Philadelphia Eagles: Alshon Jeffery faces pressure of being ready for 2020

Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Alshon Jeffery had Lisfranc surgery on Sunday after suffering the injury in Week 14.

For a team that was already struggling to deal with the absence of DeSean Jackson, the Philadelphia Eagles received another crushing blow less than two weeks ago when Alshon Jeffery suffered a foot injury against the New York Giants.

On Sunday, Jeffery had Lisfranc surgery to repair the injury, meaning now comes the fun part of the wideout rehabbing as fast as possible to make sure he’s ready to go for the start of the 2020 season.

Coincidentally, the timetable for the Lisfranc injury happens to fall right at the start of the 2020 regular season for Jeffery, although this is always easier said than done.

As much as Eagles fans don’t want to hear it, there’s no telling what to expect from this latest injury with Jeffery since the wide receiver was in a similar situation a few years ago after Philadelphia took home their first Super Bowl title in franchise history.

At the time, no one really knew that Jeffery was playing through a torn rotator cuff, showing just how tough of a player he truly is when looking at the impact he was still capable of making throughout the playoffs.

But as fans remember, while the original goal for Jeffery after surgery was to be ready to go in time for Week 1, it actually took until Week 4 before he was healthy enough to go.

Since it’s only December, there’s no reason to even try determining what to expect from Jeffery, as plenty could happen over the next nine months, although knowing Jeffery’s work ethic, the Eagles should feel confident in him being ready to go come September.

Based off the lack of help at the wide receiver position over the last few weeks, no one needs to explain just how much Philadelphia is going to miss having Jeffery these final few games, but hopefully he can make a speedy recovery.

Over the last month or so, there’s been plenty of talk over whether the Eagles would move on from Jeffery in the offseason, but as a result of this latest injury, it’s safe to assume he’s guaranteed to be back.

The pressure was already on Jeffery as far as 2020 was concerned due to his numbers being down for the most part this season, and now that he’s going to be spending the next nine months doing whatever it takes to be ready to go for next September, the pressure is on even more.