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Observations from the NovaCare Complex.
Today marked the third Philadelphia Eagles training camp practice ahead of the 2025 NFL season. The non-padded session lasted for about an hour and 40 minutes. Here’s what I observed at the NovaCare Complex.
JALEN HURTS UPDATE: This was easily Hurts’ worst practice of the offseason. That’s not to say he was terrible ... more that it was a mixed bag. The good included multiple completions over the middle to Dallas Goedert, two short red zone touchdown passes to DeVonta Smith, and a dime to A.J. Brown down the right sideline. The bad included more incompletions today than the rest of his previous practices combined, underthrowing Brown deep, throwing into the flyswatter dummy (simulating a leaping defensive lineman) in 7-on-7, having another pass deflected in 11-on-11, overthrowing DeVonta Smith while rolling out right, and leaving a pass to Jahan Dotson too wide of the field for him to get both feet in bounds. We’ll see if Hurts bounces back on Monday.
EAGLES INJURY REPORT: Jalen Carter (shoulder) has yet to practice this summer. Kenyon Green (knee) was upgraded to limited participation after missing the first two practices. Jihaad Campbell (shoulder) and Cam Jurgens (back) were listed as limited again. Andrew Mukuba seemed to get banged up late in practice. Nakobe Dean is still on the active/PUP list.
JIHAAD CAMPBELL RISING: For the first time this summer, the Eagles’ 2025 first-round pick rotated in with the first-team defense. Jeremiah Trotter Jr. still took the majority of reps next to Zack Baun but Campbell’s stock is apparently rising. Speaking after practice, Campbell said that he’ll be able to participate in the Eagles’ first padded practice on Tuesday.
POSITION BATTLE UPDATE — CORNERBACK: A little interesting to see that Adoree’ Jackson, not Kelee Ringo, was up first as the first-team right cornerback in 11-on-11. It doesn’t necessarily matter a ton because Jackson and Ringo are rotating the starting RCB reps over the course of multiple team periods. But I would’ve thought Ringo would’ve been up first today. By contrast, the Eagles went back to Sydney Brown as the first-team nickel safety like he was on Day 1 after Andrew Mukuba got the first crack on Day 2. Jackson was also first up at RCB in 7-on-7 drills today. In terms of performance, Jackson hasn’t stood out much, which is maybe a good thing. Ringo stood out on Saturday but not in the most encouraging way. A.J. Brown wanted a flag called on Ringo for interfering with him on a deep ball underthrown by Hurts. Ringo allowed a downfield catch to Brown along the right sideline, though his tight coverage was beat by a really good throw and catch. Tough to crush Ringo for not being able to shut down Brown because, well, Brown is pretty unstoppable. Still, would be nice to see some more positive Ringo reps soon.
POSITION BATTLE UPDATE — SAFETY: As noted directly above, Brown was...
