The Linc – Eagles believe Tyler Steen is ready to start at right guard

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2025 NFL training camp news, buzz, fantasy football updates – ESPN

Personnel-wise, things stayed pretty much the same for the Eagles on offense. The only starter they lost to free agency was Mekhi Becton, who played very well for them at right guard after signing a one-year prove-it deal last season. Stepping in for him will be 2023 third-round draft pick Tyler Steen, who was projected to start at right guard last season before he got injured in the offseason and Becton played so well. The Eagles believe Steen is ready, just as they believed a year ago that Cam Jurgens was ready to take over for the retiring Jason Kelce at center. The Eagles’ offensive line is its own subculture, and one of the benefits of the way they’ve been able to draft is that guys get on-the-job training and get to see first-hand examples of what’s expected before they ascend to starter’s roles. It’s one thing to draft a young guy and explain to him the way it was when past franchise greats held down his position. It’s quite another to draft a young guy and let him work side-by-side with those greats so that he doesn’t need to be told what’s expected when it’s his turn to start. Jurgens made the Pro Bowl in his first year as a starter and after working alongside Kelce for two years. The hope is that Steen, who has spent the past two years working alongside the likes of Kelce, Jurgens, Johnson, Landon Dickerson, and Jordan Mailata, will benefit in the same way.

Eagles 2025 training camp battle tracker – PhillyVoice

Steen had some up and down moments, but I thought there was more up than down. He was trying to block Jeremiah Trotter on the second level on a run play, but Trotter sidestepped him, and made the “tackle.” On a rep shortly thereafter, Steen got a hold of Mondon on the second level and drove him down the field, through the whistle. The Eagles also love pulling guards across the formation in the play action game and then having them set up in pass protection, kind of like offensive tackles. They can do that with Dickerson, who had college experience playing tackle, and they could do that with Mekhi Becton last year, who was formerly a tackle. For example, they pulled Becton across the formation on had him set up as a blocker in pass pro on the DeVonta Dagger. Because Steen played almost exclusively at tackle in college, he is comfortable doing that as well, and they are using him on those types of plays in practice. Anyway, Steen isn’t a perfect player, but he’s good enough, and nobody among his competition has given him much of a challenge. I’ve seen enough. Steen will be the starting RG.

Still Early – Iggles Blitz

The Eagles open the 2025 regular season a month from now. Training Camp has had eight practices, not all of them in full pads. There are still three preseason games to play and a pair of joint practices with the Browns next week. As much as we obsess on every little moment at Eagles TC, it is still early. A lot can change over the next few weeks. Good and bad. Tyler Steen has played well enough to win the starting RG job. If he were to struggle in the joint practices and then in camp after that, it could open the door for Matt Pryor to win the RG job. Steen needs to be consistent to keep his job.

Eagles Training Camp Practice Notes: Is Eli Ricks the dark horse in the cornerback competition? – BGN

Is Eli Ricks a dark horse candidate to win the starting cornerback job? He hasn’t been getting regular first-team reps with Jackson and Ringo splitting those. But the third-year defender’s having a nice summer. There’s often talk about how player development isn’t linear. In this case, Ricks showed some promise as an undrafted rookie in 2023 before underwhelming in 2024. Maybe he’s ready to rebound in Year 3. Here are the plays I wrote down Ricks’ name for on Sunday: a pass breakup on a Tanner McKee throw to Nick Muse in 7-on-7, tight coverage on Dotson where he arguably ran the route better than the receiver in 11-on-11, and three more pass breakups on McKee throws to Elijah Cooks. The last two happened in an end-of-game situation where the offense had to score with very little time left and no timeouts to work with. A leaping Ricks first broke up a fade pass to Cooks. Then he denied the pass from a scrambling McKee to Cooks, who was trying to uncover for a tiptoe grab along the right sideline in the end zone. Cooks has more often than not been a tough cover for Eagles defensive backs this summer but Ricks was able to get the better of him on Sunday. Ricks did have a rep where he got beat deep to allow a catch to Darius Cooper.

Eagles training camp report, Practice No. 8: DeVonta Smith returns, A.J. Brown sits – PHLY

Moro Ojomo, Jalyx Hunt stand out: The Eagles need to replace Milton Williams and Josh Sweat. Moro Ojomo and Jalyx Hunt have looked the part, respectively. It’s no longer noteworthy when Ojomo has a good practice. It’s happening every day. He found his way into the backfield again, and it’s common to see No. 97 in the notes. “He’s a guy that I would describe, he’s awkward — in a good way,” Landon Dickerson said of Ojomo. “Just the way he moves, his size, his arm length. He’s one of those guys we say is ‘awkward’ to block. And I think that gives him a huge advantage in this game. He’s not your stereotypical D-tackle size, like Jordan Davis or Jalen Carter. And he’s a very strong guy, he’s twitchy, he knows football. He’s doing a lot of great things. I see him coming out here every day and getting better and better.” As for Hunt, Fran Duffy noted that the second-year edge rusher looked more powerful in this practice. He used a power move — not a speed move — to win a matchup on Sunday.

Why Eagles’ defense loves when Saquon Barkley talks trash – NBCSP

Saquon Barkley is one of the best players in the NFL and he’s been reminding his defensive teammates of that during training camp. With his play and his words. During Friday’s practice — the most intense one of the summer — Barkley got a ton of touches and was in the ear of just about every Eagles player in a white jersey talking trash. “He’s not BG-level. He needs to work on that,” Reed Blankenship said with a straight face before breaking into a huge grin. “He don’t scare me at all, you know what I’m saying?” Barkley, 28, was the NFL’s Offensive Player of the Year in 2024 and had one of the greatest running back seasons ever. As he enters his second season with the Eagles, Barkley is bringing a ton of juice to practice. The entire team feeds off of it. And his defensive teammates love it.

Eagles Training Camp Updates: Jalen Carter sets the tone on defense – PE.com

“We ready,” Carter said on Sunday. “We just really worry about staying together as a team, not trying to worry about last year. We know we lost a couple guys, but that’s not gonna affect the way we treat each other.” Jordan Davis lost 26 pounds to prepare for a bigger role on the defense. Carter refers to Davis, the Eagles’ top draft pick in 2022, as his big brother. Davis hosted Carter on his recruitment visit to Georgia and has provided advice on how to transition to the NFL. “He’s getting slim. He’s running fast,” Carter said of Davis. “I really think, I don’t want to give him too much, but I think JD is faster than me. He moving fast.” Moro Ojomo was one of the league’s most productive interior linemen on a per snap basis last season with 27 QB hits and pressures while on the field for 37 percent of the team’s defensive plays. Carter saw an Ojomo highlight reel on X in the offseason and wasn’t surprised to see how disruptive the third-year player was in action. “I think this is the year he’s going to prove it,” Carter said. “All eyes are gonna be on him. He’s going to get the one-on-one rushes where he’s going to do what he did last year and it’s just going to show.”

2019 NFL Redraft: Rebuilding the first round based on PFF grades and data – PFF

3. New York Jets: WR A.J. Brown, Ole Miss (Round 2, Pick 51). Original Pick: DI Quinnen Williams, Alabama After back-to-back perfect original picks, we finally get a different selection in this redraft. And that’s no slight to Williams, who is a top-five defensive tackle in the NFL. But the Jets can’t pass on Brown here, as he’s in the running for the best wide receiver in football. The three-time Pro Bowler is both the fourth-highest-graded receiver (93.1) and the fourth-most-valuable receiver in the league since being drafted, according to PFF’s Wins Above Replacement metric.

Raiders sign TE Albert Okwuegbunam, WR Kawaan Baker – PFT

The team announced the signings of tight end Albert Okwuegbunam and wide receiver Kawaan Baker. Tight end Pat Conroy and wide receiver Kyle Philips were waived in corresponding moves. [BLG Note: Albert O and Kyle Philips are both former Eagles.]

Dan Quinn: “We love Terry. Really glad he’s here. Hopefully he’s out practicing soon.” – Hogs Haven

Dan Quinn talked to the media before today’s training camp practices. The big news was WR Terry McLaurin requesting a trade amid his contract dispute with the Washington Commanders. Quinn said they love Terry, hopefully he’s practicing soon, and he understands the business. McLaurin told him the request was coming, and he continues to be in the building and out with the fans after practices.

Despite the contract frustrations, the Cowboys front office doesn’t let talented players get away – Blogging The Boys

All of these moves were heavily criticized in real time. All five of these guys play the “money five” premium positions in the NFL, and in most cases, the team had a better option in their back pocket. Prescott, Lamb, and soon Parsons will make up the Cowboys’ top three paid players, and they were all factors when the team decided to move on from these other guys. When criticizing the front office, we should try to remember that the Cowboys aren’t in the business of letting their stars get away. When was the last time you were genuinely upset about a player leaving, and how long did you stay upset? But more than that, we should also take comfort in the fact that these drama-filled contract negotiations take place because the Cowboys keep drafting star talent. That’s a good problem to have. [BLG Note: Lol.]

Giants have league’s worst coach/coordinator combo — ESPN – Big Blue View

Still, Daboll did win Coach of the Year in 2022 when he and his staff were widely lauded for getting a team to the playoffs and winning a game when most figured the year would be something akin to, oh, 3-14. I have my disagreements with Daboll, but I can’t agree that he tops the worst staff in the league. Kafka has been a hot name on the head-coaching circuit for three years, and has coached at both the East-West Shrine and Senior Bowls. Granted, he has not gotten a head-coaching job, but if he wasn’t highly thought of he wouldn’t be getting annual interviews. Solak was also complementary toward Bowen, something that I am guessing surprised some Giants fans. With all of that to consider, it’s hard for me to believe Solak can “feel pretty good” about putting the Giants at the bottom of this list.

Women’s flag football coming to Division I school in California – SB Nation

Another Division I school is pursuing the addition of women’s flag football. In a letter to the campus community published on Friday, Cal Poly athletic director Don Oberhelman said the school could add women’s flag football as a varsity sport as early as 2027. Cal Poly is the sixth Division I school at the NCAA level to announce its intentions of starting a women’s flag football team. The members of the Big West follow Alabama State, Long Island, Mercyhurst, Mount St. Mary’s, and UT Arlington.

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