Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni said he liked what he saw from two players making their first start at new positions on the offensive line.
Three of the five Eagles offensive lineman were old hands, the been there, done that blockers for several years now, and it showed.
He had never done it with the Eagles, though, because, well you know…that Jason Kelce guy was an iron man before retiring last March after making 156 straight starts at center. They had to be doing something right to allow the offense to put up 34 points, churn out 410 yards of total offense, and 25 first downs.“I think Mekhi is so big and what you saw there with Mekhi on Friday night was, he was controlling the guy, and he’s going against good players,” said Sirianni. “That’s a good front, and he was controlling them at the line of scrimmage and there wasn’t much pushback into Jalen’s face because he’s so big and so long that he was able to control there.
Then there was a botched exchange on a third-and-goal tush-push try in the final minute when a clean snap and touchdown would have put the game out of reach right then and there.
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