Though most of us will never know what this feels like, we can probably all agree on something as fans and members of the media. It absolutely and positively has to suck if you’re one of the injured guys on an NFL team’s roster. Much was expected of Malik Jackson in his first season with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2019. Hey, you don’t sign guys to three-year, $30 million deals to play reserve roles.
Week 1 was an emotional one for “Birds” fans. Despite injuring himself on the play, an old Vernon Davis opened the scoring by going 48 yards after treating the turf at Lincoln Financial Field like it was a track at Maryland and after treating Ronald Darby like he was nothing more than a hurdle.