Philadelphia Eagles' Kevin Curtis Out With Sports Hernia

As if the Eagles' shoddy wide-receiver corps wasn't bad enough already, it just received (no pun intended) its biggest blow so far this offseason: an injury to No. 1 receiver, Kevin Curtis. Curtis, who sustained the sports hernia in last week's game against the Panthers, tried to play through the rest of that game and may not have felt the effects of his injury until earlier this week. Curtis is scheduled to have surgery later this week, and Andy Reid said there was no timetable for a return. "We're trying not to wait and do that whole thing," Reid said. "We're trying to get on it. We've identified (the hernia) and its problem, and we're trying to get it taken care of." It is estimated, by personnel close to the situation, that he could miss up to half a season, depending on the severity of the injury.  While the Eagles' Duce Staley and Sheldon Brown both played through it, L.J. Smith and Donovan McNabb were both seriously affected. "They're all different, and we've found out, over ... (link)