With Ryan Mathews joining fellow running backs Wendell Smallwood and Kenjon Barner on injured reserve, the Eagles have just two running backs on their roster: Darren Sproles and Byron Marshall.
That almost certainly will change before Sunday’s final regular-season game against Dallas when the Eagles are likely to promote Terrell Watson from the practice squad.
The Eagles have an open spot on their 53-man roster after putting Mathews on IR on Tuesday.
“We haven’t done anything yet,’’ coach Doug Pederson said Wednesday morning. “As we have kind of done in the past, we’ll just wait and see how the week goes.