Eagles

Brandon Brooks Tears His Other Achilles and is Done for the Year

By Kevin Kinkead

Published: Jun 15th, 2020 · 8:28 PM EDT

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If you thought this year couldn’t get any worse, 2020 has just come along and said “hold my beer.”

Here’s the cherry on top of the worst sundae ever:

So I guess now that news is out yes I tore my other Achilles but when life gives you lemons you make lemonade. I’ll be back and better than ever. Appreciate the love ✊🏽

— Brandon Brooks (@bbrooks_79) June 15, 2020

Derrick Gunn was first to report the Brooks injury at NBC Sports Philadelphia.

As the Pro Bowl right guard notes, this is not the Achilles he injured at the end of the 2018 season. That was suffered in the Saints playoff game, and he was able to rehab in just eight months to get himself ready for the 2019 season opener, which was uber impressive on his part. Maybe that’s the silver lining here, the fact that he recovered so quickly from the other one, but the fact of the matter is that even an eight month time window would keep him out until February, which is why he’s done for the year, even if he can match the previous rehab’s time frame.

Looks like Matt Pryor, who covered for Brooks following his shoulder injury in week 17 of last season, will get the nod at right guard again. Nate Herbig is another option, while the Birds also drafted Jack Driscoll in the fourth round of this year’s draft.

Devastating blow for the Birds as 2020 continues to be an absolutely awful year.