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The Eagles have an easy solution to how to fill the place of left tackle Andre Dillard, who was lost to the season due to a biceps injury.
The problem is, once they move veteran Jason Peters back to his old position after bringing him back to play the referee, the rest of the list has quite a bit to add to the comparison.
As noted by Reuben Frank of NBCSportsPhiladelphia.com, the Eagles are extremely thin on the line, with the Dillard injury causing an existing problem caused by the loss of right-back Brandon Brooks.
The assumption is that Peters will return to left tackle and Matt Pryor will replace him at right winger, giving her a solid first unit along with left winger Isaac Seumalo, center Jason Kelce, and right tackle Lane Johnson.
But that leaves the Eagles with a collection of reserves without practical experience – a combined three offensive snaps, and Nate Herbig owns all of those.
Depth is a problem in many places, but devising a Plan D is important, given the 38-year-old Peters has struggled with injuries in recent years.
He has not played a full season since 2016. He missed seven games in 2017 with a torn ACL, started each game in 2018 but could not finish five of them, and missed three games last year with a knee injury and had two others left. That means he started and finished 32 of his last 54 games.
And now he’s the man the Eagles are counting on.
