Three wise men head to Bethlehem

To be honest I didn’t see a whole lot either way out of Demps. He didn’t get burned or anything, but then again I didn’t notice him making any big plays. That said, he actually did line up with the #1 defense a few times. He and Dawkins seem to get along real well, I saw them talking on the sidelines quite a bit. Dawkins is always leading the team prayer, and I noticed Demps doing the same after the special teams practice in the afternoon when Dawk wasn’t there…

As far as special teams, he fielded a ton of both punts and kickoffs. He’s definitely in the mix for both of those jobs.

For now, Jason Avant looks like the 3rd WR. The guy really does catch everything thrown his way.

Jackson looks quick but it was interesting to see how they used him. He almost always lined up in the slot and ran a lot of these short crossing patterns over the middle. Good news is that none of the corners could cover him in that pattern. He beat his man in every one on one drill they ran. If he can make those catches and get up the field afterward against a live defense we could be in for some stuff.

First, it’s interesting to see how much fun Bradley and the other LBs are having. He and Gaither especially are really vocal out there. As far as hoe he looks, they didn’t do a ton of hitting yesterday but Bradley has his nose in seemingly every play. He’s around the ball a lot.

He’s definitely more of a focus this year and it’s pretty clear how the Eagles want to use him. It didn’t seem like he got one easy pass to catch. Every ball thrown to him was one where he needed to jump over one or two defenders, or it was in the back of the end zone or against the sideline… It looked like every pass was intentionally trying to make him use his height to make a play. He made a couple of good catches.

I don’t know… I put this in the thread above. I thought Richmond McGee looked fantastic punting the ball. He did no holding though, Rocca handled all that which makes me think his job might be safe. McGee was definitely the better punter yesterday though.

I didn’t notice much from Gocong to be honest. Nothing bad, but I didn’t notice any big plays. To be fair, they didn’t do a whole lot of live hitting so it was hard to get a read on what the LBs are up to. You really need to see the LBs hitting and tackling..

I will say that the three starters, Gocong/Gaither/Bradley all seem to get along really well and looked like they were having a lot of fun. If there was a standout LB yesterday it was Bradley.

He’s throwing the ball fine, and looks like he’s moving around well too. Honestly, he looks like McNabb. He’s clearly having fun out there, he;s throwing the ball as hard as ever, he was on target yesterday…

McNabb pretty much always looks great when he’s healthy. I think we’re all just hoping he stays healthy…