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Eagles' Jaylen Watkins ready to head back to the corner; Fletcher Cox still missing

Defensive backs Jaylen Watkins and Corey Graham, no longer hamstrung, returned to Eagles practice on Wednesday. Watkins said he hopes to go back to the starting corner position he held very briefly in Week 2, before getting injured and giving way to Rasul Douglas.

Starting defensive tackles Fletcher Cox (calf) and Tim Jernigan (heel) did not practice, and the original starting corner in the Watkins/Douglas spot, Ronald Darby, still seems at least a few weeks away from returning after suffering a dislocated ankle in the opener.

Cox is a week or so short of the typical recovery time for an NFL calf strain, though Eagles coach Doug Pederson gave the impression that the tackle is recovering quickly.