Eagles training camp observations: A busy Day 1 for Saquon Barkley

Eagles training camp observations: A busy Day 1 for Saquon Barkley originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

It’s football season.

The Eagles kicked off their 2024 training camp on a humid Wednesday morning at the NovaCare Complex.

The rain held off and the Eagles had a session that lasted 1 hour and 9 minutes before the final horn blew. They will be back on the field Thursday morning before a walkthrough on Friday.

For now, the Eagles (and most of the NFL) are in their ramp-up portion of the summer. The Eagles will be in shorts, helmets and shells for a while before any fully padded practices. But there’s still plenty to observe.

Here are our first observations of the summer:

1. As we have for years, we’ll start with some housekeeping items:

• Before practice began, the Eagles placed DB Cooper DeJean, WR Shaq Davis and OT Gottlieb Ayedze on the Active/Non-football Injury list. DeJean (hamstring) is expected to miss a few weeks after suffering an injury in an offseason workout. Head coach Nick Sirianni admitted that this is obviously going to be a bit of a setback for DeJean (their second-round pick) but the Eagles are still counting on him contributing as a rookie. The Eagles also put S Sydney Brown on the Active/PUP list as he recovers from a late-season ACL tear.

• Two other players did not practice: OG Landon Dickerson (toe laceration) and OL Brett Toth (hamstring). Neither of those players were placed on the NFI, so those injuries are considered to be minor.

DB James Bradberry, CB Zech McPhearson, OG Trevor Keegan and WR Jacob Harris were all practicing on Day 1 of training camp after missing the end of the spring workouts.

2. Some offensive depth chart notes:

• Tyler Steen was the first-team right guard on Wednesday. When asked about that competition going forward, Sirianni said “we’ll see” but we know OL coach Jeff Stoutland would prefer to keep the five starters together as much as possible. After practice, right tackle Lane Johnson said…


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Publish date : 2024-07-24 17:14:31

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