The Philadelphia Eagles are getting some assistance on the defensive facet of the soccer for Tremendous Bowl LIX.
On the day earlier than the large recreation, Philadelphia introduced that they have been activating defensive lineman Brandon Graham for Tremendous Bowl LIX. Graham has been on Injured Reserve since Week 12 when he tore his triceps.
We’ve got activated DE Brandon Graham from Injured Reserve, elevated FB Khari Blasingame and LB Nicholas Morrow for the sport, and have positioned OL Nick Gates on Injured Reserve. pic.twitter.com/TAUgGubARE
— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) February 8, 2025
The Eagles opened the observe window for Graham a number of days following the NFC Championship Sport.
Whereas Graham’s standing for the Tremendous Bowl was a query mark heading into this week, the cross rusher appeared to present his return away on Monday night time. Talking at Tremendous Bowl Opening Night time, Graham mentioned he was “excited” to have the ability to return for the Tremendous Bowl.
“I’m feeling good,” Graham mentioned Monday on the NFL’s Tremendous Bowl Opening Night time. “I’m excited to have the ability to play on this recreation. Simply having fun with the second.”
Now that return is official.
Talking with the media following Philadelphia’s win over the Washington Commanders within the NFC Championship Sport, Graham himself talked about how a return for the Tremendous Bowl was an choice earlier than turning the main focus to his teammates.
“Like I at all times say, we’re gonna see,” mentioned Graham after the NFC Championship Sport. “Proper now, it’s not about me, it’s about our workforce. And I’m simply so completely happy that the workforce went on the market and took care of enterprise.”
This return makes for an unbelievable conclusion to his ultimate NFL season. The defensive lineman introduced in the summertime that he can be retiring on the finish of this marketing campaign. “It’s my final 12 months, man,” mentioned Graham in July. “So, I’m simply making an attempt to soak all of it in, making an attempt to get pleasure from each day, making an attempt to present it the whole lot. No stone unturned.”
Graham has spent his whole 15-year profession in Philadelphia since being drafted by the workforce within the first spherical of the 2010 NFL Draft. Earlier than his harm he appeared in 11 video games for the Eagles, recording 3.5 sacks.
Graham can also be recognized for one of many greatest performs in Eagles’ historical past, his strip-sack of Tom Brady in Tremendous Bowl LII that helped seal the win for Philadelphia.
A return to motion for Tremendous Bowl LIX, and an analogous play in opposition to Patrick Mahomes, can be a storybook ending for the longest-tenured participant in Eagles historical past.
