Thursday, December 4
5:58 PM: Defensive tackle Jalen Carter missed Thursday’s practice with injuries to both shoulders and could be sidelined against the Chargers on Monday night. The Eagles have a deep defensive tackle room, and with Carter, who plays more than 70% of the defensive snaps, potentially missing time, there could be more on the plates of players like Moro Ojomo, Jordan Davis, Byron Young, and Ty Robinson.
“I think that we’ve got a defense of a lot of guys that want opportunity and want to play hard and you know I think we’re just excited to have that opportunity,” Ojomo said. “Obviously a little sad for Jalen not to be there, but I think he should get right and get his body feeling as good as possible and we’re gonna be ready when he comes back.
“[My snaps] probably go up maybe a little bit, but I think that we have the greatest organization and they’ll help me be put in the best possible situation to handle that workload.”
The Eagles have played two games already this season without Carter, Week 1 against the Cowboys and Week 6 versus the Giants. In those games, Ojomo had two of his three highest snap counts of his season, but this time he feels the team will be more prepared with extra time to get ready.
“Both times were kind of last-second things,” Ojomo said about Carter being ruled out. “Now we kind of have maybe more of a game plan, more of an idea going into it, so we’re more aware and ready to perform.” – Written by Matt Ryan