Eagles to be at full strength vs. Steelers, with Robert Quinn and Lane Johnson expected to play

The Eagles don't have any players listed on the injury report for Sunday, while Quinn, who was acquired Wednesday, should see his first action in midnight green.

Lane Johnson, who suffered a concussion in Week 6 against Dallas, has cleared protocols and will play Sunday.Read moreMonica Herndon / Staff Photographer

by EJ Smith

Published Oct. 28, 2022, 4:47 p.m. ET

The Eagles’ active roster will be about as close to full strength as a team can hope for going into Week 8.

Leading into Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, everyone on the 53-man roster is expected to be available. Brandon Graham was the lone player limited during practice Friday, but the defensive end said his bruised hamstring wouldn’t hold him out. The 33-year-old, who suffered the injury in Week 6 against the Dallas Cowboys before the bye week, wasn’t given an injury status.

Pro Bowl right tackle Lane Johnson started the week in the concussion protocol but seemed adamant about returning in time for the home game against Pittsburgh. He returned to practice Thursday and cleared the concussion protocol going into the weekend. Like Graham, Johnson suffered his injury in Week 6. The 32-year-old left the Dallas game just before halftime.

Coach Nick Sirianni suggested that newly acquired edge rusher Robert Quinn would also be available to play after joining the team on Thursday. The Eagles traded a fourth-round pick to the Chicago Bears for the veteran on Wednesday, but Sirianni said he should be up to speed with the Eagles defense enough by Sunday to get some snaps.

“He’s a smart guy that’s been in a lot of different systems,” Sirianni said Friday. “Our coaches are working hard, and we’re hopeful he’s playing on Sunday. His addition adds another good player to the system, among a group of guys that can already get after the passer. Then you add another guy, and that’s just more fresh legs coming after the quarterback.”

Quinn, 32, who was initially signed through the 2024 season, is now set to become a free agent at season’s end after the Eagles and Quinn mutually agreed to eliminate the final two years of the contract, according to a Friday report from NFL Network.

For the Steelers, starting defensive lineman Larry Ogunjobi missed practice all week with a knee injury and will be sidelined. Reserve cornerback Levi Wallace is also listed as “out” on the Steelers’ injury report.

Perhaps most important, the Steelers had a surprise addition to the injury report on Friday. Kicker Chris Boswell is listed as questionable with a groin injury. Pittsburgh doesn’t have another kicker on the practice squad, which might suggest it will have to sign one on short notice if Boswell can’t go.

There’s also a chance the Eagles could see Steelers All-Pro edge rusher T.J. Watt on Sunday. Watt has missed the last six games with a torn pectoral muscle and a knee injury that required surgery. Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin said earlier in the week that Watt’s return was “highly unlikely,” but the 28-year-old said he’s hopeful to return after participating in practice all week.

Watt is con injured reserve, which means the Steelers don’t have to list practice designations for him. They have until 4 p.m. Saturday to add him back to the 53-man roster in time for the game.