The Eagles have seen their greatest enemy, and it is the blue medical tent.
Another critical performer is lost for multiple games after starting safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson’s went down during Sunday night’s 40-33 win over the Green Bay Packers.
#Eagles safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson is out indefinitely after suffering a lacerated kidney in Sunday night’s win over the #Packers, per sources.
It’s a non-surgical injury. Testing is ongoing, so timetable still TBD, but it is not expected to be season-ending.— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) November 29, 2022The addition of Gardner-Johnson late in the preseason was critical, shoring up a position of great need, the last on the defense in which there truly was a question mark.