Several Eagles suffer injuries just two days before preseason opener

Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty ImagesThings had been relatively quiet on the injury front for the Eagles throughout training camp, and Nick Sirianni had emphasized that his schedule and practice lengths were put in place specifically to increase player availability as the season approached. But, then, Tuesday’s practice happened.

We learned ahead of practice that defensive end Ryan Kerrigan elected to have surgery on his thumb and will be out for 7 to 10 days recovering. Both safety K’Vonn Wallace and left tackle Andre Dillard ended up making their way to the medical tent, under their own power, but didn’t end up returning to the field. Dillard has been seemingly losing the LT competition to…