CINCINNATI — The Eagles will be without their top receiver Sunday afternoon against the Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium.
Jordan Matthews (ankle) is inactive, but Nelson Agholor will return to the lineup.
Matthews hurt his ankle during last week’s game against the Packers on Monday night. While X-rays came back negative during the game, he returned briefly but had to leave again.
Matthews missed practice Wednesday and Friday. On Thursday, he was a limited participant, but had a noticeable limp. He entered the weekend listed as questionable.
This is the first game Matthews has missed in his three-year career after never missing one in college either.
Agholor is back after getting a mental health day last week against the Packers. He had a terrible outing in Seattle two weeks ago, which led to him admitting that he was in his own head. Pederson said Friday he was leaning toward keeping Agholor active against the Bengals.
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Right tackle Halapoulivaati Vaitai (MCL sprain) and Ryan Mathews (MCL sprain) are both inactive after being ruled out earlier in the week. They will miss their second straight games.
Joining Vaitai, Mathews and Matthews among the inactive players are: OL Dillon Gordon, DT Taylor Hart, DE Steven Means and OL Josh Andrews.
Bengals inactives: QB Jeff Driskel, WR A.J. Green, S Derron Smith, LS Clark Harris, OG Christian Westerman, TE C.J. Uzomah, DE Wallace Gilberry.
