Wednesday marked the sixteenth and FINAL Philadelphia Eagles coaching camp follow forward of the 2024 season. Right here’s what I noticed on the NovaCare Advanced.
EAGLES PRACTICE NOTES
• JALEN HURTS UPDATE:
Nicely, as you’ll be able to see from the headline, Hurts lastly threw an interception. Thus, the season is formally over. There’s simply no getting back from this. The Eagles are going 0-17.
The decide happened when Hurts obtained the ball out somewhat late and his move over the center wound up within the palms of Darius Slay as an alternative of supposed goal Parris Campbell. After follow, Slay advised reporters he baited Hurts into that throw. Slay stated he didn’t say something to Hurts for the reason that quarterback can get aggravated after he makes a mistake like that. However Hurts stated he had some phrases for Slay: “About time.”
Slay had an opportunity for an additional interception when Hurts left a throw to a crossing A.J. Brown in the long run zone in need of the receiver. What ought to’ve fairly been a landing connection as an alternative resulted in a move breakup.
These two errors didn’t completely sink Hurts’ last follow, nevertheless. He rebounded with some actually good throws to maintain the offense driving down the sector with regularity. Hurts’ flashiest completions included: 1) a downfield connection to DeVonta Smith in the long run zone for the second day in a row and a pair of) a ball in a good window to Kenny Gainwell within the again proper nook of the top zone for an additional rating.
Total, the optimistic outweighed a few unhealthy reps. Therefore, we’re giving Hurts a thumbs up for his last coaching camp follow this summer time.
As you’ll be able to see beneath, there’s purpose to be inspired about Hurts’ outlook this season. He had a superb camp.
Day 1: Thumbs up
Day 2: Thumbs up
Day 3: Thumbs up
Day 4: Thumbs down
Day 5: Thumbs sideways
Day 6: Thumbs up
Day 7: Thumbs up
Day 8: Thumbs up
Day 9: Thumbs up
Day 10: Thumbs up
Day 11: Thumbs up
Day 12: Thumbs up
Day 13: Thumbs sideways
Day 14: Thumbs up
Day 15: Thumbs up
Day 16: Thumbs up
• EAGLES INJURY UPDATES:
Regardless of not being listed on the harm report, Saquon Barkley didn’t take part in workforce drills. The sense right here is that it’s a load administration state of affairs. However it looks like Barkley could be experiencing some type of discomfort based mostly on how he’s been seen getting stretched one-on-one by trainers. I don’t recall that beforehand occurring in camp. Not making an attempt to say there’s purpose to panic however one thing to watch.
New additions to the harm report: Dallas Goedert (indirect), Jalyx Hunt (indirect), and Trevor Keegan (hip). They didn’t follow.
Tyler Steen (ankle), Matt Hennessy (again), Albert Okwuegbunam (stomach), Caden Sterns (knee), John Ross (concussion), and Johnny Wilson (concussion) all missed follow but once more.
Sydney Brown continues to be on lively/PUP, which implies he missed the whole lot of coaching camp. There’s nonetheless time for the second-year security to be activated earlier than Week 1. If Eagles have him on reserve/PUP getting into the season, he’ll routinely miss at the very least 4 video games. The Eagles have a Week 5 bye, so Brown can be a Week 6 debut on the earliest.
• With Saquon lacking workforce drills, Kenny Gainwell took benefit of his prolonged first-team reps. The RB2 had his greatest follow by far this summer time, trying efficient as each a runner and a pass-catcher. There have been some drives the place Gainwell was principally carrying the complete weight of the offense as Hurts focused him repeatedly. Three particular highlights: 1) Gainwell breaking Devin White’s ankles with a juke out in house after Hurts flipped the ball to the working again for a brief catch, 2) Gainwell lining up out extensive left, motioning to the backfield to line up subsequent to Hurts in shotgun, after which leaking out proper after the snap to get open for a landing catch, and three) Gainwell making a difficult seize within the again proper nook of the top zone and managing to get a butt cheek down for an additional landing catch. The offense was fired up about that rating.
• Will Shipley noticed a justifiable share of motion with the starters as nicely.
• EAGLES ROSTER NEWS: In case you missed it, C.J. Uzomah is gone and Jason Poe is again.
• CORNERBACK TRAINING CAMP BATTLE: Isaiah Rodgers took the primary first-team cornerback reps throughout from Darius Slay in 11-on-11. That’s now 13 days for Rodgers (12 in a row) and three for Kelee Ringo. Ringo didn’t have his greatest follow, permitting a deep catch to DeVonta in the long run zone for the second day in a row. Ringo additionally allowed a Kenny Pickett to Joseph Ngata alongside the best sideline and obtained referred to as for defensive holding at one level. On the brilliant facet, he did break up a Pickett move over the center.
• LINEBACKER TRAINING CAMP BATTLE: Zack Baun and Devin White have been the primary first-team linebackers as soon as once more. However Nakobe Dean and Jeremiah Trotter Jr. seem like within the combine for snaps.
• QB2 TRAINING CAMP BATTLE: Pickett’s move that obtained damaged up by Ringo appeared prefer it wasn’t thrown with sufficient anticipation and as an alternative got here out after the quarterback noticed the goal get open. Pickett obtained picked off by Eli Ricks at one level. He then virtually threw two extra interceptions, with Tristin McCollum dropping a move in the long run zone and a diving Ricks almost arising with one other Pickett move. Pickett additionally didn’t put sufficient air on a move to Ben VanSumeren (sure, you learn that appropriately, extra on that later) in a particular drill late in follow. In equity, Pickett did have a superb sideline completion to Ngata and one other to Jacob Harris over the center. Tanner McKee virtually threw a decide when Zech McPhearson managed to get his palms on a ball however couldn’t full the seize. The offense wasn’t actually in sync when McKee was working towards and a few of that was on him.
• Brandon Graham kicked off his last coaching camp follow ever ( ) by beating Jordan Mailata twice to get two “sacks.” I feel BG goes to complete his profession on a powerful notice.
• Parris Campbell dropped the ball on a large receiver display screen.
• Ainias Smith (!) made one of many flashiest catches of camp with a one-handed seize in stride over the center. Good on the rookie to complete camp a lot stronger than he began. Spoiler alert: I’ll have Smith on my subsequent 53-man roster projection.
• Jalen Carter needed to barf at one level. Mekhi Becton completed within the camp lead with two barfs over 16 days.
• A query I raised to Eliot Shorr-Parks on the sideline yesterday: who’s the most effective Eagles participant who DEFINITELY received’t make the roster? My decide is Brandon Smith. The Penn State alumnus appears the half on the market. Smith has been efficient as a blitzer; he appears to have a superb sense of the snap rely and is ready to discover weak spots in move safety. Guessing the Eagles will have the ability to maintain him on the follow squad.
• The Eagles ended follow with a 1-on-1 aggressive session in entrance of the entire workforce watching. First up, Britain Covey obtained open sufficient in opposition to Cooper DeJean however couldn’t haul in an off-target throw. Subsequent up, Quinyon Mitchell had good protection on a deep A.J. Brown goal that went incomplete. Mitchell folded his arms and stared Brown down after the ball hit the bottom. Subsequent up, Nolan Smith threw Darian Kinnard to the bottom with a push pull move rush transfer, which fired up the protection. Subsequent up, Tyrion Davis-Value obtained pushed again somewhat by Ben VanSumeren (TDP vs. BVS) however managed to maintain the linebacker in entrance of him. On the ultimate rep, BVS lined as much as run a route in opposition to Andre’ Sam and the linebacker really ran a surprisingly nasty path to shake the undrafted rookie security off him and get extensive open … however Pickett’s throw went extensive of the diving effort from BVS. C’mon, Kenny!
• THANK YOU! Simply wished to take a second to say thanks for following together with BGN’s every day Eagles coaching camp protection! I wouldn’t have this chance with out your assist. It actually means loads to me; rather more than you may ever know. I hardly suppose my life is troublesome in comparison with many others on the market however this 12 months has been very difficult for me in quite a lot of other ways. I’ve misplaced shut connections that introduced me pleasure by way of companionship, friendship, {and professional} success. Consequently, melancholy has kicked my ass for the higher a part of the 12 months. Getting again within the rhythm of camp, although, has helped me discover motivation to take steps to be blissful once more. I’m feeling extra optimistic in regards to the future and excited for the season forward. Thanks once more for being right here, I hope you stick round with continuous Eagles protection nonetheless to return! Additionally: I like you.
UP NEXT: Eagles coaching camp is over! No extra practices totally open to media. Right here’s the upcoming schedule over the brand new a number of days:
Thursday, August 22 — Walkthrough
Friday, August 23 — Walkthrough
Saturday, August 24 — Eagles vs. Minnesota Vikings preseason recreation (1:00 PM ET)
Sunday, August 25 — Gamers off
The Eagles will presumably maintain a follow on Monday earlier than being required to trim their roster all the way down to 53 gamers previous to 4:00 PM Jap on Tuesday. As soon as cuts are over, all focus shifts to getting ready to play the Inexperienced Bay Packers in Brazil on Friday, September 6.
