There is no way the first scrimmage of a preseason camp can ever quantify the rest of a season. Seven practices barely scratch the surface in comparison to the months ahead, and everything always seems to start with teams exhibiting the same rawness. It has to start somewhere, though, and for the first team units, 2018 began in earnest with Saturday's scrimmage.
Unfortunately for the Eagles, it also started with yellow handkerchiefs.
"We had too many penalties out there with the ones," head coach Steve Addazio said. "The ones took 69 snaps today, which is about 10 shy of a game, and we had 10 penalties out there.