Six days after being hospitalized for coughing up blood, Rams tight end Tyler Higbee celebrated ultimately zone after catching a touchdown pass in the course of the first quarter of their NFC divisional round game against the Eagles on Sunday.
Higbee sustained a chest injury during Los Angeles’ wild-card round win over the Vikings on Monday, which left him coughing up blood, in keeping with head coach Sean McVay, and resulted within the 32-year-old going to the hospital before eventually having the ability to travel home with the team.
On the time, McVay expected Higbee to play against the Eagles, and he ended up practicing in a limited capability on Wednesday and Thursday before being a full participant on Friday and avoiding a designation on the injury report entering the weekend.
It didn’t take long for Higbee to get targeted against the Eagles, either.
Stafford connected with Higbee for a nine-yard completion — and a third-down conversion — on Los Angeles’ third offensive snap of the afternoon at Lincoln Financial Field.
Higbee caught one other third-down pass, this time contained in the 5-yard line, to cap the Rams’ first drive with a touchdown and take a transient one-point lead.
Higbee only began three games for the Rams in the course of the regular season while continuing to recuperate from a torn ACL and MCL that ended his season last 12 months, catching eight passes for 66 yards and two touchdowns.Â
Then, of their postseason opener, Higbee caught five passes for 58 yards.
The Rams trailed the Eagles, 13-10, midway through the second quarter Sunday.
Lengthy touchdown runs from Philadelphia quarterback Jalen Hurts and running back Saquon Barkley — 44 and 62 yards, respectively — provided Los Angeles with an early deficit to erase with a spot within the NFC Championship at stake.
