Eagles Training Camp Practice Notes: Depth chart and position battle updates

At present marked the second Philadelphia Eagles coaching camp apply forward of the 2024 season. The session lasted for a bit of underneath 90 minutes. Right here’s what I noticed on the NovaCare Advanced.

EAGLES PRACTICE NOTES

• JALEN HURTS UPDATE: Quite a bit more of the same we saw from Hurts on Day 1, which is essential. Gotta stack these good days. Hurts has been very environment friendly; the ball has not often hit the bottom. He’s been very decisive as each a passer and a runner. Hurts’ common time to throw sped up from 2021 to 2022 however then regressed again to pre-2022 ranges in 2023, so, it’s been good to see him making faster selections and never holding onto the ball for eternally. Now presumably more healthy than he was final 12 months, Hurts seems quite a bit quicker than the final time we noticed him play. That’s been obvious when he’s been operating away from stress and likewise when he’s taken off upfield. Hurts’ most noteworthy completion got here in 7-on-7 when he dropped the ball within the bucket to A.J. Brown for an over-the-shoulder catch alongside the suitable sideline with Darius Slay trailing in protection.

Day 1: Thumbs up

Day 2: Thumbs up

• EAGLES INJURY UPDATES: Jeremiah Trotter Jr. went down on the ultimate play of apply and was ultimately taken off the sphere in a cart however reporting indicates he avoided a serious injury. Phew. Landon Dickerson (toe laceration) returned to apply in a restricted capability; he didn’t participate in full staff drills. Oren Burks (knee) and Brett Toth (hamstring) each missed apply. Sydney Brown remains to be on energetic/PUP whereas Cooper DeJean and Shaquan Davis are nonetheless on energetic/NFI.
• EAGLES ROSTER NEWS: In case you missed it, the Eagles re-signed vast receiver Griffin Hebert and waived UDFA offensive lineman Gottlieb Ayedze from the energetic/NFI record.
• CORNERBACK TRAINING CAMP BATTLE: On Day 1, Darius Slay and Isaiah Rodgers had been the first-team cornerbacks in 11-on-11 whereas Slay and Kelee Ringo had been the first-team cornerbacks in 7-on-7. On Day 2, Ringo and Rodgers traded locations. In direction of the top of apply, Slay gave the impression to be getting a breather whereas each Rodgers and Ringo had been on the sphere collectively. Neither Rodgers nor Ringo have made performs on the ball like they usually did within the spring, partially as a result of Hurts seems a lot sharper. So, neither participant is rising above the opposite simply but however we’ll proceed to watch this example every day. Elsewhere at CB, Quinyon Mitchell noticed some second-team slot reps whereas Rodgers and Eli Ricks had been the surface corners.
• LINEBACKER TRAINING CAMP BATTLE: Zack Baun and Devin White had been the first-team linebackers in 11-on-11 once more. White and Nakobe Dean had been first up at linebacker in 7-on-7. Dean then noticed some first-team motion subsequent to Baun. Jeremiah Trotter Jr. noticed a couple of first-team linebacker reps (round three or so), sometimes on the ultimate play of a given sequence. Trot Jr. was paired with White in his final 11-on-11 sequence. The Eagles are clearly making an attempt issues out however Trot Jr. getting some probabilities with the starters looks as if a optimistic signal.
• WR3 TRAINING CAMP BATTLE: Whereas Parris Campbell was solely WR3 on Day 1, John Ross was the man on Day 2. He didn’t actually stand out; Campbell caught extra passes (albeit brief ones).
• Not a place battle however price noting that Kenny Gainwell has seen a good quantity of first-team operating again reps. Hardly suggesting that he’s overtaking Saquon Barkley. Nevertheless it’s not like Barkley is solely the first-team operating again.
• Extra pre-snap movement speak: there was a rep the place Barkley lined up out vast left and got here operating proper whereas the ball was snapped … just for Hurts to take off operating to the area that Barkley had vacated for an enormous achieve.
• Fascinating level raised by the PHLY Eagles podcast on Wednesday: the Eagles appear to be placing extra of an emphasis on conditioning this offseason. The proof being their breakneck pace practices (hearkening again to the times of Chip Kelly) to date and changes to their training staff (Ted Rath was notably not retained). On Thursday, Eagles gamers would run to the top zone after their sequence was over. That’s not one thing they had been repeatedly doing in earlier years.
• Jalen Carter and Jordan Davis mixed for a stress that pressured Hurts to roll out left and fireplace a move to DeVonta Smith, who made a fantastic effort to catch the ball however the move didn’t give him area to remain in-bounds. Davis later had a run stuff on a Saquon Barkley dashing try.
• I attempted to key in on Tyler Steen greater than I did on Day 1. I didn’t discover any struggles after I watched him.
• Jalyx Hunt seems extra superior than I anticipated him to be (in equity, a really low bar to clear). He had a rep on Thursday the place he beat Mailata to the within on a operating play. Hunt didn’t get to the ball service however he disrupted the play. Mailata hit his head in frustration after that rep and Hunt obtained some excessive fives as soon as he obtained to the sideline.
• Avonte Maddox punched the ball out of C.J. Uzomah’s management after the veteran made a brief catch within the flat. Haven’t been impressed by Uzomah up to now.
• Tyrion Davis-Worth broke off a future at one level. However what stood out much more to me was how spectacular Isaiah Rodgers appeared with the ability to get in place to chase him down from behind (with out truly making the deal with, after all). Rodgers has some critical pace.
• Rodgers was the one defensive participant to take reps with all of the offensive guys in a ball safety drill. Clearly associated to Rodgers’ potential as a return choice.
• Kenny Pickett appeared worse on Day 2 than he did on Day 1. Pickett almost threw a choose to Terrell Lewis, who made a reasonably spectacular leaping effort to virtually give you the ball.
• Ainias Smith dropped a move and didn’t give you a contested seize afterward. Smith has additionally struggled with muffed punts so his arms are trying like a difficulty.
• Tyler Corridor noticed some first-team reps at nickel cornerback in 7-on-7. He stands to learn from Cooper DeJean’s absence.
• Particular groups coordinator Michael Clay had the Eagles line up and apply the brand new kick return protection format. The primary group of fellows on that unit: Avonte Maddox, Patrick Johnson, Zack Baun, Josh Jobe, Mekhi Garner, Tristin McCollum, Kelee Ringo, Nolan Smith, Ben VanSumeren, Grant Calcaterra.

UP NEXT: The Eagles will maintain a walkthrough closed to media entry on Friday. They’ll return to apply on Saturday morning at 10:00 AM Japanese.