Sources: Graham mulls unretiring to rejoin Philly

With Za'Darius Smith retiring, erstwhile Eagles antiaircraft extremity Brandon Graham is present powerfully considering coming retired of status to motion with Philadelphia, league sources told ESPN.

Graham played 15 seasons successful Philadelphia and became the longest-tenured Eagle successful franchise history. The two-time Super Bowl champion present could beryllium adjacent to gathering upon those marks if helium and the Eagles tin finalize a declaration this week, according to sources.

Graham, 37, returned from a torn triceps musculus to play successful past season's Super Bowl and assistance the Eagles triumph their 2nd title successful what was thought to beryllium the last crippled of his NFL career.

He retired past offseason but has missed the crippled and pondered unretiring. Once Smith retired, it created adjacent much of a request for the Eagles, and present the 2 sides are closing successful connected making it happen.

Smith informed the Eagles of his decision Monday morning, marking a abrupt departure for a productive subordinate astatine a presumption of request for Philadelphia.

The Eagles came into the play with question marks astatine borderline rusher pursuing the departures of Graham and Josh Sweat. The presumption took a further deed erstwhile Nolan Smith Jr. was placed connected injured reserve past period with a triceps injury. Ogbo Okoronkwo was besides placed connected IR with a triceps wounded aft Philadelphia's Week 4 game.

Graham holds the Eagles grounds for astir regular-season games played (206) and is 3rd successful franchise past with 76.5 vocation sacks. He made his lone Pro Bowl successful 2020 and recorded his archetypal double-digit sack run successful 2022, posting 11 takedowns.

Graham's portion sack of Tom Brady successful the closing moments of Super Bowl LII helped unafraid a constrictive triumph implicit the New England Patriots and delivered the archetypal Lombardi Trophy to the metropolis of Philadelphia.

ESPN's Tim McManus contributed to this report.