A.J. Brown returns to practice, listed as questionable for Sunday

A.J. Brown returns to practice, listed as questionable for Sunday originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

There was a good surprise as Eagles practice kicked off on Friday afternoon at the NovaCare Complex.

A.J. Brown was back.

The Eagles’ star receiver has missed the last two games with a hamstring injury and hadn’t practiced since suffering that injury in practice on Sept. 13. It would obviously be a big boost for the Eagles’ offense if Brown is able to play against the Buccaneers on Sunday afternoon in Tampa.

Brown was limited on Friday is officially listed as questionable for the Bucs game.

Here’s the full report:

Out: DeVonta Smith (concussion)

Questionable: A.J. Brown (hamstring), Lane Johnson (concussion)

During the early portion of practice on Friday, Brown had a helmet and was stretching out his hamstring.

The other good bit of injury news on Friday is that Lane Johnson (concussion) appears to be moving through the NFL’s concussion protocol. Johnson, who suffered a concussion in the first half on Sunday in New Orleans, was a non-participant the first two days of the week but had a helmet at the start of Friday’s session. He was officially a limited participant and is also questionable. Johnson will have to clear the NFL’s concussion protocol to be able to play.

On Thursday, Johnson did not have a helmet but was at practice and took some phantom reps during offensive line drills.

There’s an argument to be made that Brown and Johnson are the Eagles’ two most important non-quarterbacks on the roster. So having one or both of them going down to Tampa would be great for the Eagles.

While Brown and Johnson were at practice on Friday, DeVonta Smith (concussion) was not. Smith suffered his concussion against the Saints in the second half and missed the entire week of practice. He has officially been ruled out.

The other players on the injury report this week: Milton Williams (groin), Landon Dickerson (wrist) and Darius Slay (knee) were all at practice on Friday as full participants. Williams was an addition to the report on Thursday as a limited participant, which usually means the injury happened in practice. It was a good sign that he was on the field Friday afternoon. All of those players are expected to play.

Here’s a look at the Buccaneers’ injury report. They’re pretty banged up too.

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