3. Defense staying basic and continuing its evaluation
Jonathan Gannon continues evaluating talent and assessing where to put his players into positions where they can be productive. What he's showing in the preseason games is his basic scheme, and by the time the regular season begins this defense will have its specific assignments down. That said, Gannon provided an overview of where he feels the defense is in a conversation we had on Wednesday, and there is no doubt that he's pleased with the progress.
How has the integration gone given so many new faces learning the scheme?
"Easily, and it's because of the veterans we have," he said. "The veterans that were here and the veterans we brought in are high-character guys, so they're about the team first and they understand what we're trying to get done and none of the vets that we have put themselves over the team. That's why it's been such an easy transition, because they're on the same page of, 'Hey, the 2021 Philadelphia Eagles, it's the defense first, it's you second.' We didn't have to sell it at all. That's the type of players and people that they were. It's been a breeze."
We may not see it in these preseason games, but Gannon is putting his system in place and it's going to be fun to find out what it's all about. In the meantime, he has preseason games to coach. And a successful Thursday night for him would mean ... what, exactly?
"I want to see high effort from our guys. I want to see good tackling. I want to see hitting," he said. "And I want to see strip attempts and hopefully we get a couple of turnovers. I'd like to take the ball away."
And there you go.
4. Arryn Siposs in his punter/holder/more? role
In case you didn't notice, Jake Elliott is listed as "day to day" with an ankle injury. If that injury prevents him from kicking against New England, Arryn Siposs would have the assignment of kicking off and attempting field goals in addition to his punting duties (Nick Mullens would be the holder on field goals and PATs). Siposs could have a very, very busy evening. He averaged 51.3 yards on his punts last week and he was flawless holding.
What we're potentially looking at here is an emergency situation and, of course, it's always worthwhile to address an emergency in the preseason. It's great practice. Siposs has practiced kickoffs in Training Camp, so that shouldn't be too much of a challenge for him, but the field goals? Let's just see what happens if the Eagles keep Elliott on the sidelines until he's 100 percent good to go and ready to pick up where he left off after three successful field goal attempts last week.
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