It’s all systems go for Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles.
It’s all systems go for Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles.
He will start Sunday’s wild-card playoff game in Chicago against the NFC North champion Bears, despite a scare in the Eagles’ 24-0 domination of the Washington Redskins on Sunday.
Foles could not finish the game after being sacked by Ryan Kerrigan with most of the fourth quarter still to play. He held his postgame news conference, though, which was a good sign because the team probably would not have made him available had the injury been severe enough to keep him from playing in the postseason. As it was, Foles said he was sore.
Head coach Doug Pederson confirmed on Monday that Foles’ test results were clean. The reward is that now he gets to face a Khalil Mack -fueled defense.
«Wednesday, again, will be a walk-through, so there is nothing real taxing there,» Pederson said about Foles’ week of preparation. «It’s more mental reps. Thursday, as the week goes, we’ll, I don’t want to say cut him loose, but yeah, we’ll take care of him and make sure he’s ready for Sunday.»
Interestingly, Pederson had no update on Carson Wentz .
Pederson isn’t committing to Foles for anything beyond Sunday.
«There is no guarantee we’re going to win this game,» Pederson said.
And if the Eagles win and get ready to visit No. 1 seed New Orleans the following weekend?
«I’ll evaluate [the QB situation] next Monday,» the coach said.
