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Eagles place Sua Opeta on reserve/COVID-19 list, announce practice squad protections

The Philadelphia Eagles announced some transactional news on Tuesday. An overview:

  • OG Sua Opeta was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list.
  • G/T Kayode Awosika, WR John Hightower, CB Craig James, and S Elijah Riley received practice squad protections.

Let’s sort through this on a player-by-player basis.

SUA OPETA

Assuming Opeta tested positive for the coronavirus, he faces one of two paths to returning to the 53-man roster:

1) If he’s vaccinated, he can be activated once he provides two negative tests 24 hours apart.