Good news on a Monday morning! Andrews has reported and is scheduled to practice. Let's hope he regains his form quickly. The silver lining to his late report date is Max Jean-Gilles has reportedly had a very good camp, and projects to help the Eagles. I could see in the future Andrews bumps out to play right tackle and Jean-Gilles becomes the starting guard.
With Asante Samuel back in camp, all eyes are on the battle at corner. Samuel has already been named the starting left corner while Lito Sheppard and Sheldon Brown fight for the right corner spot. The "loser" of that battle plays the nickel. The Eagles are in great shape as long as nobody pouts. With an improved pass rush, and the ability to match up with three stud corners the Eagles should make some QBs suffer!
The concern I have with the Eagles defense is their size. Patterson and Laws are small defensive tackles, Cole is not real big, and neither is Thomas. Victor Abriamiri, who most people thought would challenge Thomas for a starting end spot, will miss most of camp with an injury. Abriamiri is 6 foot 4, 265. The Eagles are very small up front, and I worry NFC East teams will pound the Eagles off tackle. I have a lot of faith in Jimmy Johnson, but I'd feel a lot more comfortable if we had a couple of big, physical lineman to play on early downs.
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