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Eagles training camp observations: Plenty of highlights in long public practice originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
The Eagles were under the lights at Lincoln Financial Field on Thursday night for their only public practice over the summer.
The team said nearly 50,000 fans came out to watch.
In full pads, the Eagles went for 2 hours and 9 minutes on a steamy summer evening. It was their longest practice of the summer so far. Nick Sirianni takes these practices seriously and even had the players warmup like they would for a game. You even gotta practice that.
Here are some observations:
1. As always, housekeeping:
• These players did not practice: Oren Burks (knee), Landon Dickerson (knee), Mehki Garner (hamstring), Josh Jobe (concussion), Tyler Steen (ankle)
• New offensive lineman Nick Gates was at practice in No. 61. He took reps as a third-team left guard. He’s a belly-out type of lineman; I can respect it.
• Even though Dickerson wasn’t practicing, his number was. He and Lane Johnson traded jerseys this evening so Johnson was out there in No. 69. They fooled me at first.
2. Some depth chart notes from Thursday night:
• Without Dickerson, the Eagles began the night with veteran Brett Toth at left guard but rookie Trevor Keegan filled in later and got a bulk of the reps. Mekhi Becton continues to play right guard in place of Tyler Steen.
• In addition to Parris Campbell and John Ross, the Eagles worked in Johnny Wilson and Britain Covey with the first-team offense. The Eagles even tried a fade to the end zone to the 6-foot-6 Wilson but they failed to convert.
• On defense, the Eagles began the day with Isaiah Rodgers as a first-team cornerback but later worked in Kelee Ringo. Those two are competing for a job. We also saw more snaps for Quinyon Mitchell as a first-team nickel.
• Devin White and Zack Baun began the day as the top linebackers and Nakobe Dean worked in. That’s become the daily routine.
3. In the first 11-on-11 period of the day,…
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Author : NBC Sports Philadelphia
Publish date : 2024-08-02 01:31:10
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