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DeVonta Smith injury: Eagles WR injures back in football game vs Chiefs. Can he return?
KANSAS CITY − Eagles wide receiver DeVonta Smith apparently hurt his back trying to make a catch on a deep ball down the sideline.
Smith went up to catch the ball, and appeared to land on his back. He was down on the ground writhing in pain before slowly getting up. He walked off into the medical tent with a trainer.
The injury took place with 11:33 left in the third quarter as Hurts tried to hit him on a 3rd-and-8 from the Chiefs' 33.
After the incomplete pass, the Eagles settled for Jake Elliott's 51-yard field goal for a 13-10 lead.
Smith was back in the game to start the Eagles' next drive.
Devonta Smith injury update: Eagles WR goes straight to medical tent after hard fall
Devonta Smith injury update: Eagles WR goes straight to medical tent after hard fall originally appeared on The Sporting News
The Super Bowl rematch between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs was tied early in the third quarter when Jalen Hurts lofted a pass down the left sideline toward Devonta Smith.
The "Slim Reaper" rose up to try to make the catch but couldn't quite bring it down.
And as Smith came to the ground, he landed hard, really hard, on his lower back.
Smith stayed down, and he was in some obvious immediate pain.
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WATCH: Eagles WR Devonta Smith leaves game after scary fall
Coming out of halftime, WR DeVonta Smith was injured trying to make a catch on the sideline for the Eagles. He’s now out of the game against the Chiefs and is being evaluated in the medical tent on Philadelphia’s sideline.
Driving to 3rd and 8, QB Jalen Hurts tried to convert by throwing one up along the sideline to Smith being covered by CB Nohl Williams. The catch wasn’t made, with the Eagles having to settle for another field goal by K Jake Elliott, but with the bigger issue being Smith falling hard and immediately reaching for his lower back.
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