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Eagles seek new deep threat against Panthers with Mike Wallace injured and Torrey Smith on opposite sideline

Torrey Smith will wear a Carolina Panthers uniform on Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field. His replacement in Philadelphia, Mike Wallace, won't wear any uniform while recovering from a fractured fibula on injured reserve. Without either player on the Eagles' depth chart, Carson Wentz lacks a designated deep threat.

"Those are two guys that aren't on the field with us right now, so we're trying to create some of those circumstances in different way," offensive coordinator Mike Groh said. "Torrey was out there every week last year, so there was continuity there, and then Mike goes down Week 2.