Today marked the ninth Philadelphia Eagles training camp practice ahead of the 2025 NFL season. The padded session lasted for about one hour and 45 minutes. Here’s what I observed at the NovaCare Complex.
EAGLES PRACTICE NOTES
- Nick Sirianni had the Eagles working on a lot of situational football on Monday. Offense backed up against their own end zone, third down conversion to ice the game, etc.
- JALEN HURTS UPDATE: Strong day for Hurts, especially considering the situational context. With the Eagles’ offense backed up against their own goal line, Hurts hit DeVonta Smith for a first down completion near the left sideline despite tight coverage from Quinyon Mitchell. Hurts hit Johnny Wilson on a slant for another third down conversion. Facing 3rd-and-7 from the minus 4-yard line, Hurts connected with Jahan Dotson for yet another first down. Hurts made a real nice layered throw to DeVonta Smith in the middle of the field for a 15+ yard gain that had run after the catch potential. No surprise here but Hurts stepped up when the pressure was on. Nice to see him heating back up after a cool stretch.
- EAGLES INJURY REPORT:
DID NOT PRACTICE
LB Zack Baun (back contusion)
WR A.J. Brown (hamstring)
S Lewis Cine (hamstring)
RB Montrell Johnson Jr. (hamstring)
WR Terrace Marshall Jr. (knee)
C Trevor Keegan (back)
DT Byron Young (groin)
Baun has missed five straight practices.
Marshall has missed four straight practices.
Brown, Cine, Keegan, and Johnson Jr. have missed two straight practices.
Young is a new addition to the injury report.
LIMITED PARTICIPATION
LS Charley Hughlett (neck)
CB Mac McWilliams (quad)
S Andrew Mukuba (shoulder)
LB Nolan Smith (concussion)
LB Ben VanSumeren (ankle)
Nolan Smith returned to team drills … before then leaving practice early with trainers.
Hughlett was limited for the second day in a row. The veteran was participating in some team drills.
McWilliams was upgraded to limited after missing two practices. He was limited to position drills. Ditto for VanSumeren.
Mukuba still isn’t participating in team drills. Vic Fangio indicated the rookie safety is unlikely to play in the Eagles’ first preseason game.
IN-PRACTICE INJURIES
Nolan Smith and Kenyon Green were seen leaving the practice field with trainers. Smith’s ailment wasn’t clear. Green had been seen vomiting.
Tyler Steen was down on the ground in pain after seemingly getting hit where the sun don’t shine. He didn’t miss any reps, however.
UPGRADED TO FULL PARTICIPATION
DeVonta Smith (back tightness), Jihaad Campbell (shoulder), and E.J. Jenkins (hamstring) were removed from the injury report.
- DeVonta Smith is still really good. He regularly gave the defense trouble. Cooper DeJean trailed him after a number of catches.
- The defensive play of the day was made by Quinyon Mitchell, who intercepted a Tanner McKee pass. The quarterback seemingly didn’t see him lurking in coverage. That’s Q’s second pick of training camp. And it happened right around the time when it was revealed that Mitchell made the NFL Top 100 at No. 49 overall. He must’ve known. Mitchell allowed some completions to DeVonta on Monday but he really made the wide receiver work for them. As Zaza Pachulia once said: “Nothing easy.”
- POSITION BATTLE UPDATE — CORNERBACK: Prior to practice, Vic Fangio said that the competition between Adoree’ Jackson and Kelee Ringo “is close.” The first first-team cornerback reps indicate as much with Jackson up first on five days so far and Ringo up first on four days. Today was Ringo’s day, though the Eagles continue to rotate them throughout team periods. I wrote down Ringo’s name down just once and it was for being flagged for pass interference in 1-on-1s. I wrote Jackson’s name down for two losses to Elijah Cooks in 1-on-1 (one where he got shoved off the line of scrimmage, another where he got beat downfield) and one loss to Cooks in team drills. So, I’d say Ringo had the better day comparatively
- Eli Ricks had some struggles in 1-on-1, being flashed for pass interference while going up against Jahan Dotson and then biting hard on a double move to allow a wide open deep reception. Ricks rebounded in team drills, breaking up a 3rd-and-2 pass attempt to Darius Cooper over the middle. Ricks also broke up another throw to Cooks on a comeback.
- POSITION BATTLE UPDATE — LINEBACKER: With Baun out, Smael Mondon and Jeremiah Trotter Jr. spent time together as the first-team off-ball linebackers. Jihaad Campbell rotated in, too. But Mondon getting time with the starters is interesting and could reflect how he’s had a good camp. Also, it doesn’t seem like Fangio fully trusts Campbell just yet.
- Campbell might have some Ernie Sims to him in terms of maybe practicing a little too physically. There’s a fine line between giving full effort and getting a teammate injured in practice. I don’t think Campbell has hurt anyone yet and he’s usually been quick to apologize for contact that goes a little too far. His aggression could ultimately serve him well in the real games. The Eagles will hope it doesn’t lead to injuries before those start.
- Here’s an exchange from Fangio’s press conference:
Q. Going back to the edge spot. You had said last time that nobody stood out either positive or negatively just yet. Has that changed with OLB Azeez Ojulari or OLB Joshua Uche yet?
Vic Fangio: Yeah, I think Josh has had some good practices here of late, he’s flashed and had some really good plays. Like a lot of the guys that are new, he just needs to eliminate the negative plays and the negative plays aren’t something that you guys may see or know. It’s just reacting and covering and the way we want to play the run. The nuances of the defense. He has to master those, but overall he’s had a good camp and I see him getting better each and every day and the same thing with Azeez.
Sure seems like Uche is ahead of Ojulari. The former spent time with the first-team defense on Monday, ahead of Jalyx Hunt at times.
- Moro Ojomo’s had a very strong summer but he did bite on a hard count when the defense was trying to prevent the Eagles’ offense, which was backed up against their end zone, from getting 4+ yards. After the rep, Kevin Patullo gave Jordan Mailata and Landon Dickerson high fives for prompting the flag to Ojomo’s encroachment.
- Matt Pryor has been repping at first-team right tackle at times to give Lane Johnson rest. Pryor mauled Patrick Johnson on a running play. He also held off Ogbo Okoronkwo with ease in a 1-on-1 rep. Pryor has a chance to be the top backup at every non-center position. At the very least, the top backup at RG and RT.
- Ainias Smith isn’t having the disastrous start to camp that he did last year. But I struggle to say he’s looked good this summer. He had trouble tracking a ball in the air during 1-on-1s. He failed to make a leaping grab on a pass over the middle in 7-on-7s. In fairness, he did have a catch for a first down while the second-team offense was facing 3rd-and-7 from the minus 4-yard line.
- Johnny Wilson has mostly struggled this summer but this was a good day for him. He created separation for a deep catch against Parry Nickerson in 1-on-1s and he caught a pass on a slant for a third down conversion. I don’t think the Eagles are ready to give up on him quite yet.
- Elijah Cooks continues to cook. I liked how he used his size and strength to legally shove Adoree’ Jackson at the line of scrimmage to create some separation in 1-on-1s. He then made a good over-the-shoulder grab to beat Jackson in their next battle. Cooks beat Jackson in team drills to set up a 2nd-and-2. Cooks does have to figure out how to stop getting stifled by Ricks.
- Darius Cooper saw some first-team reps. He didn’t capitalize, however. A Hurts pass skimmed off his hands.
- The offensive play of the day was made by undrafted rookie Giles Jackson, who was able to track and haul in an over-the-shoulder bomb by Dorian Thompson-Robinson. Maybe DTR has a chance to make the roster, after all? Or maybe they’ll look to trade DTR for whatever they can get and keep Kyle McCord as QB3? Anyway, back to Jackson. It was cool to see him make that play after he dropped a pass where he didn’t seem to track the ball well earlier in practice during 1-on-1s.
- McCord threw a bullet to Kylen Granson for a first down. He also ripped a throw to Taylor Morin for a short touchdown in goal-to-go.
- Trevor Booker and Gabe Hall each had deflections at the line of scrimmage. I wonder if the Eagles might keep six defensive tackles: Jalen Carter, Jordan Davis, Moro Ojomo, Ty Robinson, Booker, and Hall.
- ShunDerrick Powell continues to flash. The undrafted rookie running back had another long run at one point. He also caught a short pass in the flat and broke free of Dallas Gant, who got a hand on Powell’s jersey before the running back ran through the linebacker’s grasp.
- Some down-the-depth chart observations for you: Joe Evans got to Keilan Robinson in the end zone for a would-be safety. Undrafted safety Maxen Hook blew up a goal-to-go Powell run by stuffing the run in the hole.
- The Eagles worked on some special teams contingencies with Braden Mann kicking field goals, Cooper DeJean holding, and Grant Calcaterra long snapping. Jake Elliott also held a snap from new guy Christian Johnstone (wearing No. 37, also worn by Maxen Hook) on a made Mann field goal.
- I’m a big dog guy. Love dogs. Good Pink Floyd song, too.
UP NEXT: The Eagles are back at practice on Tuesday morning starting at 10:00 AM Eastern. You can find more of the Eagles’ training camp schedule by clicking here.
