Rasheed Bailey and Quron Pratt - wide receivers with local connections - figure to receive extended playing time Thursday night in the Eagles' final exhibition game of the season against the host New York Jets.
Yes, their chances of making the team are slight, but each player is looking at the matchup as an audition of sorts.
For any team.
"Like Chip [Kelly] says, if you don't make it here, he wants us to make it with another team. That's his goal," said Pratt, a 5-foot-11, 195-pound wide receiver from Rutgers via Palmyra who was a member of the Eagles' practice squad last year.