Eagles roster news: Maximus Pulley temporarily elevated for Titans game

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PHILADELPHIA, PA - AUGUST 04: Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Maximus Pulley #36 is shown during the Philadelphia Eagles training camp on August 4th, 2026 at Jefferson Health Training Center in Philadelphia, PA. (Photo by Terence Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

The Philadelphia Eagles officially announced one roster move ahead of their Week 2 road game against the Tennessee Titans.

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  • S Maximus Pulley was temporarily elevated from the practice squad.

Note: teams are permitted to temporarily elevate up to two practice squad players per game. Aplayer can be elevated up to three times in the regular season and an unlimited number of times in the postseason.

MAXIMUS PULLEY

The Eagles are elevating Pulley to give themselves more depth on the back end of their defense. Starting safety Andrew Mukuba was ruled questionable to play after suffering a knee injury in practice this week.

If Mukuba is unable to play, the Eagles will presumably go with Cooper DeJean and Marcus Epps as their top two safeties in base packages. With DeJean shifting to the slot in nickel formations, Michael Carter II figures to take his place at safety. Pulley is then the break glass in case of emergency backup who will ideally only play on special teams, if at all. The undrafted rookie defensive back showed some level of promise in training camp practices and preseason games but he’s more of a developmental player at this point in time.

It’s at least a little interesting to see that the Eagles are temporarily elevating Pulley and NOT 2026 draft pick Cole Wisniewski. The latter spent most of the offseason injured, though, so it’s not totally shocking that Pulley is ahead of him on the depth chart right now.

Had Andre’ Sam not suffered a serious injury in the Eagles’ preseason finale, he likely would’ve been the call up in this kind of situation where the team needs more safety depth. But alas.

OPEN ROSTER SPOT

The Eagles still have an open roster spot. They placed both Eli Stowers and Landon Dickerson on injured reserve over the past week and only signed Britian Covey.

EAGLES PRACTICE SQUAD

Each player below is eligible to be temporarily elevated to the active roster up to three times in the regular season unless otherwise noted.

S Maximus Pulley (two elevations remaining)

OL Kiran Amegadjie

RB Jaydon Blue

LB Chance Campbell

TE Josiah Deguara

WR Xavier Gipson

DT Gabe Hall

EDGE Keyshawn James-Newby

CB Robert Longerbeam

C/G Jake Majors

OT John Ojukwu

RB Dameon Pierce

EDGE Mason Reiger

RB Carson Steele

EDGE Joshua Weru

S Cole Wisniewski

DT Uar Bernard (international exemption)

Note: the Eagles officially cut wide receiver Danny Gray from their practice squad injured list via an injury settlement on Friday.

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