Adoree\u2019 Jackson began to walk off the field at AT&T Stadium but before he made it to the sideline, he tossed off his helmet in frustration.<\/p>\n
It was a scary scene.<\/p>\n
But the Eagles\u2019 veteran cornerback didn\u2019t suffer a concussion and is fully expected to play on Friday afternoon when the Eagles host the Bears in a Black Friday game.<\/p>\n
\u201cHit my head on the turf kind of hard so more of like a precautious thing,\u201d Jackson said. \u201cEspecially because I just had me one (a concussion) like two weeks ago. That\u2019s pretty much what was going on.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the sideline in Dallas during the third quarter, Jackson was checked for a concussion and then it was decided that he wouldn\u2019t not return for precautionary reasons. The 30-year-old corner missed the Giants game back in Week 8 with a concussion. So when he hit his head again on Sunday, he was understandably frustrated.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s why he tossed his helmet off his head leaving the field.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I hit my head, I already knew,\u201d Jackson said. \u201cI was just more frustrated that\u2019s how it went. It was more like some freak s–. I was fighting for the ball, I turn around and I still don\u2019t even know how I got to the point where I\u2019m twirling and I just smack and hit my head on the ground.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I was more frustrated that that happened and for the fact that I knew I hit it, it was something to figure out what\u2019s going on. That was more of my frustration because just competing, having fun within the game and how the game was going for me to just hit my head and come out. I was more frustrated with how things transpired for me more than anything.\u201d<\/p>\n
To begin this week, the Eagles listed Jackson as a full participant in practice with an unusual designation: Gameday concussion protocol evaluation. Jackson was removed from the injury report on Wednesday and should be good to go against the Bears.<\/p>\n
While the Eagles have been trying to figure out their CB2 position all season, the veteran Jackson has started to bring some stability to that spot in recent weeks. So it\u2019s a good thing to have him ready to go in a battle of 8-3 teams on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n
After Jackson banged his head on the turf in Dallas, he went into the blue tent to be evaluated for a concussion. They asked him how he was feeling and went through the full assessment. Then they came to a joint decision to keep him out for the rest of the game.<\/p>\n
A big part of that decision was the fact that Jackson missed the Eagles\u2019 Week 8 game against the Giants with a concussion.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had like one literally three weeks ago,\u201d Jackson said. \u201cSo I know if I hit my head and playing fast and throwing my body around, I\u2019m not about to go in there and do it again. You know what I mean? It could have been worse. I go back out there and I do some s\u2014 and now it\u2019s something else and now I\u2019m out. Like out, out. It\u2019s just one of those situations where we were both being precautious because of the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jackson was one of three defensive backs the Eagles lost during that game. Veteran safety Reed Blankenship suffered a thigh injury on the same drive as the injury to Jackson and couldn\u2019t return. And then later in the game, rookie safety Drew Mukuba suffered a fractured ankle.<\/p>\n
After Jackson left the game, the Eagles moved Cooper DeJean to outside cornerback and played Michael Carter II at the nickel spot. Having Jackson healthy for Friday should bring some stability to the secondary.<\/p>\n
While Mukuba landed on IR after having surgery on Wednesday, Blankenship and Jackson are expected to play against the Bears on Friday.<\/p>\n
And Jackson felt pretty good in the Eagles\u2019 only practice of the week on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cI felt good. It\u2019s been a nice week I would say,\u201d Jackson said. \u201cThe short weeks are always the worst but best weeks in a sense. Because you kind of get rest but then you kind of don\u2019t. \u2026 Today was good to get out there and move around and actually put my body with my brain in a sense with what I\u2019ve been seeing in film and walkthroughs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Without Mukuba, the Eagles are expected to start veteran Sydney Brown in his place on Friday. But at least they\u2019ll have Jackson and the rest of the starters.<\/p>\n
While the CB2 position has been shaky for a lot of the 2025 season, Jackson has done a pretty good job to stabilize it in recent weeks. He has earned the right to be back there on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adoree\u2019 Jackson began to walk off the field at AT&T Stadium but before he made it to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69521,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,35418],"class_list":["post-69520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-eagles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}