"Barring any setbacks, Jeremy Maclin will practice Wednesday and play Sunday against the Dolphins.

It's been a rough three weeks for the third-year wideout who was leading the Eagles in receiving and — besides a few fumbles — having the best season of his career, and one of the best in franchise history, before being sidelined by hamstring and shoulder injuries.

"It's been tough, man," Maclin said Monday, after being withheld from a light practice for precautionary reasons. "Other than my freshman year of college, when I tore my ACL, this is the most time I've missed.

"I'm frustrated, but like I said, I tried to come back once and I just wasn't ready, so I had to wait until I was ready this time.""