Aussie NFL prima Jordan Mailata has suffered his archetypal hiccup of the 2021 play conscionable weeks aft inking a four-year declaration hold reportedly worthy up to an astounding $108.7 cardinal with $55.5 cardinal guaranteed.
Mailata volition miss Philadelphia's primetime crippled against the Dallas Cowboys, acceptable to aerial successful Australia connected Tuesday morning.
The erstwhile rugby league subordinate suffered a genu sprain during Eagles signifier connected Thursday and contiguous Philadelphia's caput manager Nick Sirianni confirmed the Bankstown merchandise would request astatine slightest a week off, perchance more.
"Jordan is going to beryllium out, Andre [Dillard] volition start," Sirianni said successful his property conference.
"He went backmost successful aft helium got rolled up connected successful practice, and past helium came successful and having immoderate symptom successful there. It's really... we're going to conscionable play it by ear. We don't truly cognize precisely yet, but we're hoping soon, sooner than aboriginal [he'll beryllium back], but yeah, he'll beryllium retired this week."
Sirianni said Mailata was not going to beryllium moved to the injured reserve, and volition stay connected the 53-man roster which is simply a affirmative motion for the coaching staff's outlook connected his return.
Mailata has been awesome successful the first 2 weeks of the season since securing his lucrative declaration extension.
The 6-foot-8, 150kg-plus violative lineman has battled immoderate wounded setbacks successful the past, but aft a breakthrough play past twelvemonth and having taken different immense leap successful pre-season, Mailata showed Eagles coaches helium was worthy paying apical dollar for.
In grooming campy successful pre-season Mailata convincingly won the starting occupation astatine near tackle, beating retired Andre Dillard. Now Dillard is acceptable to regenerate the 24-year-old.
Sirianni said helium had "a tonne of confidence" Dillard could measurement up successful Mailata's absence.
"I've seen him beryllium capable to unopen the walk unreserved down successful our practice," helium said.
"We gave him a mates antithetic looks of antithetic scout squad players to spell against, and I consciousness truly assured successful Andre, and helium should consciousness assured successful himself.
"I cognize helium had that wounded that acceptable him backmost a small spot successful grooming camp, but I've had implicit assurance successful him ever since I've got here, and past helium gets that Jets crippled and the Jets practices and the New England practices, and I conscionable deliberation he's looked truly good.
"Based disconnected what I've seen, I've got a tonne of assurance successful Andre and look guardant to... evidently it's a bummer that Jordan can't play, but look guardant to the situation that Andre has and looking guardant to watching him measurement up and capable Jordan's relation and person a bully game."
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