Eagles dodge major bullet ahead of Week 7 vs. Vikings

The Philadelphia Eagles have dodged a major bullet heading into Week 7's matchup against the Minnesota Vikings.

Starting cornerback Quinyon Mitchell, who landed on the injury report this week with a hamstring injury, was a full participant on Thursday and Friday and received no injury designation for Sunday.

That means he's officially good to go for the Eagles' rebound game.

Eagles' Week 7 injury report vs. Vikings

Unfortunately, backup tight end Grant Calcaterra has been ruled out this week with an oblique injury. This will be the second game he's missed after he didn't play against the New York Giants.

In more unfortunate news, starting defensive tackle Jalen Carter, who also missed last week's loss to the Giants, is questionable for Sunday with a heel injury.

Eagles don't have to lean so hard on Kelee Ringo after all

Having Mitchell back in the lineup is a big boost for the Eagles’ secondary, especially with the challenge of slowing down Vikings wideouts Justin Jefferson and Jordan Addison.

With Mitchell available, that means they won't have to lean too much on backup Kelee Ringo, who has been given several chances now to prove himself and has blown all of them. Last week was the last straw for Ringo, who got benched after he was targeted five times and allowed four catches for 73 yards and two penalties in the Eagles' loss to the Giants.

The Eagles will, however, still have to rely on Adoree Jackson opposite Mitchell, which isn't that great, but still a way better option than Ringo right now.

Defensive coordinator Vic Fangio also mentioned that rookie cornerback Mac McWilliams could "potentially" get involved on the outside if need be.

"Yeah, potentially could get involved," Fangio said. "We’ve been trying to focus him at one point on learning the nickel spot to be the backup nickel. Then we shifted our focus to try and get him to learn corner and be a viable option if we had issues out there. So he’s kind of been going back and forth."