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Eagles OTAs observations: Ballhawks in the secondary originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
On Thursday, the Eagles were on the field for OTAs again.
They went through stretching, position drills, 7-on-7s and even 11-on-11s during this session and the secondary shined. The Eagles are scheduled to hold one more OTA practice on Friday. It’ll be their sixth and final voluntary practice this spring.
But next week — on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday — the team will hold its mandatory minicamp. It will be the first time the team will have a mandatory minicamp under Nick Sirianni and all three days will be open to reporters. So that will be exciting.
For now, though, let’s get to 10 observations from today:
1. These OTAs are completely voluntary but the Eagles have had strong attendance. A few veterans — Jake Elliott, Kelee Ringo and C.J. Uzomah — returned from absences the last time reporters were allowed to watch.
Here’s who was missing today: DeVonta Smith, Lane Johnson, Josh Sweat, Darius Slay, C.J. Gardner Johnson, James Bradberry.
The Bradberry absence is the most notable because his future with the team seems in question. If Bradberry is released or traded after June 1, then the dead money would be split over two years instead of one.
2. A few injury notes from today:
•Sydney Brown (ACL) is still not practicing but did watch practice closely. He stands in a super deep safety view of practice and takes mental reps.
• Nakobe Dean (foot) returned to 7-on-7 action after being held out of team drills last week. A good sign.
• Ainias Smith is still working his way back from a stress fracture and Zech McPhearson is working his way back from a torn Achilles. Neither were full participants.
• The last time we watched practice over a week ago, cornerback Eli Ricks got hurt early but he was a full participant this day. Receiver Jacob Harris was a spectator today because of an undisclosed injury. Shame for him because he showed some juice on…
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Publish date : 2024-05-30 20:26:31
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