Eagles' Nakobe Dean Suffers Major Knee Injury: Postseason Outlook

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00:00But one of the leaders of that Eagles defense, their linebacker

00:04Nikobe Dean feared to had suffered a significant knee

00:08injury that more than likely Dr. Chow reports say will knock him

00:12out for the remainder of this postseason. What did you and

00:15your team at Sports Injury Central see with that knee

00:18injury to Nikobe Dean? What do you think his outlook is for the

00:22remainder of the postseason?

00:24You know, before we get to the Nikobe Dean rewind a little bit

00:27on Jordan Love. All week I was saying more worry about Jordan

00:30Love and his elbow and the nerve issue, especially gripping,

00:33spinning the ball, throwing downfield with accuracy than

00:37Jalen Hurts and unusual the number of picks he threw and he

00:40really wasn't driving the ball downfield. Now to his credit, he

00:43was not blaming the elbow or the nerve issue. But you have to

00:47wonder what role that played. I know pregame Adam Schefter

00:51talked about it and even Nate Berlson talked about it and what

00:55it is. The news on the Nikobe Dean does not appear good.

00:59Unfortunately, we don't have specific video on his left knee.

01:02It just didn't show on the replay. I think it was the step

01:04before he finished the tackle. But you know, obviously carted

01:08off is never a good sign for a guy as tough as him.

01:12Doc, real quick too in this game because I always like the

01:14diagnosis of what happens. We hear the term stinger quite a

01:17bit in professional ranks and certainly college football.

01:20Elton Jenkins got a stinger. What prevents you from coming

01:23back in some players who are able to come back from

01:25stingers?

01:26Well, stingers are like all injuries a little bit

01:29different. Most stingers happen. They're very transient. It goes

01:32away in seconds. Once it starts to last minutes, it usually goes

01:37hours and potentially days and stingers can have you numb and

01:40also weak. So it's a nerve issue. Thankfully, it's more

01:45brachial plexus and peripheral nerve. It's not a neck issue,

01:48but it's a nerve issue like a lot of nerve issues once they

01:51don't go away very quickly, they linger a little bit. That's

01:55what happened to Elton Jenkins.