With Nakobe Dean out for the rest of the playoffs, Oren Burks finds himself with an important role to play for the Eagles.

Nakobe Dean's injury affected the Philadelphia Eagles locker room. Dean, out for the rest of the playoffs with a torn patellar tendon, was one of the leaders on the top-ranked defense in the NFL. His impact will be missed on the unit.

PHILADELPHIA - The season-ending injury to Eagles middle linebacker Nakobe Dean got lost in the sauce a little bit this week with Nick Sirianni’s team looking p

After the Eagles lost inside linebacker Nakobe Dean to a torn patellar tendon in last week’s wild-card round, attention quickly turned to Oren Burks to replace him for Sunday’s divisional

The Eagles lost Nakobe Dean for the rest of the playoffs but his backup Oren Burks says he's ready to fill in. NBC Universal, Inc. The Eagles are going to miss Nakobe Dean. There’s no way around it.

Nakobe Dean and Zack Baun arrived at work together, but Dean wouldn’t be lining up alongside his All-Pro teammate during Sunday’s win over the Rams. Instead, Dean was on crutches, sidelined with a torn patellar tendon that will keep him out until next year.

With defensive signal caller Dean done for the postseason with a patellar tendon injury, who will step up in Vic Fangio's defense?

Former Vanderbilt linebacker Oren Burks is in line to replace Philadelphia Eagles starter Nakobe Dean, who suffered a knee injury against the Green Bay Packers in the NFC wild-card round.

Eagles middle linebacker Nakobe Dean, the key signal-caller on defense, will miss the rest of the postseason with a torn patellar tendon in his left knee, an MRI revealed Monday. Dean exited Sunday’s playoff win against Green Bay in the second quarter and was later on crutches and wearing a knee brace on the sideline.

Eagles' defensive coordinator Vic Fangio indicated that Jeremiah Trotter Jr. could very well be in the mix Sunday against the Rams.

As the Eagles move on to the divisional round of the playoffs, Nakobe Dean is out for the rest of the postseason. The 24-year-old inside linebacker suffered a torn patellar tendon in his left knee in the Eagles’ wild-card win over the Green Bay Packers on Sunday,

When starting linebacker Nakobe Dean was forced to leave the Eagles’ wild-card win over the Packers in the second quarter last Sunday with a severe knee injury, it was veteran Oren Burks who ...