The Eagles open their season against the Washington Commanders this Sunday. Will star edge rusher Jonathan Greenard — who missed all of camp with a pectoral injury — be ready for it?
Coach Nick Sirianni, speaking in a news conference Wednesday, said “We’ll see” when asked about his status.
“We’ll see where that is by the end of the week,” Sirianni said.
Greenard later appeared in full practice gear for the stretching period and at the start of individual drills open to the media. Greenard was listed as limited on Wednesday’s injury report, and was not available to speak to reporters.
#Eagles EDGE Jonathan Greenard (pec) is practicing today.
Team wants to see how he feels as the week progresses before deciding if he can play on Sunday, from what I understand. https://t.co/wwAmsQ7WSN
Greenard, 29, was not on the Physically Unable to Perform list when general manager Howie Roseman finalized the 53-man roster last week — a positive sign given that PUP status would have forced Greenard to miss at least the first four games of the season. On Aug. 31, Roseman offered a positive update on Greenard, who suffered the pectoral strain during a workout ahead of camp.
“Us not having him on PUP and missing time here shows that we anticipate him playing sooner rather than later,” Roseman said. “What that timetable is, again, we’ll keep close to the vest. The guy’s a tremendous football player. He’s got a tremendous ability to affect the quarterback. He’s going to come back in tremendous shape. I think that you saw the D-line’s obviously a position of emphasis for us always.
“The guy fits what we do. Yeah, there’ll be some things that will be a little bit different and we’ll get him up to speed, but we expect him to have a high impact on this team this season for all accounts of what he’s done and how he works and how he leads, he’s as advertised. We’re excited to have him.”
The Eagles traded third-round picks in 2026 and 2027 for Greenard on April 24. He then signed a four-year, $100 million contract that includes $50 million guaranteed. They acquired him to fill the void left by Jaelan Phillips, who signed with the Carolina Panthers in free agency.
Greenard was limited to 12 games with the Minnesota Vikings last season due to a left shoulder injury. He had surgery this past offseason.
Look for Jalyx Hunt — who arguably had the best training camp of any Eagles player — to fill Greenard’s role atop the depth chart if he doesn’t play. Nolan Smith Jr., Arnold Ebiketie, and A.J. Epenesa round out the Eagles’ deep edge rusher room.
DeVonta Smith steps onto the field, a white Gatorade towel wrapped around his head and his practice jersey draped over a black long-sleeve shirt. He flashes a determined look as he holds a play sheet in his left hand and a coach’s headset in his right.
Nothing was going to stop Smith — who was sidelined with a hamstring injury — from staying involved during the dog days of training camp.
He knows this season is different. He knows his mindset needs to reflect that.
For the first time since his rookie season, Smith is a No. 1 wide receiver. He excelled in that role in college and had a record-breaking first season — his 916 receiving yards set the Eagles rookie record for — but he’s lived in the shadow of A.J. Brown for the last four years. The Eagles traded Brown to the New England Patriots in June, which immediately placed Smith back atop the depth chart again.
Is he ready for his close-up?
“The guy was built to do this,” said James Madison coach Billy Napier, who recruited Smith when Napier was the wide receivers coach at Alabama. “DeVonta, he’s not motivated by normal things. This guy’s in a pursuit to be the best that’s ever done it. …
“Eagles fans are going to have fun watching Smitty in this role, I can promise you that.”
DeVonta Smith (6) and A.J. Brown (11) thrived together for a perennial Super Bowl contender, but Brown is now a Patriot. David Maialetti / Staff Photographer
He has the backing of his current teammates and coaches, too. Smith never led the Eagles in receiving yards when Brown was on the team, but he’s eclipsed 1,000 receiving yards in three of his last four seasons and is the all-time franchise leader in postseason receiving yards with 665.
Jordan Mailata put it best when asked about Smith, whom the Eagles took with the 10th pick in the first round of the 2021 draft.
“He’s always been a No. 1 receiver,” Mailata said, referring to Smith’s skill and leadership style. “Nothing has changed for Smitty.”
But now he actually has the title. And with training camp finished — plus the drama from the Brown situation mostly settled — that reality has sunk in inside the Eagles facility. There’s a sense that Smith, who won the Heisman Trophy when he was a No. 1 wide receiver with the Crimson Tide in 2020, has been waiting for this chance his entire career.
“I think he’s always seen himself as [the No. 1],” Eagles wide receivers coach Aaron Moorehead said. “I think in this building, you’ve always seen him as one. You just had another guy that was a one. There’s something about that that’s probably a little bit fun for him. To be able to know that he’s in that spot right now.”
As if his role increasing wasn’t enough of a challenge, Smith also has to learn a new offense. After things went stale under offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo last season, the Eagles replaced him with Sean Mannion, who is installing a new scheme rooted in his background in the Kyle Shanahan/Sean McVay offense. Coach Nick Sirianni said at the scouting combine that he expects his WR1 to be “on the rise” in the new offense, but it’s up to Smith to deliver on that.
How have the results been so far?
“It speaks to him that he missed a little time in camp, but right when he came back, the first thing we felt, we were like, ‘Yeah, this is who we missed,’” Moorehead said.
Eagles coaches have praised Smith’s (6) leadership as the team adapts to a new scheme. Monica Herndon / Staff Photographer
Learning a new playbook has never been an issue for Smith. Napier recalls Smith, then a sophomore in high school, skipping Alabama’s spring game — which would have been an opportunity for him to network with his future teammates and coaches — so that he could study the Tide’s playbook in his office.
“He stayed in my office the entire day. He never went to the game,” Napier said. “He’s consumed with being the best he can be. He’s blue-collar. He’s tough.”
So, how do those who knew him with Alabama think he’ll look in the Mannion offense, specifically?
“Oh, it doesn’t matter what offense he’s in,” former Alabama associate head coach Burton Burns said. “Whatever offense DeVonta’s in, he’s going to figure it out, he’s going to learn it quick, and he’s going to thrive.”
“Look, he’s played for lots of different systems, lots of different coordinators,” Napier said. “He’s going to learn his playbook and give the organization everything he has. It’s the best thing about him. He’s a playmaker, regardless of the system.”
Above all, Smith’s coaches have praised his ability to rise to a challenge — which is fitting for the task he faces in 2026. Early in his recruitment, Alabama balked at extending Smith an official offer, hoping it would motivate him to add weight to his slender frame. He not only rose to that challenge but wound up a five-star recruit, then set seven school receiving records and won two national titles with the Crimson Tide.
“He just kept working and working until we had to take notice,” Burns said. “He’s just got this quiet demeanor about himself that creates a lot of confidence.”
DeVonta Smith has seemed to accept the scrutiny that comes with a more prominent role in 2026. Tyger Williams / Staff Photographer
He’s meeting his goals ahead of his most difficult task yet this season. Moorehead said at the beginning of the offseason that he challenged Smith to ramp up his leadership as his role increased. Moorehead said Smith has done a “great job” with that, mentoring young receivers like 2026 first-round pick Makai Lemon and helping his teammates learn Mannion’s concepts.
“He’s been through a lot of wars here,” Moorehead said. “He’s not afraid to say that it’s not right — and he’s always been like that. I think that’s the Alabama in him, but I think even more so now he’s able to just take charge. He’s done a great job as far as leadership goes in the room of just helping everybody.”
Riq Woolen had made up his mind. In early December 2019, the 6-foot-4 athlete — who had spent the final few games of that season at cornerback, despite playing wide receiver his whole life — walked through the door of the UTSA coaches’ room, ready to tell the new staff that he wanted to revert to his old position.
His decision made sense. NFL defensive backs are approximately 5-foot-11 on average, according to Stathead data, and wide receivers typically are taller, so Woolen figured his best shot of making the league was on offense.
Then a former Eagle changed his life.
“He walks in the door, and I’m like, ‘What the frick? This dude looks like a basketball player,’” said Nick Graham, UTSA’s cornerbacks coach who played defensive back for the Eagles in 2007. “So then I watched his film with him, and I was like, ‘Oh hell yeah, you don’t need to move back to receiver. If you stay at corner, you’ll be a league guy, no doubt.’”
Graham’s gambit paid off. Two seasons and one successful combine performance later, Woolen was selected by the Seahawks in the fifth round (153rd overall) of the 2022 NFL Draft. The decision continued to pay off in Seattle, where Woolen became a Pro Bowler and All-Pro in 2022 and a key member of their Super Bowl team last season.
And yet, when Woolen finally hit free agency this spring, league-wide interest was low because of his inconsistent play in 2025.
Riq Woolen burst on the scene as a rookie in Seattle but was allowed to leave in free agency four years later. Lindsey Wasson
That’s when Eagles general manager Howie Roseman stepped in. In signing Woolen to a one-year deal worth up to $15 million, Roseman utilized a strategy that has worked well for him: Sign an underappreciated, perhaps disgruntled, player to a one-year deal and hope it pays off.
Linebacker Zack Baun — who signed a one-year deal with the Eagles in 2024 — went from an afterthought with the New Orleans Saints to a two-time Pro-Bowler under defensive coordinator Vic Fangio. Wide receiver Alshon Jeffery, running back LeGarrette Blount, and cornerback Patrick Robinson, all of whom signed one-year deals in 2017, helped the team to its first Super Bowl win that season.
Can Woolen, 27, be Howie’s next one-year wonder in Philadelphia?
“I’d bet on Howie for sure, and I’d bet on Tariq for damn sure,” UTSA coach Jeff Traylor said.
Before examining Woolen’s likelihood of living up to that, we must first dive into how he got here. Critical mental errors over the last two seasons were his downfall. Woolen experienced a nadir in Seattle’s 2025 season opener, when he gave up a 45-yard completion near the sidelines and a touchdown in the end zone on the San Francisco 49ers’ game-winning drive. In the first six weeks, Woolen ranked near the bottom of the league in passer rating against (116.3). He corrected this in the final 12 weeks, climbing up to the sixth-best number among cornerbacks (57.2).
The damage had been done, though. The fluctuating nature of Woolen’s play was the final straw for the Seahawks. Those closest to Woolen believe coach Mike Macdonald’s regime didn’t trust him as much as Pete Carroll’s — which is the driving force behind the “big chip on his shoulder” this season.
“The thing that I’m excited for him is the clean slate,” Graham said. “He’s going to a place where he’s wanted. I know the first regime in Seattle wanted him … I don’t know that it was like that with the second one.”
Riq Woolen (27) won a Super Bowl in Seattle, but some trust might have eroded with Mike Macdonald’s coaching staff. Kevin Ng, Kevin Ng-Imagn Images
On paper, Fangio’s scheme should reignite his Pro Bowl form. Woolen had one of the best seasons in recent years in man coverage — according to Next Gen Stats, his 27.6% completion rate allowed in man coverage was the lowest by any defender to face 20-plus targets in man since at least 2018. The Seahawks deployed man coverages on just 15.2% of their defensive snaps, which was the sixth-fewest in the NFL, according to Sharp Analytics. The Eagles, meanwhile, used man coverage on 24.5% of their snaps last season.
If this trend continues (and Woolen stays consistent), Fangio could have one of the best cornerback trios in the league in Woolen, along with Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean, who are Pro Bowlers in their own right.
How has the chemistry been with that group so far?
“It’s pretty cool because it’s just learning how to fit in with these guys,” Woolen said. “I know my personality. I get along well with everybody. So just being able to become close with these guys, that’s all I really care about.
“I’ve got to be the best version of myself, and for me to do that, I’ve got to be comfortable with them, and they’ve got to be comfortable with me, and they’ve got to get to know me, and I’ve got to know them.”
Unlocking the “best version” of Woolen is no simple task. This offseason was a microcosm of his career — with peaks during OTAs, when he looked like the team’s best defender, and the valleys on Day 1 of the Eagles’ joint practice in New England, when A.J. Brown and the Patriots wide receiving corps torched him (before Woolen redeemed himself with a pair of interceptions on Day 2).
Riq Woolen spent training camp getting adjusted to Vic Fangio’s scheme. Monica Herndon / Staff Photographer
Fangio perhaps put it best when asked about Woolen in early August.
“At times he can get a little lazy or sloppy with his technique and have a bad down or two, but he’s still showing everything that I think he can do,” Fangio said. “He’s just got to get in such great shape and calloused to football that those don’t happen.”
Graham has a different interpretation of Woolen’s work ethic — and believes that, under Fangio’s defense and direct coaching style, he’ll earn an even bigger contract next season.
“I think that Riq makes stuff look so easy sometimes that you almost think it’s lazy — but it’s really not,” Graham said. “I know Vic coaches hard … but he’s probably Santa Claus compared to me. Because [Fangio’s] still talking to pros. I coached extremely hard. So I don’t think that type of stuff bothers him. But I think there is a next level … I think he’s a $15 to $20 million per year corner, long-term.
“I think other people believe that, too, but you know how the league is — it’s very small. Somebody says something [about a player], and then that’s gospel. He’s excited to go prove all these people wrong.”
It’s unlikely Woolen will be an Eagle for long. The team handed out a massive extension to defensive tackle Jalen Carter this offseason and still needs to extend Mitchell and Cooper. Nevertheless, it’s clear his teammates are ecstatic to have him — even if he’s just a one-year wonder.
“A lot of people [across the NFL] talk bad about him, and I’m like ‘What are you talking about?’” said Jordan Mailata. “He’s a f—ing tree. He’s built like a tree, son. We watch the film of practices, you can see the impact that he has on that defense, just being able to be on the island. All day every day, the ground he can cover, he’s f—ing big.”
He had a quiet OTAs. He missed the majority of training camp. Then, when he finally played in the Eagles’ final preseason game, he struggled, recording just 3 yards on three catches and a drop that led to an interception.
Time to hit the panic button? The Eagles certainly aren’t.
“He’s done a good job,” said wide receivers coach Aaron Moorehead. “I mean, Makai, like any rookie, is going to have things that [they do] really well and things that he is going to have to improve on. … You’re correcting everything, you’re praising everything, and you’re just allowing the guys to be in the best free position to go out there and play their best.”
Moorehead added that Lemon, the Eagles’ No. 20 pick in the first round of April’s draft, is still going through the motions after he missed nearly three weeks of training camp with a hamstring injury. Fellow Eagles wide receiver DeVonta Smith was sidelined the majority of camp too, but as Moorehead noted, it’s far easier for a veteran like Smith to ramp up than a rookie.
What’s the biggest hurdle Lemon must overcome following his injury?
Makai Lemon was sidelined for nearly three weeks of training camp with a hamstring injury.Yong Kim / Staff Photographer
“It’s really just timing,” Moorehead said. “That’s really the big thing is this timing and getting on the same page with everybody and making sure that they’re kind of pressing forward.
“With Makai, we had to come up with creative ways to get him walk-throughs and get him doing different things that he could do while he was out. He couldn’t physically run, but he could walk through things or we could talk through things, and we could have him hear it, break the huddle, and go where he needed to go, just to catch him up that way. It wasn’t the most fun thing in the world. I know he wanted to be out there and we know we all wanted him to be out there, but that’s what you do. You sacrifice your time, you sacrifice your energy to get to where you want to go. He really took it really well.”
It’s clear the Eagles’ top brass isn’t panicking because of Lemon’s college resumé. Lemon starred at Southern Cal last season, earning unanimous All-American honors by finishing with 1,156 yards and 11 touchdowns. There’s a reason the Eagles traded up in the first round with the rival Dallas Cowboys in order to pick him.
General manager Howie Roseman raved about Lemon and the rest of position group in a press conference on Monday.
“The receiver core, obviously you would’ve liked them to be together a little bit more here through the summer but have a lot of confidence in that group,” Roseman said. “I think it’s a talented group from top to bottom. All those guys, they play different roles. It starts with Smitty, who I don’t think it’s a secret how high we are on him. Tay’s [Dontayvion Wicks] exactly what we thought he would be. Obviously, prior to the regular season, going into the regular season, have tremendous confidence in Makai Lemon, Hollywood Brown. Everyone saw Coop [Darius Cooper] and the growth that he showed and development that he showed.”
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Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio effectively offered an update when asked for the latest on the safety battle between Marcus Epps and Michael Carter II — the Eagles’ most contentious position battle in training camp.
“It is close,” Fangio said. “Michael has been doing a good job back there. It’s just all new to him and we need to get him more exposure, which is hard to do, but I do think Michael eventually can do it.”
Fangio’s rationale makes sense, too. Epps, who was a key starter during the Eagles’ 2022 Super Bowl run, has a much lengthier resumé than Carter’s. The former has 49 starts in 94 career games with three interceptions and 315 career tackles, while Carter has 26 starts in 73 games with two interceptions and 233 tackles.
Barring an outside acquisition, it appears that Marcus Epps has wrapped up a starting safety job. Yong Kim / Staff Photographer
Time will tell if general manager Howie Roseman makes an additional move at safety, which is widely considered the thinnest position on the Eagles roster. But for now, the job is Epps’ — which “means everything” to him.
“I worked real hard to get back to where I’m at, man, and there were a lot of dark days,” Epps said Tuesday. “But I still got work to do. I haven’t arrived by any means. It’s a long season, and we’re still here just in camp. That’s where my focus is, on camp, finishing out camp the right way and just continuing to get better.”
Revealing the starting safety wasn’t the only tidbit Fangio dropped before Wednesday’s practice, which was the team’s final session of their 2026 training camp. The veteran defensive coordinator also gave a glimpse into where the cornerback room currently stands. When asked a question about the depth at the position, Fangio tipped his hand on five of the six most likely corners to make the final 53-man roster — Quinyon Mitchell, Riq Woolen, Jonathan Jones, Mac McWilliams and Kelee Ringo.
“I feel good about Q [Mitchell] and Riq,” Fangio said. “Jonathan Jones has missed a lot of time here, so hopefully we can get him back at some point. I think Mac has made a lot of strides. He’s dinged right now a little bit, [and] wasn’t able to finish the other night. Kelee, I think, is making strides.
“Those are the five main ones, plus the guys that are competing for the sixth spot.”
The “guys competing for the sixth spot” are Jakorian Bennett, Ambry Thomas, Shaun Wade, Tariq Castro-Fields, and Isaiah Bolden, with Friday’s game against the Bengals possibly offering another chance for players to set themselves apart.
What Fangio’s complete group looks like will become more clear when the final roster is due Sunday at 6 p.m. ET.
This time last week, Sean Mannion sat in front of the Philly press corps — which had largely praised his work in the weeks leading up to the Eagles’ preseason opener — and had to face the music.
That’ll happen when you lose 24-7 and get outgained 440-159 yards.
On Monday, he got to sing a much different tune.
Mannion’s offense looked much better in the Eagles’ 24-21 preseason loss to the New England Patriots on Saturday. The unit posted 18 first downs (compared to six vs. the Baltimore Ravens), 301 total yards and finally showcased the potential of the wide-zone scheme.
So, what changed in a week? Mannion said the execution of the run game, which posted 90 yards in 24 attempts, caught his eye.
“It was execution and play style,” Mannion said. “I thought, obviously, the starting unit wasn’t in there, but that second unit [and] third unit, they really did a nice job. We controlled the line of scrimmage early in the game, kind of that first series. I thought the play style was on display. Those are the two things I told them I want to execute — really three — execution, fundamentals, and play style.
“We were a little sloppy in terms of our fundamentals and execution at times in the first preseason game. I thought it was much improved in Game 2, particularly with the offensive line group up front.”
Eagles offensive coordinator Sean Mannion had praise for quarterback Jalen Hurts (right) in his remarks to reporters on Monday. Yong Kim / Staff Photographer
Now entering the third and final week of the preseason, Mannion can start to think about what life might look like when the starters finally take over during Week 1 (Sept. 13 vs. the Washington Commanders). There are high expectations for the former Green Bay Packers quarterbacks coach, who was hired to modernize the Eagles offense with concepts that look similar to those of Sean McVay and Kyle Shanahan.
The spotlight will mostly shine on the relationship between Mannion and quarterback Jalen Hurts, who is now on his sixth play-caller since he entered the league in 2020. What does Mannion think of his progress so far?
“He did a good job,” Mannion said of Hurts’ performance vs. the Patriots in last week’s joint practices. “The first day, we had a lot of big plays and just a couple turnovers we need to clean up. That’s always a focus for us, but you could really see the run game come to life, [and] you could see the play passes off of it.
“We hit a nice pylon route to [wide receiver] Elijah [Moore], but you could see the explosives in the past game as well. A couple turnovers, those are obviously things we always want to address. We talk about the ball relentlessly, but he did a really nice job.
“For the guys who didn’t play in the game, they got a ton of great work in those two practices against the Patriots. I was really happy with how Jalen played throughout.”
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Three days ago, Vic Fangio blasted Ty Robinson with a backhanded compliment when asked about the defensive tackle’s strong first preseason game.
“Yeah, he came to life,” Fangio said. “He’s been on life support since he’s been here, but he came to life and hopefully that will continue.”
After Saturday, it’s clear Robinson is alive and well.
The 25-year-old put on a show in the Eagles’ 24-21 preseason loss vs. the Patriots at Gillette Stadium, logging two sacks, four tackles, and three quarterback hits. Through two preseason games, Robinson now has three sacks, four quarterback hits, and three tackles for loss.
Eagles defensive tackle Ty Robinson sacks Patriots quarterback Tommy DeVito during the second quarter on Saturday. Yong Kim / Staff Photographer
So, did Robinson hear what Fangio said?
”I did,” Robinson said. “And you know what, I’ll take that as a compliment. He’s not wrong. Last year I had to find myself. I was on a scout team just understanding how the NFL worked and going up against a pretty good offensive line, so getting to work against those guys and just get better. It’s obviously showing that it’s helped.”
Fangio’s analysis wasn’t wrong. The 2025 Eagles fourth-round pick (111th overall) was buried on the depth chart a year ago, logging just 34 defensive snaps and totaling five tackles and one QB hit.
At the beginning of training camp, he took reps with the developmental group — a clear sign he was sliding down the depth chart. The ex-Nebraska standout looked like a candidate to miss the 53-man roster all together.
Everything changed with a string of great practices and an excellent preseason showing.
Early in the first quarter last Saturday, Robinson blew past Ravens guard Emery Jones Jr. to sack quarterback Tyler Huntley. In the days leading up to the Ravens game, Robinson showed his ferocity in another way when he had a brief skirmish with guard Tyler Steen after a one-on-one rep.
Against the Patriots, Robinson ran the same stunt twice to bring down quarterback Tommy DeVito two times in the second quarter.
The Eagles still have a loaded defensive tackle group. Don’t expect Robinson to dethrone Jalen Carter, Jordan Davis, Moro Ojomo or even Byron Young anytime soon.
But for the first time since he turned pro, Robinson is showing promise — which surely pleases general manager Howie Roseman, who spent an early Day 3 pick on him last year.
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Turning his head left and right to scan for onlookers on the sidelines, A.J. Brown ran across the Patriots practice field and only slowed down his trot as he finally approached Jalen Hurts.
The two men shared a high five, a hug and a brief conversation. Once considered close friends, the players looked like they couldn’t contain their smiles as they caught up.
The nature of the conversation remained a mystery, but it was a meeting fans and NFL observers had been anticipating for months.
For the first time since Brown was traded from the Eagles to the Patriots on June 1, the once-inseparable duo met on the lower practice field at New Balance Athletics Center, which is adjacent to Gillette Stadium, after their teams met for the second day of joint practices.
Brown and Hurts’ relationship goes back nearly a decade, when Hurts hosted Brown on a recruiting trip at the University of Alabama. The relationship blossomed to the point that Hurts was named godfather to Brown’s daughter, Jersee.
Their bond loosened near the end of their four-year run together in Philadelphia, with Brown reportedly wanting out due to frustration over his lack of targets last season.
A.J. Brown (right) approached Jalen Hurts on the practice field Thursday. Yong Kim / Staff Photographer
Whatever tension exists, both players have acknowledged the success they had during their tenure together. Hurts helped Brown post the two highest single-season receiving yard totals in Eagles history — 1,496 yards in 2022 and 1,456 in 2023. With Brown as his No. 1 target, Hurts grew into a three-time Pro Bowler and MVP candidate in 2022.
The pair helped lift the Eagles to a Super Bowl win in the 2024 season.
Brown spoke with a group of reporters on Wednesday and was asked about his relationship with Hurts.
“Philly, man, y’all are tough,” Brown said with a laugh. “Man, it’s love. Listen, honestly guys, none of that stuff even matters. You all should want to report something positive. You know asking the question is going to turn negative. Let’s not get into that. Let’s keep everything positive.
“It’s love my way. And move forward, that’s all.”
Hurts was asked a similar question Wednesday, as Brown spoke on another field.
“I think it was a great day out here,” Hurts said. “I mean, I know he’s going out there and competing. Got a lot of love for him. I always have. Seems like it was a competitive practice.”
Both men will be in attendance when the Patriots host the Eagles in both teams’ second preseason game on Saturday, but neither is expected to play.
