Six days after being hospitalized for coughing up blood, Rams tight finish Tyler Higbee celebrated ultimately zone after catching a landing move in the course of the first quarter of their NFC divisional spherical recreation in opposition to the Eagles on Sunday.
Higbee sustained a chest damage throughout Los Angeles’ wild-card spherical win over the Vikings on Monday, which left him coughing up blood, based on head coach Sean McVay, and resulted within the 32-year-old going to the hospital earlier than ultimately with the ability to journey house with the group.
On the time, McVay anticipated Higbee to play in opposition to the Eagles, and he ended up working towards in a restricted capability on Wednesday and Thursday earlier than being a full participant on Friday and avoiding a designation on the damage report coming into the weekend.
It didn’t take lengthy for Higbee to get focused in opposition to the Eagles, both.
Stafford linked with Higbee for a nine-yard completion — and a third-down conversion — on Los Angeles’ third offensive snap of the afternoon at Lincoln Monetary Area.
Higbee caught one other third-down move, this time contained in the 5-yard line, to cap the Rams’ first drive with a landing and take a short one-point lead.
Higbee solely began three video games for the Rams in the course of the common season whereas persevering with to get well from a torn ACL and MCL that ended his season final yr, catching eight passes for 66 yards and two touchdowns.
Then, of their postseason opener, Higbee caught 5 passes for 58 yards.
The Rams trailed the Eagles, 13-10, halfway by way of the second quarter Sunday.
Prolonged landing runs from Philadelphia quarterback Jalen Hurts and working again Saquon Barkley — 44 and 62 yards, respectively — supplied Los Angeles with an early deficit to erase with a spot within the NFC Championship at stake.
