The Eagles put the pads on Saturday at camp and finally got hitting, a lot of players stood out most to me and there was a lot of things that happened in practice this weekend. Here are my biggest standout players of padded training camp so far.
Mychal Kendricks- Kendricks has looked very good in the past 2 practices really showing good coverage skills against the tight ends and even showed some run stopping ability giving Dion Lewis of the second team offense a very hard time on a couple plays. Kendricks has been penciled in so far as the starting strong side linebacker and is proving he deserves it so far at training camp.
Dominique-Rogers Cromartie- DRC has looked like the guy the Eagles need on the opposite side of Nnamdi, he on the second day of full padded practice had 2 picks and a bunch of pass deflections. He looks in the best shape of his career and is looking good going up against Desean and Maclin.
Marvin Mcnutt- Riley Cooper broke his collar bone on the first day of padded practice which was a blessing in disguise for the WRs like Mcnutt battling for a roster spot. Mcnutt looked great in both practices with some big catches against the first team defense. He ran crisp routes and on the one on ones he looked very good in the second day catching a jump ball over Cliff Harris. Mcnutt is expected to be penciled in at the #4 WR spot if Cooper is not back in time for the start of the season and so far he looks deserving of the spot.
Brandon Graham- The former first round draft pick is finally healthy and ready for training camp. He has looked very good in 1 on 1s really beating every OL I watched and in the 11 on 11s he has gotten extra reps with the first team defense since Jason Babin got hurt (Not Serious) and in those reps he has looked very good. Lets hope this continues throughout training camp and preseason so we can have a reliable rotation on the line.
Demetress Bell- The replacement for Jason Peters looks very productive in his first 2 padded practices notably on the 1 on 1s when he pancaked Trent Cole into the ground. He during all the reps looks to be hanging in there against all the good ends.
Those are my notable standouts so far at camp I expect more players to stick out more as training camp goes along.
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