Day 3 of the Philadelphia Eagles training camp is in the books, and it was just a clean slate. There was a lot of punting, and some new revelation revelations. Let’s get to the notes I’m writing only because I think I’m suffering from OCD (undiagnosed).
• (works throat) … Injuries
in addition to Derek Barnett en Javon Hargrave, who will both be out for a while, there were some new additions to the injury report.
- Dallas Goedert (upper body), day after day.
- Sidney Jones (lower body), day after day.
- Boston Scott (lower body), day after day.
- Miles Sanders (lower body), week after week.
Of course, the “week after week” notation for Sanders is the most concerning, but the indication I received is that there is no danger that he will miss time in the regular season.
Duce Staley recently said Sanders would get heavy use this season, and he reiterated that thought Wednesday morning.
“I think Miles can do it all, and if you have a man like Miles who can miss people, that can lower his shoulder and overwhelm you too, you want to put the ball in your hands as much as possible and you trust him. , “said Staley. “I think that’s what we are. We have Corey [Clement], we have Boston [Scott], we also have a cast of younger boys, and we’ll see what they can do here shortly. But as much as I can give the ball to Miles and let him get in and out and just rely on him to do the right thing, I think you do it as much as possible. “
Of course, if Sanders is suddenly gone, as he will be in the camp for a while, it’s easy to see why the Eagles were looking to add depth earlier this offseason.
Beyond Sanders, Scott is a pretty complementary piece, and Clement has looked this camp healthy, but the Eagles lack a real force back that can carry food in the second half of games when the team has an advantage, or just Sanders in few series give away here and there.
The Eagles do not want to spend a lot of money on a back-to-back run (and neither should they), but Howie Roseman was still able to control the running market (think pick 3 of Day 3), to he found good value there in the past with boys like Jay Ajayi en Jordan Howard.
• Nate Gerry revealed that he was indeed testing positive for coronavirus when he went on the COVID reserve list a few weeks ago. He was activated on the list on August 9th.
• JJ Arcega-Whiteside came back today, as done Jason Petersalthough, as already indicated, it was only a breakthrough. Still, when Arcega-Whiteside and DeSean Jackson were on the field with Jalen Reagor, Reagor was founded in the castle, with Arcega-Whiteside and Jackson on the outside. That I think, in addition to learning the Z and X spots, Reagor has also learned the closing position.
• Punting was the focus of practice today, with Cameron Johnston perform two long punctuation sessions. In the first session Johnston just let it rip, while in the second session it looked like he was working on putting different types of spins on the ball. I set the hang time for each of his first points during the “let it rip” time:
- Missed the time at the first point, oops.
- 5.27
- 4.81
- 4.84
- 4.60
- 4.11
- 5.27
- 5.17
- 5.48
- 5.27
- 4.07 (Nate Gerry, apparently the distressed snapper, was long on this one, and he dribbled the snap back to Johnston)
- 4.60 (Gerry again)
- 4.10 (Gerry again)
- 5.18 (Back to Rick Lovato)
- 5.21
- 5.40
- 5.43
- 5.11
So what does all this mean? I’m good, Donnie J’owns used to tell me that anything over 5 seconds hanging time was pretty good. Compared to other occasions where I had set points on time, Johnston had quite a few points with more than five seconds of hanging time, including a few bombs. He looked good.
• During the first punting session, Reagor gets almost every rep. He mumbled a few points in the first media-attended practice in camp, so it makes sense to give him as many reps as he can get. The Eagles have not had a dangerous point-returner since Darren Sproles’ a few years ago, and Reagor has the opportunity to be an explosive playmaker on special teams in addition to the regular offensive. But first, the Eagles need to be sure he will not turn it around.
• Are you in hat analysis? If so …
At transit practices, I feel that the bucket hat is a strong radiance. Bucket hats today: Wentz, Kelce, Slay, Maddox, Mills, McLeod, B. Scott, Epps, Arnold, and Raequan Williams.
– Jimmy Kempski (@JimmyKempski) August 19, 2020
Did I break out my frog to identify every bucket hat that Eagles wear? Yes, yes I did, and that should tell you how uneventful Wednesday’s practice was. It will probably be a fun tomorrow.
• To hear some audio reviews of each exercise, Brandon Gowton and I record daily podcasts. You can find them here:
Previous notes for training camps
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