Finally back at practice, Sydney Brown describes the hardest part of his ACL recovery

Finally back at practice, Sydney Brown describes the hardest part of his ACL recovery originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

If it was up to Sydney Brown, he would have been practicing months ago.

That’s just how he’s wired.

Tell him his ACL rehab will take nine months, and he’s thinking he’ll be ready in six.

“I would say (the hardest thing) was just being patient,” Brown said. “For me, that was the hardest thing because you want to be out there. Really around the six-month mark, I was ready to be back out on the field. If it was up to me, I’m telling you, I probably would have come back at six months.”

Brown, the Eagles’ 3rd-round pick last year, tore his right ACL early in the Eagles’ regular-season finale last year against the Giants at MetLife. On Wednesday, after a long, challenging rehab, he returned to practice.

“It’s been a long time coming,” he said. “I’m just excited to be back out there. Whatever role they put me at, I’ll own it to the best of my ability. I’m just excited to be back with the boys and play football again.

“This is what I do. This is what I get paid to do. And this is what I love to do. So I’m just trying to really give the offense the best looks I can and just earning my role. Whether it’s on safety, it’s on special teams, whatever they put me, I’ll own it to the best of my ability and dive into it the best I can.”

Brown only played 16 defensive snaps the first three weeks of his rookie year and then missed three games with a hamstring injury. When he returned, he began playing a lot and playing very well. From Week 7 through Week 17, he averaged 32 defensive snaps per game and made six starts.

His 99-yard pick-6 off Kyler Murray in Week 17 matched the Eagles’ longest INT return since Lito Sheppard’s 102-yarder off Cowboys quarterback Drew Bledsoe in 2006 and was the longest in franchise history by a rookie.

And then, on Jan. 7, disaster struck. On Jan. 25, he underwent surgery to repair his torn anterior…

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Publish date : 2024-10-11 13:45:39

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