Eagles safety Andrew Mukuba misses second straight practice

Eagles rookie safety Andrew Mukuba will miss his second straight practice due to a shoulder injury, per reports. Mukuba suffered the injury in a collision with wide receiver Danny Gray late in Saturday's training camp session.

Andrew Mukuba missing practice for the second day in a row.#Eagles— Brandon Lee Gowton (@BrandonGowton) July 29, 2025

Missing time this early in camp isn't ideal for Mukuba, who needs every rep he can get to stay on pace with Sydney Brown in the starting safety battle. Mukuba's absence could also open the door for Tristin McCollum to get more first-team work. “There’s no replacing physical reps,” said Vic Fangio before Tuesday's practice.

Head Coach Nick Sirianni explained the team's approach with Mukuba sidelined on Monday:

“For us, we have to be very creative. Any player that misses practice reps, we have to be very creative in how we catch them up. When you’re in training camp, there’s a lot of time. Every minute of everyone’s day is accounted for, whether it’s rest and recovery for the players, whether it’s watching tape in that time where they’re resting and recovering and we’re watching tape, so we have to be creative with how we do some different things. We will look at walkthroughs as a big opportunity, extra meetings, extra focus there, extra walkthroughs with whoever we need to do that with.

It’s our job just to make sure that anybody who misses time, they recoup those reps somehow some way. And when they can’t do it physically, it’s got to be mentally in the film room and in walkthrough.”

This article originally appeared on Eagles Wire: Eagles' rookie Andrew Mukuba is dealing with a shoulder injury