At the moment marked the third Philadelphia Eagles coaching camp observe forward of the 2024 season. The session lasted for over 90 minutes. Right here’s what I noticed on the NovaCare Advanced.
EAGLES PRACTICE NOTES
JALEN HURTS UPDATE: Hurts began observe robust with two deep completions in 1-on-1. First, Hurts’ cross to Parris Campbell hit him ultimately zone after the receiver received a step by Darius Slay down the precise sideline. Good throw dropped proper within the bucket. Hurts then hit DeVonta Smith down the left sideline with Isaiah Rodgers trailing. Video of the second completion first up within the following clip:
Hurts wasn’t fairly pretty much as good in workforce drills as he was over the primary two days however he was nonetheless good. That will have been associated to the Eagles protection ramping up blitz appears. Nonetheless, his accuracy has nearly solely been on level with the ball not often hitting the bottom. A uncommon exception was when Hurts threw a bit excessive to an open Grant Calcaterra on a play the place Johnny Wilson additionally appeared fairly open additional down the sphere on the identical aspect. Hurts additionally held the ball onto the ball a bit longer than he did on Day 1 and Day 2.
After throwing a handful of interceptions in spring practices, although, Hurts has completed a very good job of caring for the ball in camp. Not solely has he not thrown a choose; he hasn’t even come near doing so. Not a single turnover-worthy throw.
Day 1: Thumbs up
Day 2: Thumbs up
Day 3: Thumbs up
EAGLES INJURY UPDATES: Jeremiah Trotter Jr. was not even listed on the damage report following Thursday’s scare, good to see. Landon Dickerson was faraway from the damage report after lacking Day 1 and being restricted on Day 2. Tyler Steen left observe early however nobody appeared to see him get damage. Oren Burks (knee) and Brett Toth (hamstring) each missed one other observe. Sydney Brown continues to be on lively/PUP whereas Cooper DeJean and Shaquan Davis are nonetheless on lively/NFI.
With Steen leaving early, Darian Kinnard took first-team proper guard reps. In the event you don’t already know who that’s, the Eagles signed Kinnard to a futures deal earlier this yr. He was initially a 2022 fifth-round choose (No. 145 total) by the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs. Kinnard spent final season on KC’s observe squad. It seems he’s a professional contender to make the Eagles’ roster.
The Eagles had Mekhi Becton take some first-team proper deal with reps with Lane Johnson getting some veteran relaxation. Additionally they had rookie Trevor Keegan take some left guard reps instead of Landon Dickerson.
Second-team offensive line from left to proper: Fred Johnson, Trevor Keegan, Matt Hennessy, Darian Kinnard, Mekhi Becton.
Breaking: DeVonta Smith and A.J. Brown are nonetheless actually good. In the event you didn’t already watch it within the earlier video, Smith received a leap ball towards Kelee Ringo for an enormous acquire. That completion got here on a rep that was most likely a “sack” however, hey, nonetheless an superior job by DeVonta. One catch that the Eagles’ social workforce didn’t share was when DeVonta made a seize in stride along with his palms prolonged above his head. Spectacular job to reel it in whereas additionally staying on his ft for YAC potential. Brown had a lot of good catches, most notably a one-handed effort alongside the left sideline to beat Ringo that appeared fairly informal and simple. Ho-hum.
CORNERBACK TRAINING CAMP BATTLE: Darius Slay and Kelee Ringo had been the primary first-team cornerbacks. That’s the second day in a row it was Ringo who received the primary nod. Isaiah Rodgers was then the first-team cornerback throughout from Slay within the second 11-on-11 sequence. Eli Ricks noticed a number of first-team cornerback reps later in observe.
LINEBACKER TRAINING CAMP BATTLE: For the third day in a row, Zack Baun and Devin White had been the first-team linebackers to start 11-on-11. After which once more for the second 11-on-11 sequence. Nakobe Dean has been first up at linebacker in 7-on-7 drills.
Dean was the only linebacker in a dime bundle with Quinyon Mitchell coming in because the dime CB.
Kenny Gainwell noticed a number of targets early into 11-on-11. Once more, it’s not like he’s going to overhaul Saquon Barkley. The Eagles particularly prefer to rotate their backs in camp. However Gainwell is hardly a non-factor from a utilization standpoint.
Throughout Saturday’s episode of Go Birds Radio on SportsRadio 94WIP, which I joined as a particular visitor, ESP introduced up how the Eagles have collectively been fairly crisp. Not plenty of sloppiness, which is a distinction from how the workforce appeared early in camp final yr. I believe there is perhaps one thing to this group being hungry and having one thing to show after final yr ended on such a bitter word. Conscious that he’s going through severe stress to carry out, Nick Sirianni appears to have the workforce locked in.
Kenny Pickett dropped a dime 30+ yards down the left sideline to Britain Covey, who was tightly trailed by Quinyon Mitchell. Covey is perhaps doing sufficient to point out he’s not JUST a punt returner. I don’t know that he ought to be the full-time WR3 however he could possibly be a part of a rotation for that position.
John Ross made a formidable leaping catch alongside the precise sideline; he received up fairly excessive to seize it after which landed in-bounds with a toe faucet. Afterward, Ross had an opportunity to make one other sideline seize however he couldn’t maintain each ft in. A close-by referee signaled incomplete.
Ainias Smith is off to a tough begin; his struggles from spring practices have carried over into coaching camp. Smith dropped one other cross and in addition seemingly received flagged for offensive cross interference at one level. Maybe the rookie will settle in and switch issues round however, for now, he’s hardly trying like he ought to be a roster lock.
C.J. Uzomah has appeared gradual. Quite a lot of targets thrown his manner have been just a bit too lengthy, which has me believing he’s not working the route quick sufficient. Or else fairly the coincidence.
It appeared Johnny Wilson received away with a big-time push off for a catch towards Mario Goodrich III. No name from the refs but it surely appeared fairly apparent.
Josh Jobe received roasted by Griffin Hebert down the precise sideline in 1-on-1.
Julian Okwara gave undrafted rookie free agent Anim Dankwah, enjoying at proper deal with, some severe matches. He logged at the very least one “sack” on Pickett.
UP NEXT: The Eagles are off Sunday with their first relaxation day since gamers reported for camp on Tuesday. The workforce will return to motion on Monday morning at 10:00 AM Jap.
