At present marked the third Philadelphia Eagles coaching camp follow 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 follow robust with two deep completions in 1-on-1. First, Hurts’ go to Parris Campbell hit him in the long run zone after the receiver acquired a step by Darius Slay down the correct 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 nearly as good in staff drills as he was over the primary two days however he was nonetheless good. Which will have been associated to the Eagles protection ramping up blitz appears. Nonetheless, his accuracy has nearly solely been on level with the ball hardly ever 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 sector on the identical facet. 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 executed a extremely good job of taking good care of the ball in camp. Not solely has he not thrown a decide; 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 harm report following Thursday’s scare, good to see. Landon Dickerson was faraway from the harm report after lacking Day 1 and being restricted on Day 2. Tyler Steen left follow early however nobody appeared to see him get damage. Oren Burks (knee) and Brett Toth (hamstring) each missed one other follow. Sydney Brown remains 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. Should you don’t already know who that’s, the Eagles signed Kinnard to a futures deal earlier this 12 months. He was initially a 2022 fifth-round decide (No. 145 general) by the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs. Kinnard spent final season on KC’s follow squad. It seems he’s a authentic contender to make the Eagles’ roster.
The Eagles had Mekhi Becton take some first-team proper sort out reps with Lane Johnson getting some veteran relaxation. In addition 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. Should you didn’t already watch it within the earlier video, Smith gained a leap ball in opposition to Kelee Ringo for an enormous achieve. That completion got here on a rep that was in all probability a “sack” however, hey, nonetheless an superior job by DeVonta. One catch that the Eagles’ social staff didn’t share was when DeVonta made a seize in stride together with his fingers 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 seemed fairly informal and straightforward. Ho-hum.
CORNERBACK TRAINING CAMP BATTLE: Darius Slay and Kelee Ringo have been the primary first-team cornerbacks. That’s the second day in a row it was Ringo who acquired the primary nod. Isaiah Rodgers was then the first-team cornerback throughout from Slay within the second 11-on-11 collection. Eli Ricks noticed a couple of first-team cornerback reps later in follow.
LINEBACKER TRAINING CAMP BATTLE: For the third day in a row, Zack Baun and Devin White have been the first-team linebackers to start 11-on-11. After which once more for the second 11-on-11 collection. 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 a variety of sloppiness, which is a distinction from how the staff seemed early in camp final 12 months. I believe there may be one thing to this group being hungry and having one thing to show after final 12 months ended on such a bitter word. Conscious that he’s dealing with severe strain to carry out, Nick Sirianni appears to have the staff locked in.
Kenny Pickett dropped a dime 30+ yards down the left sideline to Britain Covey, who was tightly trailed by Quinyon Mitchell. Covey may be doing sufficient to point out he’s not JUST a punt returner. I don’t know that he needs to be the full-time WR3 however he may very well be a part of a rotation for that position.
John Ross made a powerful leaping catch alongside the correct sideline; he acquired 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 hold 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 go and likewise seemingly acquired flagged for offensive go interference at one level. Maybe the rookie will settle in and switch issues round however, for now, he’s hardly wanting like he needs to be a roster lock.
C.J. Uzomah has seemed gradual. Various targets thrown his manner have been just a bit too lengthy, which has me believing he’s not operating the route quick sufficient. Or else fairly the coincidence.
It seemed Johnny Wilson acquired away with a big-time push off for a catch in opposition to Mario Goodrich III. No name from the refs however it appeared fairly apparent.
Josh Jobe acquired roasted by Griffin Hebert down the correct sideline in 1-on-1.
Julian Okwara gave undrafted rookie free agent Anim Dankwah, taking part in at proper sort out, some severe suits. He logged at the 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 staff will return to motion on Monday morning at 10:00 AM Japanese.
