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Vic Fangio expects Eagles to open Sydney Brown practice window after the bye originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
Help is on the way. The question is where.
Vic Fangio said Tuesday he expects the Eagles to open up the practice window for defensive back Sydney Brown after the bye week.
“He’s a good football player that brings energy,” Fangio said. “I think he’s a good tackler. I’m excited to see him for the first time. Where he’ll exactly fit in, we’ll have to see.”
Brown, the Eagles’ 3rd-round pick last year, hasn’t played since tearing his ACL in last year’s regular-season finale against the Giants at MetLife Stadium on Jan. 7.
A week earlier, he recorded the 3rd-longest interception return for a touchdown in franchise history, going 99 yards after picking off Kyler Murray. The only longer INT returns in Eagles history were by Lito Sheppard vs. the Cowboys – 102 yards off Drew Bledsoe in 2006 and 101 yards off Vinny Testaverde in 2004. The previous franchise rookie record was 87 yards by Lee Roy Caffey in 1963 off Glynn Griffing late in a 42-14 loss to the Giants at Yankee Stadium.
Brown has been on the Physically Unable to Play reserve list since the start of training camp.
“I think we’re going to open up the practice window,” Fangio said. “Now, I’m not positive of that, so don’t hold me to that. That has been the timeline over the last few months.”
Once the Eagles open up Brown’s practice window they would have 21 days to either activate him or place him on season-ending Injured Reserve. The Eagles are on their bye week and don’t practice again until a week from Wednesday.
Brown has been taking phantom reps off to the side at practice since spring OTAs and has been seen running on side fields. He’s already been out almost nine months.
Brown has outstanding versatility. He played 335 defensive snaps last year split almost evenly between slot and safety, but Fangio said once Brown is back practicing he’d like to limit him to one…
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Publish date : 2024-10-01 20:29:04
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