DeVonta Smith reports encouraging news about his knee injury

DeVonta Smith reports encouraging news about his knee injury originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

DeVonta Smith didn’t practice Thursday. Didn’t practice Friday. Was limited Saturday.

If you know Smith, you know it’s going to take more than a knee injury to keep him off the field for a key late-season NFC East game.

“That’s how I’m kind of wired,” Smith said. “If I can go, I’m going to go. … I know my limitations. There’s not much that can go on with me where I feel like I can’t play.”

That’s certainly encouraging news for the Eagles, who face the Giants at 4:30 p.m. on Monday at the Linc.

Beyond starters A.J. Brown and Smith, all other Eagles wide receivers have 21 catches for 215 yards and three touchdowns in 14 games.

Smith got hit in the knee on the Eagles’ first drive Monday night in Seattle. He still played 66 of 69 snaps and caught five passes for 50 yards in the Eagles 20-17 loss.

How did he get himself healthy enough to play?

“Sleeping in the training room,” he said. “I’m always here. It doesn’t ‘t matter to me. Whatever I got to do.

“If I can walk, I can play.”

Smith has 74 catches for 957 yards this year and has already joined DeSean Jackson as only the second player in franchise history with at least 900 receiving yards in each of his first three years.

His 3,069 yards are 2nd-most in Eagles history by a player in his first three years, just 55 fewer than Jackson from 2008 through 2010.

His 233 catches with three games left are 17th-most by any player in his first three seasons. At his current pace, he’ll finish this year 13th on that list.

Smith has never missed a game. He, Jason Kelce and Rick Lovato are the only three players who’ve played in all 52 games since Nick Sirianni became head coach. Smith and Olamide Zaccheaus are among seven receivers league-wide who’ve played in all 48 games since opening day 2021.

Smith is listed as a limited participant on Saturday but does not carry an injury…

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Publish date : 2023-12-23 21:31:44

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