A devastating laws. That's how head coach Doug Pearson described the season ending injuries a broken forearm and torn ACL suffered by Darren Sprowls and Sunday's win over the Giants. Sprowles is not just an all time warrior with his ability to run, block, catch and return the ball, but his work ethic is second to none. He is eighth in league history and all purpose yards and will be someone who is not easy to replace. I can actually confirm that it is an acl te. Um, it's unfortunate.
Um also a broken forearm. Um, so a double whammy on the play. But uh, yeah, unfortunate. He's a he's a great man. He's a great leader. UM, well liked obviously on this team and in this locker room and in this community. Um, he's a he's a lot of energy. Um. And and that's hard to replace. You know, it's hard to replace. And and so you know, um, guys are can just go have to rally and and and pick up you know, pick up that spot and and uh
and move forward. But you know, it's unfortunate. It is part of the game, and it's unfortunate that you know, injury has to happen, and and sometimes it happens to great people and great men, and uh um, it's just the unfortunate side of the business. The silver lining for the Eagles that they ignited the running game behind young backs Wendell Smallwood and Corey Clement the Eagles as a whole in one hundred and ninety three yards against the Giants.
I think what you saw with Windell, you know, yesterday and even something some things with Corey, um, you know, uh, it's gonna have to be that next man mentality. But I think Windell, um, you know, on third down, specifically Corey as well, they're gonna have to step up and and uh, you know, assume that role. And uh, you know, it's always been the next guy sort of up mentality. And that's kind of where we're at right now. How about the hero of Sunday's game, rookie kicker Jake Elliott.
Head coach Doug Pearson recount the moment when he decided to send Elliot out to attempt the franchise record and game winning sixty one yard field goal that said all of Eagles Nation into pandemonium. I looked at him in the eyes and asked him if he can nail it, and he without without a blink, he said, I got it, and uh, I just felt comfortable, you know, confident and comfortable. We knew Jake had had pretty good range. I wasn't sure sixty one was was doable. You know, you never
really think think that. But we had coached, had a lot of faith in him, had a lot of faith in him, and he got it done. Is pretty crazy. For quarterback Carson Wentz, Sunday marked the first time in his young career that he orchestrate a go ahead drive in the game's final minute. The Eagles were one in six and one score games just a year ago. This shows just how far they've come from from one year ago. You know, we were always finding ways to lose these games.
You know, we were always just coming up short, just one play here, one played there. Um. And so to fight till the end, to have that comeback at the end, to get that drive together and then kicked that field goal and then the game winning field goal. Um, that was just huge for us, A huge sign of, like said, in huge growth and something we can definitely build on now. Starting the season off two and oh is huge. You know,
one win on the road. One at home can't say enough about it, and it really puts us in a good situation going forward. Don't forget to check out Eagles three to sixty this evening with Dave Spidero and Eagles Hall of Fame running back Brian Westbrook as they recap the win over the Giants. We'll be back tomorrow as offensive coordinat Frank Reich and defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz meet the media. Until then, I'm Chris McPherson. Thank you all
for joining us here on the Eagles Update. Have a great Eagles night, everyone,