Brandon Graham’s Super Bowl Window is Officially Open

Published: Jan 30th, 2025 · 2:14 PM EST

Oct 27, 2024; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Brandon Graham (55) walks off the field after the victory over the Cincinnati Bengals at Paycor Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Katie Stratman-Imagn Images

B.G. in New Orleans?

We have opened the practice windows for TE CJ Uzomah and DE Brandon Graham, signed RB Lew Nichols to the Practice Squad, and released TE Nick Muse from the Practice Squad. pic.twitter.com/JO8obnUPkP

— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) January 30, 2025

Graham was asked about this earlier in the week and didn’t reveal much. He was injured back on November 24th, a game in which he wrecked shop and looked like the terror we saw back in 2017. He suffered a torn triceps in that game and was ruled out for the season.

But – the Eagles kept winning. And winning. And now it’s January 30th and by the time the Super Bowl is finally played, it will have been almost 11 full weeks that he’s been able to recover.

What’s interesting is to think about how the EDGE group has evolved over the year. We had serious questions about Graham, Josh Sweat, Nolan Smith, Bryce Huff, and Jalyx Hunt coming out of the first few games. Huff looked like a rare Howie Roseman miss and Smith was off to a slow start in his sophomore year. Hunt was a rookie and there was a point where 36-year-old B.G. and Sweat were the only guys you felt truly comfortable with. But the unit started to pick it up during the win streak, and you look now to the playoffs where Smith has more sacks than anyone else in the NFL. Hunt has made a few plays here and there and not a single fan has expressed any kind of legitimate worry about the edge rushers in what feels like months. It also helps that Jalen Carter and company have been beastly on the interior, so you wonder how much of the pressure even needs to come from the edge when that Carter/Jordan Davis/Milton Williams group is as good as it is.

Of course, is Graham is healthy, he should play. He was really good up until the injury, and he just so happens to have made the biggest Super Bowl play in Eagles history. Rotate him in there with Sweat and Smith and let him pin his ears back.

Kevin Kinkead

Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com