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.

Oren Burks came in for Nakobe Dean after Dean injured his knee against the Green Bay Packers in the wild-card playoff round.

The injury to Nakobe Dean means moving and shaking on the roster and in the lineup for the Eagles in the playoffs.

Burks, sprinting down the field, punished Packers return man Keisean Nixon with a big hit to spring the ball loose. No flag was thrown, handing the ball to quarterback Jalen Hurts and the Eagles' offense for the first time. Fox Sports analyst Tom Brady gave Burks's hit rave reviews on the broadcast, too.

Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Oren Burks forces a fumble and turnover on the opening kickoff return by Green Bay Packers kick returner Keisean Nixon during Wild Card Weekend.

The Philadelphia Eagles cleared their first playoff hurdle last weekend when they beat the Green Bay Packers 22-10 in the Wild Card Round. Next up in the Divisional Round is the 4 seed Los Angeles Rams, who finished the regular season with a 10-7 record, and easily handled the Minnesota Vikings in the Wild Card Round.

PHILADELPHIA - Five days after returning to the organization, veteran linebacker Nick Morrow was elevated by the Eagles for Sunday's Divisional Round playoff ga

Eagles linebacker Oren Burks was fined $8,333 by the NFL for his hit on Packers' Keisean Nixon during last week's Wild Card victory.

Speaking of Hurts, this was “Bad Jalen” (passing-wise) as opposed to the “Good Jalen” the Eagles saw against the Pittsburgh Steelers last month, when he threw for 290 yards among seven receivers. Sunday was the Jalen that holds the ball too long.