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Womens Nate Gerry Jersey , signing off on a brilliant 11-year career (on and off the field) with a red cup and a sunset.But as you’d expect with a player so thoughtful, it was far from an easy decision.The former Rams, Patriots, and Eagles defensive end told Peter King of NBC’s that the decision was “complicated.”“I learned to never make a decision based on just one thing,” Long said. “The decision to retire was complicated. It was based on health, which is still very good, and family, we have two small children Womens Mike Quick Jersey , and football fit, which includes a chance to win and my role and geography.“Philadelphia is where I wanted to play a couple more years. I love Philadelphia. But as a player I learned the most important thing to me is Sunday, and having a chance to be a big part of it. It seemed like player-coach was kind of the role that was going to be carved out for me—maybe playing 10, 12, 15 plays a game. I’m a rhythm player. I need to set people up, I need to be in the flow of the game. If I sit on the bench for three series, I can’t get rhythm, and I’ll get cold and maybe I’ll hurt myself. Some people think that’s great—play less and you won’t get hurt. Man http://www.eagleslockerroom.com/authentic-wes-hopkins-jersey , I want to play ball. In Philadelphia, it didn’t seem there was much of a chance to compete there.“But they were honest with me the whole time. I appreciate the honesty. I’ll always love Philadelphia and the Eagles, but I didn’t want Week Four, Five, to come around and people think, Whoa, where’s Chris? Did Chris retire? I’d rather do it this way than just fade out. And I didn’t want to start over again across the country somewhere.”Long could have easily found another place to play, and another place that would have given him the expanded role he wanted. Instead Wilbert Montgomery Jersey , he chose to walk away, into what is doubtless going to be a retirement as productive as his football career was.Eagles Injury Report: No practice for Darren Sproles and Shelton Gibson The Philadelphia Eagles released their second official injury report on Thursday in advance of their Week 2 game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.After being limited on Wednesday, both Shelton Gibson and Darren Sproles did not practice at all on Thursday. That doesn’t seem like a good sign for their chances of playing on Sunday.It also seems to explain why the Eagles re-signed Kamar Aiken and worked out some free agent players with return ability earlier this week. Gibson is the team’s primary kick returner and Sproles is the primary punt returner. If these guys can’t suit up, I’d imagine it’ll be Corey Clement taking kickoffs and DeAndre Carter filling in for Sproles on punts. When it comes to potentially replacing Sproles on offense, we could see more of Clement there as well. Clement only played 13 offensive snaps against the Falcons in Week 1 while Sproles played 29. Jay Ajayi could also be in line for some more touches while Wendell Smallwood will likely play more than the mere one snap he saw against Atlanta.Replacing Gibson won’t require a huge change from last week considering he only played four snaps. The Eagles mostly went with Nelson Agholor, Mike Wallace, and Carter as their three primary receivers in Week 1. If Gibson can’t play, Philadelphia will only have FOUR receivers active against the Bucs: those three guys plus Aiken. That’s certainly not an ideal situation Womens Harold Carmichael Jersey , though it may help that Tampa Bay could be without both of their starting cornerbacks.Speaking of receivers, Alshon Jeffery was limited for the second day in a row. He’s still not expected to be back by Week 3 at the earliest. Jeffery has only been doing individual drill work so far; he’s not participating in 11-on-11 yet. It’ll be nice to get him back whenever he is ready to return.And finally, Carson Wentz was a limited participant again. No surprise there with Nick Foles set to start on Sunday. I’ll remind you here that there are some signs pointing to a Week 3 Wentz return.PHILADELPHIA EAGLES INJURY REPORT (THURSDAY)DID NOT PARTICIPATERB Darren Sproles (hamstring)WR Shelton Gibson (knee)LIMITED PARTICIPATIONQB Carson Wentz (knee)WR Alshon Jeffery (shoulder)TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS INJURY REPORT (THURSDAY)DeSean Jackson and Jason Pierre-Paul returned to practice on Thursday after both sitting out on Wednesday. They were both limited, however. It’s worth noting that Jackson must be cleared by an independent doctor in order to pass through the NFL’s concussion protocol. Starting cornerback Brent Grimes still isn’t practicing. It seems like Tampa Bay will indeed be without two of their starting cornerbacks against the Eagles. Rookie defensive tackle Vita Vea missed practice for the second day in a row. Looks like he won’t be playing on Sunday. That hurts the Bucs’ d-line depth. Bucs offensive line starters Donovan Smith and Caleb Benenoch were limited for the second day in a row. There’s been no indication they won’t play. DID NOT PARTICIPATECB Brent Grimes (groin)DT Vita Vea (calf)LIMITED PARTICIPATIONWR DeSean Jackson (concussion, shoulder)DE Jason Pierre-Paul (knee)OT Donovan Smith (knee)OG Caleb Benenoch (knee)