PHILADELPHIA -- Five key members of the Philadelphia Eagles missed practice Wednesday as the team began preparations for Sunday's Week 5 matchup with the Minnesota Vikings.

Defensive end Derek Barnett (shoulder), running back Corey Clement (quadricep), defensive tackle Fletcher Cox (ankle), wide receiver Alshon Jeffery (chest) and running back Darren Sproles (hamstring) did not practice, while left tackle Jason Peters (quadricep) was a limited participant in the session.

On the surface, that list is rather alarming, given that it features three starters and two of the team's top three running backs. But according to the Philadelphia Inquirer's Zach Berman, the absences of Cox and Jeffery are nothing to worry about.

"Hearing nothing to worry about with Alshon," Berman tweeted.

Jeffery said after the Tennessee Titans loss he had the wind knocked out of him after he made his first catch, a stumbling 31-yarder after which he fell hard and sat out a couple plays on the sideline. He caught eight passes for 105 yards and a touchdown against the Titans in his first game since offseason shoulder surgery.

Jeffery also missed time last week with an illness.

"Nothing to worry about with Fletcher Cox, either, from what I understand," Berman added.

Cox exited the Titans game briefly with an injury. He went down after a play and the training staff came out to look at him. He returned on the next drive.

Cox was in the locker room Wednesday, but he didn't speak to the media.

Sproles hasn't played or practiced since the Week 1 win over the Atlanta Falcons, and coach Doug Pederson didn't offer any substantial update on his progress during his Wednesday morning news conference.

"I'm expecting for Darren to continue to work and work through his injury," Pederson said. "He's day-to-day. Again, as a runner, I just want to make sure that he's 100 percent. We're going to continue to monitor his progress and see where he is at the end of today and move on from there."

Clement was inactive against the Titans after being listed as questionable for the game. It was a bit of a surprise because he played against the Indianapolis Colts in Week 3 after being listed as questionable with the quadricep injury before that game. Pederson said his absence Wednesday was precautionary.

"I don't want to risk a further injury with any of these guys with these types of injuries," Pederson said. "So just kept him out one more week. He's another one, like Darren, that we're going to keep monitoring each day, and we'll put out our injury report later today and just keep going from there."

Without Sproles and Clement, the Eagles turn to Jay Ajayi, Wendell Smallwood and Josh Adams at running back. Sproles and Clement were both dangerous receivers out of the backfield, while Clement was adept at picking up blitzes as a third-down back.

Barnett didn't appear to be injured in his Tennessee homecoming, and he finished the game with one sack.

Pederson said Peters' quadricep injury occasionally bothers him. Peters left the Week 2 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the first quarter because of it, but he's played every snap the past two weeks.

"From time to time it flares up on him, but he's tough," Pederson said. "He's working through it. He's managing it and getting treatment on it every day."

"It may show of on tape a little bit here and there, but he's dealing with it," Pederson added. "He's fighting through it and playing pretty good actually. Just keep him coming, manage him during the week."

The Eagles return to practice Thursday afternoon.

Update (5:56 p.m.): The Vikings released their injury report Wednesday.

Waynes, Cook and Griffen are all starters.

--@danieljtgallen