Eagles’ Miles Sanders sidelined ‘week-to-week’ with a lower-body injury

Miles Sanders is sidelined on a “week-to-week” basis with a lower-body injury.

The Eagles’ lead running back was on Wednesday’s injury report after being a full participant in the first two days of padded practices.

Sanders is coming off a rookie season in which he emerged as the team’s top back in the second half of the season. Heading into this year, he’s expected to see a sizable uptick in touches.

Eagles assistant coach and running backs coach Duce Staley reiterated that Sanders would be the team’s featured back just hours before his injury was announced.

“I think that Miles can do it all,” Staley said. “When you have a guy like Miles that can make people miss, that can lower his shoulder and also run you over, you want to put the ball in his hands as much as possible and you trust him. I think that’s what we are.”

The team has emphasized caution with injuries in this abbreviated training camp. Sanders’ status for the season opener against Washington on Sept. 13 shouldn’t be overly jeopardized by his status, although he won’t get as many training-camp reps.

Tight end Dallas Goedert, cornerback Sidney Jones, and running back Boston Scott were all added to the injury report and are listed as “day-to-day.” Jones and Scott have lower-body ailments, while Goedert’s is an upper-body injury. Wednesday’s practice was more of a walkthrough-style session with players in shorts without helmets and pads. Jones was on the field during the practice but didn’t participate in special teams drills.

Without Sanders or Scott, the team’s two leading running backs, the Eagles gave Corey Clement and Elijah Holyfield extra snaps with the first-team offense.

After stepping in as the starter midway through last season because of a shoulder injury to Jordan Howard, Sanders had 482 rushing yards and 204 receiving yards. He joins defensive tackle Javon Hargrave and defensive end Derek Barnett as players expected to miss significant time during training camp. Hargrave has a strained pectoral muscle, and Barnett is out with a lower-body injury.