Philadelphia Eagles running back Miles Sanders (hamstring) has been ruled OUT for Sunday's Week 1 matchup with the Washington Football Team. The news comes after the second-year back practiced in a limited fashion all week. Sanders was officially listed as questionable on Friday.
This is obviously bad news for Sanders’ fantasy investors. Coach Doug Pederson has tended to lean on committee backfields in recent seasons, so an injured version of Sanders likely won’t be seeing a workhorse role anytime soon.
Just to be clear: Washington doesn’t present anything resembling an easy matchup for this banged-up Eagles run game.