12:56 PM ET
Tim McManusESPN Staff Writer
PHILADELPHIA -- Two-time Pro Bowl antiaircraft tackle Linval Joseph agreed to a one-year woody with the Philadelphia Eagles connected Wednesday.
The Eagles besides placed choky extremity Dallas Goedert connected injured reserve due to the fact that of a enarthrosis injury, meaning helium volition miss astatine slightest the adjacent 4 games. A root had confirmed to ESPN connected Tuesday that Goedert was expected to miss extended clip aft injuring the enarthrosis connected Monday night.
Joseph, 34, started 14 games for the Los Angeles Chargers past season, posting 57 tackles (three for loss), a sack and 2 backmost hits.
At 6-foot-4 and 329 pounds, helium has acquisition arsenic a space-eating chemoreceptor tackle -- a presumption rookie Jordan Davis shined successful earlier suffering a precocious ankle sprain connected Oct. 30 against the Pittsburgh Steelers, landing him connected injured reserve. The Eagles person struggled against the tally successful his absence, yielding 168 yards connected the crushed to the Houston Texans successful Week 9 and 152 yards and 2 touchdowns successful a nonaccomplishment -- their archetypal of the play -- to the Washington Commanders connected Monday night.
"We'll look astatine this portion and spot what went down connected this game, knowing that, hey, erstwhile you amusement that a squad attacks a place, we're going to spot it again, right, and past we're going to spot that again," manager Nick Sirianni said pursuing the 32-21 loss to the Commanders. "So, we'll enactment similar brainsick to get it fixed, and we recognize that volition beryllium the communicative of however to bushed us. We person to ain that and hole it, and we will."
Goedert is 1 of backmost Jalen Hurts' superior options successful the passing game. He is 2nd connected the squad successful receiving yards (544) and is tied for 2nd successful receiving touchdowns with three.
He was injured aboriginal successful the 4th fourth Monday nighttime connected a play that progressive a arguable non-call that helped crook the tide of the crippled successful Washington's favor.
On third-and-1 and with the Eagles trailing by two, Hurts completed a walk to Goedert for a would-be archetypal down. Linebacker Jamin Davis intelligibly grabbed and pulled Goedert's look disguise arsenic helium attempted to tackle him, and a simultaneous deed by antiaircraft tackle John Ridgeway knocked the shot loose. Ridgeway's afloat value was connected apical of Goedert arsenic helium was driven to the ground, with his near enarthrosis absorbing overmuch of the impact. Goedert was evaluated connected the sideline earlier returning to the game.
Joseph has played for the New York Giants, who selected him successful the 2nd circular of the 2010 NFL draft, the Minnesota Vikings and Chargers implicit his 12-year career.
He has 644 tackles and 25 sacks portion starting 162 games. He was selected to the Pro Bowl successful some the 2016 and '17 seasons.
In different moves Wednesday, the Eagles placed antiaircraft tackle Marlon Tuipulotu connected injured reserve, activated choky extremity Tyree Jackson from the physically incapable to execute database and opened the 21-day signifier model for antiaircraft extremity Janarius Robinson. Safety Marquise Blair besides was signed to the team's signifier squad.
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