WR Reggie Brown is expected to get his first start of the season Sunday in place of injured DeSean Jackson. Brown has spent most of the year as the team's fourth wideout. He's got just three catches. Brown, a second-round pick by the Eagles in the '05 draft, caught 150 passes in his first three seasons with the team, but suffered a fall from grace last year when he missed much of training camp and four of the first seven games with groin and hamstring injuries. He ended up playing in just 10 games, starting only three, and catching a career-low 18 passes. He's got just three receptions this year. But when Jackson went down in the third quarter of last week's 27-24 come-from-behind win over Washington, Brown replaced him as the ???Z' receiver in many of the team's two- and three-wide receiver sets. He had two balls thrown in his direction, but didn't have any catches."It's about opportunity," offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg said. "He got banged up several times (last year) and then other guys got the opportunity and made good on that opportunity. But he's been fighting like heck to get another opportunity and it looks like he's going to have plenty of opportunities this week." The Eagles signed wide receiver Jordan Norwood off of their practice squad earlier this week. He will be the team's fourth wideout Sunday against the Falcons. Brown and rookie Jeremy Maclin will be the two wideouts in most two-wide receiver sets, though slot receiver Jason Avant will play the ???Z' some as well. "We have two men that are very good,'' Mornhinweg said, referring to Brown and Avant. 1//3/2009

Brown is listed as questionable for Sunday's game against Atlanta because of a groin injury.
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