Official: Eagles place Alshon Jeffery on PUP list

Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty ImagesThe Philadelphia Eagles placed Alshon Jeffery on the active/Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list, according to an official announcement from the team.

This news hardly qualifies as a shocking development. There’s been doubt about Jeffery’s early season availability since he suffered a Lisfranc injury in December 2019. Here’s what we previously wrote about his 2020 outlook:

Early in the offseason, there was buzz that the Eagles were going to either trade or cut Jeffery. And, yet, here he is, still on the roster.

But that doesn’t necessarily mean the Eagles are counting on Jeffery to be a big contributor in 2020. As recently as May 31, the Inquirer wrote…