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Day 17 of Philadelphia Eagles training camp is in the books, and it was a sloppy day for the offense. Or if you’re a “glass half full” type, maybe it was just a good day for the defense. (It wasn’t, in my opinion.) 

•  First, injuries 🦅🩼

Did not practice: 

1. WR A.J. Brown – hamstring
2. CB Tariq Castro-Fields – hamstring
3. S Lewis Cine – groin
4. LG Landon Dickerson – knee
5. CB Brandon Johnson – groin
6. LT Jordan Mailata – concussion
7. QB Tanner McKee – finger
8. WR DeVonta Smith – groin

Limited practice:

1. TE Dallas Goedert – groin

Mailata has not looked quite right at times throughout camp, but that has nothing to do with this concussion. He perhaps can use some time for his body to heal up, though a concussion isn’t an ideal way to achieve that.

McKee’s injury does not require surgery. 

• We also had some new injuries today. Andrew Mukuba left practice early with an apparent leg injury. I missed that, but The Athletic’s Zach Berman caught it. 

That’s terrible timing for Mukuba, who seemed to take the lead in the starting safety competition with Sydney Brown.

Johnny Wilson also got rolled up on by Brett Toth. That play looked bad. Wilson was able to get off the field with help, but he was then carted inside from the medical tent.

• The Eagles’ offensive line depth looked bad in the second preseason game against the Browns. There could be some legitimate concern there, as Jeff Stoutland mixed things up on Tuesday.

With Mailata out, Matt Pryor got first-team reps at LT. Kendall Lamm had previously been the next guy up at LT. Instead, Lamm was the second-team RT, and Myles Hinton was the second-team LT.

The backup offensive linemen struggled at times again today, too. Pryor got beaten by Jalyx Hunt for two sacks. On one of the sacks, the team played out the rep anyway, and a flustered Jalen Hurts threw it right to Nolan Smith for an INT.

Toth seemed to have a tough day, too. He was back at first-team LG after Darian Kinnard played there on Monday. He had a false start, and I noticed him on the ground on consecutive plays.

Myles Hinton got beaten badly by backup edge Ochaun Mathis. Stoutland yanked Hinton off the field, moved Lamm to LT, and put Cameron Williams in at RT after that play. Hinton then watched the replay screen and confirmed that he had gotten smoked.

Williams even got a few first-team reps after Lane Johnson sat a few plays out, and then he proceeded to get flagged for an illegal formation penalty for being way off the line of scrimmage.

• Poor pass protection extended to the skill players, too. Will Shipley did not see Mac McWilliams coming on a blitz from the slot, and McWilliams got a free run for a sack on Hurts. Shipley has shown some promise in pass protection this summer, but that was a bad rep.

Grant Calcaterra also had a pretty obvious hold on Zack Baun on a run play.

• Jeremiah Trotter blew up a shovel pass to Saquon Barkley. He saw it the whole way and met Barkley as he was making the catch for a tackle for loss. The offense did run a successful shovel to Grant Calcaterra for a TD late in the day. Trotter definitely has instincts. 

No obvious highlights from Jihaad Campbell, but man, does he look fast flying around the field.

• Jalen Carter had a batted pass at the line, and then a Jalen Mills-like finger wag thereafter.

• I thought Adoree’ Jackson had a decent day. He showed good anticipation on a couple of pass breakups, one of which he jumped in front of a Dallas Goedert stop route. He exclusively got first-team reps today opposite Quinyon Mitchell.

• New guy John Metchie practiced for the first time with the team. Here’s what he looks like in an Eagles uniform:

He had a drop today, and also a 1-on-1 rep against Jakorian Bennett in which Bennett easily broke up a pass on a quick slant.

• Kyle McCord got a lot of reps today with Tanner McKee out. He mostly checked it down all day, and he also had maybe the worst throw of camp. He threw WAY behind TE Kylen Granson, but was lucky that the ball sailed through Tristin McCollum’s hands. Honestly, I think McCollum was just surprised by how off-target the throw was and wasn’t ready for it.

Did I mention that the offense had a bad day? Lol.

• One offensive player who has really picked it up of late has been Jahan Dotson. With A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith both out today, Quinyon Mitchell chose Dotson to follow around. Dotson made a great catch near the sideline against Mitchell in 1-on-1s and had a nice handful of catches in 11-on-11s. 

• Wednesday’s practice will be the last of the Eagles’ 2025 training camp.

Day 16 of Philadelphia Eagles training camp is in the books, and it was a rainy, cloudy day at the NovaCare Complex. Let’s just get right to the notes.

•  First, injuries 🦅🩼

Did not practice: 

1. WR A.J. Brown – hamstring
2. CB Tariq Castro-Fields – hamstring
3. S Lewis Cine – groin
4. LG Landon Dickerson – knee
5. CB Brandon Johnson – groin

Limited practice:

1. OG Kenyon Green – shoulder
2. RT Lane Johnson – rest
3. CB A.J. Woods – illness

• The cornerback rotation did not look good for Kelee Ringo today. Adoree’ Jackson got first-team reps opposite Quinyon Mitchell, with Ringo, Mac McWilliams, and Jakorian Bennett all mixing in with the second-team. At one point Ringo was getting reps with the third-team defense. That was new. 😬

Ringo also gave up about as easy a back-shoulder throw as you’ll see, with Tanner McKee connecting with Darius Cooper. Ringo wasn’t within two yards of Cooper when he made the catch. 

Meanwhile, Cooper DeJean got reps at outside corner for the first time this summer, another not-so-great development for Ringo. He appears to have been demoted.

• I would estimate that Andrew Mukuba got about 90 percent of the first-team reps, with Sydney Brown getting the others. Of course, Mukuba is coming off his big preseason game performance against the Browns.

• One camp battle that is probably wrapped up at this point is Jihaad Campbell at linebacker. Today he had a batted pass, a pass breakup on a ball intended for Dallas Goedert, and he was right there to stop Saquon Barkley on a swing pass. Campbell is beginning to play faster as he learns Vic Fangio’s defense. We’ll probably call that one in our next camp battle tracker update.

 • Another new battle for a starting job is at LG, if Landon Dickerson cannot recover in time for Week 1 from the procedure he had on his injured meniscus. Brett Toth was initially getting first-team reps there, but today it was Darian Kinnard. 

Kinnard also had a pretty good block on a run play today. He pulled across the formation and sealed LB Lance Dixon to the outside, opening up a big hole.

• Stock up for TE Kylen Granson. He watched yesterday as Harrison Bryant got traded, and then he got some first-team reps today, during which he caught a TD pass from Jalen Hurts.

Also, there were three consecutive incomplete passes that went E.J. Jenkins‘ way. Jenkins dropped the first pass on a seam route, he was unable to pull in the second pass with one hand, and the third was an uncatchable ball, but he didn’t have any separation.

Granson’s chances of making the team have risen substantially the past couple of days.

• Patrick Johnson had two sacks. He just performs every summer.

• Kyle McCord had a couple of good, accurate passes in the middle of the field to TE Nick Muse. McCord hasn’t looked very good in the preseason games so far, but he bounced back a bit today. He’ll get a lot of playing time in the third preseason game against the Jets on Friday.

• Trevor Keegan has tried to add center versatility to his repertoire this summer, but he just hasn’t looked like a viable player there. He snapped a dribbler back to Dorian Thompson-Robinson. The Eagles kept Keegan on the 53-man roster all season in 2024, but his roster spot has to be in danger this year.

• DeVonta Smith and Jahan Dotson both made a bunch of catches all over the field from Hurts. Dotson in particular has really picked up his game over the last half of camp. A.J. Brown’s absence from the lineup has perhaps been a positive, at least for Dotson.

• Hurts had a shaky couple of days in joint practices against the Browns, but he had a very sharp day today. His best throw was a turkey hole shot to Darius Cooper in between Mitchell and Reed Blankenship.

• Only two training camp practices left.