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Devin White A Healthy Scratch For Eagles

The veteran LB is back from an ankle injury but will not dress over special teams contributors Oren Burks and Ben VanSumeren.

John McMullen

Eagles linebacker Devin White talks after Day 2 of training camp.
Eagles linebacker Devin White talks after Day 2 of training camp. / By Ed Kracz/Eagles on SI
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PHILADELPHIA - Veteran Eagles linebacker Devin White is a healthy scratch against the Atlanta Falcons on Monday night.

White spent most of training camp as the projected starter at middle linebacker but was ultimately beaten out by Nakobe Dean. It then becomes difficult to dress White because he does not play special teams, a phase of the game that backup LBs Oren Burks and Ben VanSumeren excel at.

The Eagles' full list of inactives for the Falcons is:

WR A.J. Brown (ruled out Saturday with a hamstring injury)
QB Tanner McKee (emergency QB)
OL Trevor Keegan
OL Darian Kinnard
LB Devin White
CB Eli Ricks
DT Byron Young

Eagles rookie WR Johnny Wilson, who was questionable with a hamstring injury, is officially active for the game.

Brown was ruled out on Sunday afternoon after previously being listed as questionable. He suffered his injury during Friday’s practice and missed Saturday's session with what head coach Nick Sirianni described as tightness.

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John McMullen

JOHN MCMULLEN

John McMullen is a veteran reporter who has covered the NFL for over two decades. The current NFL insider for JAKIB Media, John is the former NFL Editor for The Sports Network where his syndicated column was featured in over 200 outlets including the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and Miami Herald. He was also the national NFL columnist for Today's Pigskin as well as FanRag Sports. McMullen has covered the Eagles on a daily basis since 2016, first for ESPN South Jersey and now for Eagles Today on SI.com's FanNation. You can listen to John, alongside legendary sports-talk host Jody McDonald every morning from 8-10 on ‘Birds 365,” streaming live on YouTube.com. John is also the host of his own show "Extending the Play" on AM1490 in South Jersey and part of 6ABC.com's live postgame show after every Eagles game. You can reach him at jmcmullen44@gmail.com or on Twitter @JFMcMullen

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