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Next week is going to feature a ton of Philly love and that stinks.
The Eagle’s defensive leader may be able to pull off an impressive comeback.
Brandon Graham still isn’t 100 percent sure he’s going to be able to play in Super Bowl LIX but he was encouraged by his first practice back on Thursday.
Things are trending the right way.
“I do feel good,” Graham said. “Man, I ain’t gonna lie, I didn’t know what to expect, honestly.”
Graham, 36, suffered his torn triceps in Los Angeles on Nov. 24. Super Bowl Sunday will be just 11 weeks from the injury. This is typically a rehab that takes at least 4 months, so we’re talking about a pretty miraculous return.
But the Eagles wouldn’t have activated Graham’s practice window on Thursday if there wasn’t a legitimate chance he’d be able to play in New Orleans.
“Today, I was kind of shocked that I wasn’t really feeling nothing as I was striking in individual,” Graham said. “It’s just a day-to-day thing, but I feel like I’ll be ready.
On Thursday, Graham participated in individual drills and anticipates joining team drills on Friday when the Eagles practice as the NovaCare Complex. What was most encouraging, Graham said, was that when he did strike with his surgically repaired left elbow, he didn’t feel any pain.
Thursday was just the first step.
“We gonna ramp it up every day. Every day,” Graham said. “We gotta get ready. We got two weeks. Today was a great start. As long as I don’t have no setbacks, I don’t think it’s going to be no problem.”
For the first month after surgery, Graham said he really tried to take it easy. But over the last month, he has been rehabbing hard to get to this place. He said he began to think it was a possibility to return when he heard from trainers, massage therapists and some other folks who had been through the injury before.
Initially, the doctors told him it was unlikely he’d be able to return for the Super Bowl. But as time went on and Graham showed off his strength, that possibility became a realistic one.
An inability to make Philadelphia one-dimensional hurt Washington.
The offseason is now here for the Washington Commanders; an ESPN panel discussed Tuesday, “What went wrong for the Commanders?”
Dan Orlovsky, who quarterbacked in the NFL for seven seasons with four different teams, replied, “They couldn’t cover.”
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