PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Eagles will welcome a familiar face when the Chicago Bears visit Lincoln Financial Field on Friday.

C.J. Gardner-Johnson, a key cog in last year’s Super Bowl LIX run, will return to south Philly as a member of the Bears — and he’ll do so against the backdrop of the Eagles now needing a playmaker like Gardner-Johnson at safety.

Up in the coaches’ box, defensive coordinator Vic Fangio will be managing a secondary without starter Andrew Mukuba, who fractured his foot in Sunday’s loss to the Dallas Cowboys.

And on the visitor’s sideline will be Gardner-Johnson, a player who the Eagles traded away and could use right about now — a player who has shined with his new team.

“I’m glad that he’s doing well,” safety Reed Blankenship said Tuesday at the NovaCare

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