PHILADELPHIA – There should be a better barometer on whether or not Eagles’ star cornerback Quinyon Mitchell has a chance to play at Minnesota this weekend when the first practice report of the week is released Wednesday afternoon.
The emerging second-year star player was forced to leave last Thursday’s 34-17 loss to the New York Giants after just 13 defensive reps with a hamstring injury.
Although a mini-bye should help a little with Mitchell, typically, 10 days isn’t going to be enough time to press the issue as a thoroughbred position where running is a key job descriptor.
Pushing things against a talented Vikings WR group of Justin Jefferson, Jordan Addison, Jalen Nailor, and Adam Thielen, with an injury prone to aggravation, is a penny-wise, dollar-foolish approach with plenty of football left to be played this season for the Eagles, who remain in first place in the NFC East at 4-2 despite two consecutive losses.
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Complicating matters is that right before Mitchell left against the Giants, struggling third-year CB Kelee Ringo was pulled for veteran Adoree’ Jackson, and ultimately both had to play, and struggled against the Giants’ much less imposing WR corps.
New York Giants wide receiver Wan’Dale Robinson (17) catches a pass before being tackled by Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Quinyon Mitchell (27) during a Thursday Night Football game between the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford on Oct. 9, 2025. / Julian Leshay Guadalupe/NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
The easiest path for Vic Fangio to go against the Vikings without Mitchell is to keep the status quo of Jackson and Ringo outside, with Cooper DeJean remaining in the slot. The veteran defensive coordinator could also use DeJean outside opposite Jackson if he feels comfortable with either veteran Parry Nickerson handling the slot work or rookie fifth-round pick Mac McWilliams stepping up inside.
McWilliams was a healthy scratch over the last two games after being up as a reserve for the first four games, playing in three of those on special teams. To date, the Central Florida product has not taken a defensive snap.
If Mitchell is down on Sunday, McWilliams will almost surely be up, so Eagles On SI asked Fangio where the rookie is in his development on Tuesday.
“Potentially, [he] could get involved,” the veteran DC said of McWilliams. “We’ve been trying to focus him at one point on learning the nickel spot to be the backup nickel. Then we shifted our focus to try and get him to learn corner and be a viable option if we had issues out there.
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“So he’s kind of been going back and forth.”
At 5-foot-10 and 191 pounds, McWilliams’ body type is better-suited for slot work at the pro level but most of his experience at UCF and Alabama Birmingham came outside, so there is less of a learning curve there for McWilliams.
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The department plans to integrate the early release program into each prison’s daily operations.
“This should not be done by a specialized unit,” he said. “This should be built into the very nature of the way we do what we do.”
“I saw so many people get their hopes up as far as having release plans to go home, to be called into their caseworker’s office and told, ‘I’m sorry, this isn’t happening. I’m sorry, you don’t qualify. I‘m sorry, the policy is not ready,’” said Darla Holland, who was released from prison five weeks ago after serving a sentence for fraud.
Elijah Milsap, who has been incarcerated for nine years at Oak Park Heights prison on a sex trafficking charge, said the MRRA gives him hope. But he is confused as to what it actually means.
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“I think there needs to be clearer qualifications as far as what you get for the programs that you do,” he said.
Minneapolis-based Target “started selling THC beverages at a handful of its Minnesota liquor stores last week,” the Minnesota Star Tribune reports. Jason Dayton of Minneapolis Cider, which makes the Trail Magic THC brand, called the move “a monumental shift for the industry.”
Some 2,500 “No Kings” rallies are planned across the United States for Saturday, including in sixty-nine cities in Minnesota, according to Bring Me The News. The rallies are part of a mass protest of the Trump administration.
The legend lives on, and if you want to be part of the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald on Nov. 10, you might want to get an early start. MPR News reports that “a crowd of about 2,000 people is expected to turn out next month when Split Rock Lighthouse and the Minnesota Historical Society host a memorial to commemorate” the event.
The Como Zoo has a new resident: Astra the polar bear has made her public debut. “She arrived in St. Paul Thursday from Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington, as part of a nationwide conservation effort to ensure a healthy, sustainable population of polar bears in accredited zoos like Como,” according to KARE 11.
Enrollment at colleges and universities of Minnesota State has increased for the third year in a row, the school system said Monday.
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Officials said there’s been a 4.1% rise in enrollment for the Minnesota State system in 2025, including 5.1% at colleges and 2.5% at universities.
According to Minnesota State, there was a 7.7% increase in enrollment for the system in 2024 and a 2.3% bump in 2023.
The system in a news release cited the North Star Promise scholarship program, which provides free tuition for students with a family making an adjusted gross income below $80,000, as one of the reasons for the third straight year of increased enrollment.
Minnesota State cited workforce development scholarships, the Direct Admissions Minnesota program and low tuition as other factors for the increase.
Minnesota State includes seven state universities and 26 community and technical colleges, and serves around 270,000 students, according to officials.
