing BVS a speedy restoration.
