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.

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

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.

The NFL did not make the corrections during the game, but have retroactively admitted their mistake, further angering Green Bay Packers fans.

After the Eagles lost inside linebacker Nakobe Dean to a torn patellar tendon in last week’s wild-card round, attention quickly turned to Oren Burks to replace him for Sunday’s divisional

With defensive signal caller Dean done for the postseason with a patellar tendon injury, who will step up in Vic Fangio's defense?

I’ve given you like six this season!” the Philadelphia Eagles coach shrugged, backing into a connecting door. “I mean, s—, you made the play of the game! I’ll get you a framed picture or something.” Burks grinned.

The Eagles recovered a fumble on the opening kickoff of their wild-card win over the Green Bay Packers, and the player who caused the fumble was fined by the league.

The Eagles lost Nakobe Dean for the rest of the playoffs but his backup Oren Burks says he’s ready to fill in.