Why Eagles’ veterans expect Nick Sirianni to play starters in preseason games originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
The idea’s been in his mind almost a year now.
It was after a lackluster performance in the season-opening 25-20 win over the Patriots in Foxboro that Nick Sirianni first acknowledged it might have been a mistake not to play the starters at all in the preseason.
“I’ll definitely reevaluate some of the preseason stuff next year,” he said postgame. “You know, I know they played the first two years that we were here, they only played one series against the Jets in 2022. Maybe I should have played (the offense) a series or two this preseason, and I already wrote that in my notes.
“I’m constantly self-evaluating myself (and) I’ll reevaluate that. You know, second thought, if I had to do it over again right now, I would say, yeah, I would have played starters one or two drives in the preseason.”
Here we are seven days away from the Eagles’ preseason opener against the Ravens in Baltimore, and two of Sirianni’s veteran players say they expect the starters to actually get on the field at some point in the preseason.
Unlike the last few years, when the Eagles had two rounds of joint practices, they only have one day of joint practices this summer – Aug. 13 with the Patriots back in Foxboro.
“I feel like usually we’ve had two joint practices the past few years and we treated those (like) playing in the game,” Lane Johnson said. “Those two days were game day for us, so we do have the joint practice against the Patriots (but) I wouldn’t be surprised if we do play. To get that cohesion to get some game reps and to get it on film.”
You can make a case that the offense needs the game day reps with a new coordinator and play caller and a new scheme. And the defense could have seven or eight new starters, if you count slot as a starter.
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Publish date : 2024-08-02 12:50:37
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