DeVonta Smith injury: Eagles wide receiver “legitimately questionable” for Rams game

The Philadelphia Eagles lost in Week 3 and now they’re dealing with some not so great injury news ahead of their Week 4 game.

Leading receiver DeVonta Smith is “legitimately questionable” to play against the Los Angeles Rams this weekend due to his hamstring injury, according to a report from NFL insider Mike Garafolo.

It should be noted Garafolo calling him “legitimately questionable” isn’t necessarily the same thing as the Eagles officially listed Smith with a questionable designation on their final injury report.

With the Eagles holding a walkthrough in lieu of a normal practice on Wednesday, the team issued an estimated injury report. Smith was listed under “did not participate.”

Smith was also listed under DNP on Thursday ahead of their Week 3 game against the Chicago Bears. But then he was upgraded to limited on Friday and full go on Saturday.

The difference from last week to this week, thus far, is that Smith also seemingly did not participate in today’s practice. If he fails to participate again on Friday, it’s hard to envision him suiting on Sunday since players who don’t practice typically don’t play in games.

If Smith can’t play against the Rams, the Eagles will be without a player who has accounted for 33% of their targets, 34% of their receptions, 38% of their receiving yards, 20% of their receiving touchdowns, and 36% of their receiving first downs this season. Not ideal. Especially since they’re already down top tight end Dallas Goedert.

With Hollywood Brown also missing practices this week, the Eagles could be down to these healthy receivers: Dontayvion Wicks, Makai Lemon, Darius Cooper, Elijah Moore, and Britain Covey. They also have Xavier Gipson on the practice squad.

Although the Eagles might be undermanned at receiver, the Rams are dealing with injury issues of their own in their secondary. Starting cornerback Jaylen Watson is expected to miss this week’s game.

We’ll continue to monitor Smith’s status leading up to Sunday’s 1:00 PM kickoff.