Earlier this week, Cowboys running back DeMarco Murray had surgery on a broken bone in his hand after suffering the injury in Sunday night’s game against the Eagles.
It turned out to be a popular sequence of events. Eagles linebacker Trent Cole also broke a bone in his hand in that game and coach Chip Kelly announced that Cole will have surgery on Wednesday. Cole had been deciding between different possible ways to deal with the injury, including possibly wrapping it and playing through any pain.
He ultimately went the other way, though, and Kelly said he will miss Saturday’s game as a result. That’s a deviation from Murray’s path as the Cowboys are holding open the possibility that their top rusher will play against the Colts in Week 16 and the Eagles haven’t said whether Cole will play against the Giants in the season finale.
Brandon Graham will step into Cole’s spot against Washington and he’ll be trying to boost his value to the Eagles with a good performance in an expanded role.