WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. – Rams head coach Sean McVay on Thursday said he expects tight end Tyler Higbee (chest), cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon (thigh), nose tackle Bobby Brown III (shoulder) and offensive lineman Alaric Jackson (chest) to play in Sunday's divisional round playoff game against the Eagles.
Jackson "got a shot to the chest" in Monday night's game against the Vikings, but his chest injury was "nothing like what Higbee's was," per McVay. McVay said Higbee's chest injury, which had him "spitting up a little bit of blood" and hospitalized Monday night before being discharged and traveling home with the team, was "a little chest contusion."
Jackson was a full participant in Thursday's practice, Higbee was limited and Witherspoon and Brown did not participate. The Rams did not practice Wednesday, so those players' participation that day was an estimation.
"Tyler's making great progress, he was able to participate today," McVay said. "Alaric, we were just being – I mean, we didn't practice yesterday, it was just a projection. ... He was good today."
Rams-Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field kicks off at noon pacific time Sunday on NBC, Peacock, Telemundo and Universo.
