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When linebacker Kiko Alonso hurt his left knee in Week Two, it was feared that he’d injured his ACL a year after tearing it and missing the entire season.

Further evaluation found that the ACL was intact, however, and that Alonso would be able to return to the field this season after resting and rehabbing the injury. Alonso took a big step toward getting back into the lineup on Wednesday when he practiced with the Eagles.

Defensive coordinator Bill Davis said that the plan was to “test the waters” to see where Alonso was after his layoff. Linebacker Mychal Kendricks is also back on the practice after missing the last three weeks with a hamstring injury, although Davis said that he’s not planning on having either player in the lineup against the Panthers in Week Seven.

“[I] don’t really anticipate them,” Davis said, via PhillyMag.com. “It’s a day-to-day thing. Hopefully they’ll surprise me, but I don’t know if they will. The key thing is them getting healthy, and them getting healthy at the right pace that their body will allow them to.”

DeMeco Ryans hurt his hamstring on Monday night and isn’t practicing on Wednesday, so there are a lot of moving parts for the Eagles to sort out at linebacker heading into this weekend.