The Philadelphia Eagles are one win from the Super Bowl, and A.J. Brown has clarified his knee injury status ahead of the crucial game against the Washington Commanders.

The Eagles advanced to the NFC championship game by defeating the Los Angeles Rams, but an Eagles players uncharacteristic drops made the game close for most of the afternoon.

PHILADELPHIA − Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts took a big step Thursday in his recovery ... But the Eagles had another injury concern Thursday as star wide receiver A.J. Brown sat out. The Eagles listed the reason as "knee/rest." The Eagles expect Brown ...

Brown's play has hardly reflected excellence during the Eagles ' two playoff victories. That was especially true Sunday in the Eagles' 28-22 divisional round win over the Rams in which Brown had 2 catches for 14 yards. But it was the two catches Brown didn't make Sunday that stood out.

PHILADELPHIA − A.J. Brown was onto something when he was caught on the sidelines reading a book. The book, by Jim Murphy, was entitled "Inner Excellence." Brown, the Eagles wide receiver, knows a thing or two about excellence. After all, three straight seasons with at least 1,000 yards receiving certainly speaks to that.

Despite Brown's absence, he's trending toward playing in Sunday’s playoff opener against the Green Bay Packers. So is Hurts, who still needs to clear concussion protocol.

Wide receivers A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith do not have injury designations for Sunday, which leaves them on track to play. Brown missed practice on Thursday with a knee injury and Smith was out with a back issue on Friday, but word was always that they would be good to go against Green Bay.

Since first landing on the injury report, Brown had 8 catches for 97 yards and a touchdown against the Commanders and 3 catches for 36 yards and a touchdown against the Cowboys. He and many starters rested in the regular season finale against the Giants.

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All eyes will be on Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen, but don't forget about Jalen Hurts. He's about to reach his second NFC Championship Game.

"We've done it before, so it's not too far," Brown said of the Eagles' passing game. "It's not like it's never been done. We just gotta do what we gotta do."