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Eagles OTAs observations: Our first glimpse of the 2024 squad originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
Organized Team Activities are underway at the NovaCare Complex in South Philadelphia.
Which means we got to watch some football on Wednesday!
While the Eagles actually began their OTAs on Monday, Wednesday was their second practice of the spring but the first open to reporters. It lasted 1 hour and 10 minutes. They still have four more OTA practices scheduled this spring: May 23, May 28, May 30-31 and will have a mandatory minicamp from June 4-6. One of those days next week will be open to reporters as well.
But for now, here are 10 observations from Wednesday’s practice:
1. As a reminder, OTAs are voluntary. The Eagles had good attendance on Wednesday but a few notable players were not on the field: James Bradberry, Josh Sweat, Lane Johnson, DeVonta Smith, Kelee Ringo, C.J. Uzomah and Jake Elliott.
2. The Eagles have a few guys coming back from injuries who were either not participating or not full participants:
• Safety Sydney Brown, who tore his ACL late in his rookie season, was not practicing. He began the session on a side field with trainers and looked good running. During practice, he was going through mental reps about 40 yards deep with a safety view of the defense. He was really into it.
• Linebacker Nakobe Dean was in uniform but not participating in 7-on-7 drills. He is coming back from a 2023 season that included a season-ending foot injury.
• Rookie receiver Ainias Smith was in uniform but not participating fully. He didn’t do 7-on-7s and was watching with the group of punt returners. He has a stress fracture that was discovered at the Combine.
• Eli Ricks seemed to suffer or aggravate an injury early in practice and his day was done early.
3. While we should really take everything we see at OTAs with a grain of salt, it doesn’t give us a starting point for the depth chart, even though some players are missing.
But here are some offensive…
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Author : NBC Sports Philadelphia
Publish date : 2024-05-22 21:33:30
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