This is the critical phase of the preseason, understanding that the objective for every team is to find the best 53 players for its roster. Play calls and the X’s and O’s are part of the daily routine, yes, and the players who are in their books the deepest are playing fast and thinking little at this stage of the summer.
But this is the nitty-gritty time for the Eagles. Some things on the plate for head coach Doug Pederson and Howie Roseman and his personnel department …
- Some areas of depth will be discussed in a moment, but one position group with a giant question mark is linebacker, an area of concern even before rookie Joe Walker was lost for the season with a torn ACL suffered in Thursday’s preseason game at Pittsburgh.