JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Thursday night’s game between the Miami Dolphins and Jacksonville Jaguars can certainly be called the “mane” event.
When it comes to the quarterbacks, anyway, because Ryan Fitzpatrick and the NFL’s best beard will face off against Gardner Minshew and the league’s most recognizable mustache at TIAA Bank Field (8:20 p.m. ET, NFL Network) .
If you have no allegiance to either team, it might be tough for you to pick your side (burns): full beard or mustache?
Are you Team Grizzly Adams or Team Burt Reynolds?
Chuck Norris or Sam Elliott?
Santa Claus or Teddy Roosevelt?
OK, we’ll stop now.
Blame Fitzpatrick for starting the beard versus mustache debate. He was asked on Tuesday about the game, and Fitzpatrick joked about it being a contest between the two.
“The mustaches versus the beard. … I think the beard is a cooler look,” Fitzpatrick said. “I think guys that grow mustaches a lot of times have patchy sides for their beards so they just stick with the mustache.
“My wife appreciates the mustache trimmed up a little bit more. But she does hate the beard, too, so I guess that’s a lose-lose for me.”
Fitz just dunked on Minshew Mania: “The mustaches versus the beard…I think the beard is cooler. Guys that grow mustaches have patchy sides.”
PHILADELPHIA — Eagles rookie wide receiver Jalen Reagor will miss multiple weeks with a UCL tear in his thumb, sources told ESPN.
A source said Reagor is expected to undergo surgery and will be placed on injured reserve.
Reagor was injured on a play across the middle in the first half of Sunday’s loss to the Los Angeles Rams. He stayed in the game and finished with four catches for 41 yards.
There is a chance the Eagles could hold him out until after their Week 9 bye as a precaution. For context, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees missed five games with a similar injury last season.
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Reagor has a recent track record of recovering quickly, however, returning from a slight shoulder tear in two weeks earlier this month in what was originally supposed to be a monthlong absence.
Reagor, the team’s first-round pick, has five catches on eight targets for 96 yards this season.
J.J. Arcega-Whiteside and fellow rookie John Hightower will be called on to pick up the slack in Reagor’s absence. Alshon Jeffery (Lisfranc) is expected back at some point as well.
