Eagles start training camp missing two promising young defensive backs

Eagles start training camp missing two promising young defensive backs originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

The Eagles were without two of their promising young defensive backs as training camp began Wednesday morning at the NovaCare Complex.

Second-year safety Sydney Brown and rookie cornerback Cooper DeJean were both placed on reserve lists with injuries to open the preseason.

For DeJean, missing the first chunk of his rookie training camp isn’t ideal, and he’ll have to find other ways to stay on top of the playbook so he’s not too far behind when he does return.

“Yeah we’re bummed, you know, that’s our second round pick, we want to see him out here on the first day,” General Manager Howie Roseman said before practice Wednesday.

“But we also think that this guy is going to be with us for a long time and so we have tremendous confidence in his ability to pick things up and to come back and kind of keep running and obviously it’s a long season and we’re counting on it.”

As expected, the Eagles on Wednesday placed Brown on the Physically Unable to Perform list as he continues to recover from a torn anterior cruciate ligament placed DeJean on the Non-Football Injury list with a hamstring injury he suffered while working out between OTAs and training camp.

Brown suffered the knee injury in the Eagles’ regular-season finale against the Giants in East Rutherford.

If either one remains on those lists beyond final roster cuts on Aug. 30, they’ll have to miss at least the first four games of the regular season.

DeJean was expected to compete for the starting slot corner position. Head coach Nick Sirianni said the Eagles expect DeJean to miss about three weeks.

“Obviously, it sets him back to not be out here the first three weeks,” he said Wednesday. “But we were excited about him when we drafted him, we were excited about the things that he did during OTAs and the offseason work, and we’re still excited about him.

“He’s going to have to get a…

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Publish date : 2024-07-24 14:38:10

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