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Why Tanner McKee thinks he’s improved without a ton of practice reps originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
Tanner McKee put on his helmet, grabbed a football and began to warm up.
Then he went back to the bench.
After Jalen Hurts had already been ruled out on Sunday against the Commanders, Kenny Pickett took a shot to his ribs and needed to get checked out too. That’s when McKee began to get ready and got as close as he has been in his NFL career to seeing the field before Pickett was able to return.
“I think it was just being ready, always being ready to go,” McKee said on Tuesday. “I feel like that’s kind of my job in the position that I’m in right now. That’s kind of a nice thing of preparing in the right way, every week, every opportunity, just knowing that it could be my shot, my chance.
“And so I feel like this week is the same thing, what I’ve bee preparing the last few weeks or the whole season, is just getting ready in case I do have the opportunity to go in.”
McKee, 24, has yet to see any game action in the regular season in his NFL career. But with Hurts in the concussion protocol this week, the second-year, sixth-round pick might be the Eagles’ backup in Week 17 against the Cowboys in a game where the Eagles can clinch the NFC East as the No. 2 seed.
This week as the Eagles face some uncertainty at the quarterback position, McKee claims his preparation won’t really change. The only thing that might be different is that on Sunday he could be one injury away from playing instead of two.
Because Hurts is the starter, he typically gets most of the practice reps throughout a typical week, while the backups run the scout team. But the scout team is about getting the defense ready, not running your own offense’s plays. So during developmental periods and sometimes before or after practice, the two backups will get some reps in the Eagles’ offensive system.
That process in Philly began back in 2021 when the Eagles acquired Gardner…
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Publish date : 2024-12-25 12:00:00
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