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Jalen Carter, Riq Woolen decline to speak to reporters after loss to Cowboys

Eagles' defense struggles against Cowboys, with no mention of injuries to Jalen Carter or Riq Woolen

First seen Oct 27, 2026 · 3:31 PM UTC · last updated Oct 27 3:39 PM

Scoring Zone's Take

For IDP or DST formats, Carter's fantasy value takes a hit this week purely on game-script and performance grounds — when a defensive line gets pushed around in a loss, individual pressure, tackle, and sack numbers for interior players like Carter tend to suffer, even without any health concern. That's a sit-or-bench-level signal for this week's matchup, not a season-long red flag. Treat it as a one-week dip tied to a bad defensive outing rather than any structural change in role or opportunity.

Woolen isn't even tied to the Eagles' loss in a meaningful way per these sources — there's no performance detail, injury note, or role change mentioned for him at all. Hold steady with his current valuation; nothing here moves the needle in either direction for this week or going forward.

Bottom line: no adds, no drops, no trade urgency. Carter is a cautious start/sit-down-a-notch play this week given the defensive struggles, but confidence in that read is only moderate since the sources don't break out his individual stat line. Woolen requires no action at all based on this cluster — monitor for future reports with actual injury or snap-count detail before changing his valuation.

With all the focus on the injury issues for the Eagles' offense, the team's defense got manhandled last night by the Cowboys.

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