Eagles practice observations: Landon Dickerson’s backups; Jalen Hurts rebounds; Mac McWilliams in the mix

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Eagles practice observations: Landon Dickerson’s backups; Jalen Hurts rebounds; Mac McWilliams in the mix
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The hopeful news about Dickerson meant the Eagles didn’t have to consider a long-term switch at guard. Brett Toth filled his spot with the first unit, the same as whenever Dickerson was out before.

Eagles practice observations: Landon Dickerson’s backups; Jalen Hurts rebounds; Mac McWilliams in the mix The hopeful news about Dickerson meant the Eagles didn’t have to consider a long-term switch at guard.

Brett Toth filled his spot with the first unit, the same as whenever Dickerson was out before.The Eagles held their 13th open practice of training camp for the 2025 season Tuesday at the NovaCare Complex. Links to Dayswasn’t at practice, as expected. The Eagles’ left guard suffered a meniscus injury to his right knee during Sunday night’s open practice at Lincoln Financial Field. He’ll undergo surgery later this week, but might return by the Sept. 4 season opener against the Dallas Cowboys. Defensive tackle, meanwhile, stayed at right guard, which made sense at this juncture. Why make changes at two spots when there’s a good chance you may not have to make even one?The Eagles have to be prepared in case Dickerson isn’t ready, or if he suffers another injury, of course. Toth is ahas mostly been at right tackle the last few weeks, but he has starting guard experience, even if most of it came on the right side. Green has 23 career starts at left guard, but he might not even make the roster. He hasn’t stood out and now has the shoulder injury.The workout was expectedly light with the Cleveland Browns coming to town for joint practices on Wednesday and Thursday. The players were in shorts and shells for only about 60 minutes. That said, I thoughtand the first-team offense looked sharp, especially coming off a rather lackluster performance at the Linc. Not one of the quarterback’s eight passes hit the ground.on the next play. The quarterback found him later over the middle and on a comeback route near the sideline. Hurts’ best moment might have been when he moved to his right and threw across his body to tight endin coverage. For Hurts, it gave him momentum heading into scrimmages against a Cleveland defense that is expected to be good again.opened at safety with the starting defense for the first time since before his shoulder injury. He didn’t stay there for very long.took the majority of snaps in nickel and dime. Mukuba’s presence indicated that he’s still in the competition for the spot oppositeBrown hasn’t done enough to separate himself, but Mukuba may be running out of time to win the job. The rookie was still the primary sixth defensive back in the dime defense, and that may end up being his role to start the season.took his first reps with the starters at outside cornerback. The rookie played well in the preseason opener and followed it up with a solid performance in the open practice. He still has his inconsistent moments and it may be too much to ask him to start in Week 1, but McWilliams looked the part in Tuesday’s audition.and completed both. I’m sure others may knock the rookie for allowing the catches, but his technique was sound and his coverage sticky. Hurts and his receivers just executed the plays with precision.is in jeopardy of losing his starting spot, but signs continue to suggest that Uche could start off as the No. 3 guy in the edge rusher rotation.keeps surging. The defensive end isn’t exactly a scheme fit, but if he gets to the quarterback on passing downs, that should be enough to get him on the roster and the field. Okoronkwo had another pressure/would-be sack when he turned the corner on left tackletook second-unit snaps ahead of him. Ojulari hasn’t done much in camp, but some guys just emerge when the lights are on, and he may get the chance because more of his one-year contract is guaranteed than those of other guys.to start team drills, but cornerback reps were mostly split between the two. Ringo saw more action than Jackson with both units.on an out route in front of Ringo. Hurts’ low ball placement to Smith over the middle made it nearly impossible for the corner to get a hand on the ball. But he was trailing the receiver, nonetheless. DeJean was a touch late to help from the post, too.Cooper dropped a McKee pass on a short slant route. A period later, the quarterback went to the receiver on a route similar to the one Smith ran over the middle. But McKee’s pass was too low and Cooper caught the ball on a short hop. Running backgot skinny up the middle on a successful inside-zone run. Shipley also had a few rushes with the first team.split the few third-team snaps with McCord. One of his passes landed in an open acreage of grass because of an errant route. CoachThe first and second units will take the large majority of reps vs. the Browns, just as they have in the first two-plus weeks of camp. Sirianni said he has tried to find creative ways to get McCord and Thompson-Robinson reps without practice time. The pair were on the field long before Tuesday’s session running drills with quarterbacks coachFormer Phillies general manager Ed Wade, who was recently inducted into the team’s Wall of Fame, attended practice. … The joint workouts with the Browns will be followed by a closed walk-through on Friday and Saturday’s preseason meeting at 1 p.m.

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