Jeremiah Trotter Jr. recovered the fumble and the Eagles ... It should’ve been targeting, helmet-to-helmet, but can’t dwell on it. Never been hit that hard, either. That was like the first ...

The Eagles recovered a fumble on the opening kickoff of their wild-card win over the Green Bay Packers, and the player who caused the fumble was fined by the league.

Eagles linebacker Oren Burks was fined $8,333 by the NFL for unnecessary roughness (use of the helmet) on his forced fumble ...

Linebacker Jeremiah Trotter Jr. recovered the ball ... citing his use of his helmet during the hit. As Nixon returned the ball, Burks lowered his head and made contact with Nixon’s helmet ...

Packers cornerback Keisean Nixon took a brutal helmet-to-helmet hit from Eagles ... The ball came loose, and Eagles linebacker Jeremiah Trotter Jr. eventually emerged from the pile with it.

Fangio said that, because Dean wore the green dot communication device inside his helmet, that duty will ... but Fangio floated the idea that rookie Jeremiah Trotter, Jr. may get some defensive ...

He wore the green dot on his helmet and relayed the play calls ... Dean and fifth-round rookie Jeremiah Trotter Jr. are the only off-ball linebackers on the active roster who are under contract ...