NFL News, Injury Updates: Eagles lose Brandon Graham, Darius Slay vs. Rams, Gardner Minshew is out with the Raiders this year

NFL News, Injury Updates: Eagles lose Brandon Graham, Darius Slay vs. Rams, Gardner Minshew is out with the Raiders this year

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Week 12 of the NFL season is almost complete, and while several of the league’s top teams picked up big wins on Sunday — the Chiefs, Eagles, Lions, Packers and Vikings still won — there were some big losses on the injury front. Sunday. Two key veterans on Philadelphia’s defense left the Eagles’ 37-20 victory on Sunday Night Football — aka The Saquon Barkley Show — with one of them saying he quit for a year. The Las Vegas Raiders will also need help in their quarterback room after losing their starting QB for the rest of the season.

Also on the NFL injury front — off the field — NBC Sports’ Mike Tirico (torn Achillies) was in the Sunday Night Football broadcast booth and plans to finish the season as usual, despite the injury.

The 14-year defensive veteran had a great game against the Rams, leaving after moving into third on the Eagles’ all-time list. After the match, he said he had tendinitis in his left triceps and confirmed the tear. He will miss the rest of the season — what could be his last — after signing a one-year, $4 million deal last offseason. He is one of three players on the team, along with Lane Johnson and kicker Jake Elliott, to win Super Bowl LII at the end of the 2017 season.

Also on the Eagles defense, cornerback Darius Slay Jr. suffered a concussion and did not return to the game.

The Raiders signal-caller suffered the injury in the fourth quarter of the team’s 29-19 loss to the Broncos. He would finish the season with 2,013 passes and nine pass breakups with 10 interceptions in 10 games played. Desmond Ridder finished the game in his place. The Raiders have a short week and face the Chiefs on Black Friday and could welcome back Aidan O’Connell – who has been on IR since October with a broken thumb and could be activated this week.

As for other potential options, rookie Carter Bradley is on the Raiders’ practice squad and former Giants quarterback Daniel Jones, who was released on Friday and is a free agent, is “excited about another opportunity” and said there’s a lot left in his future. good football.

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