Eagles 2026 training camp practice notes, Day 12: Camp battle at safety heating up

What stood out to Jimmy Kempski today at training camp? We've got notes.

By Jimmy Kempski
PhillyVoice Staff

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Marcus Epps (above) is the favorite to win the Eagles' starting sub-package safety job, but Michael Carter is making a strong case for himself as well.

Day 12 of Philadelphia Eagles training camp fell in between the Birds' first preseason game on Saturday and joint practices with the New England Patriots, which will begin on Wednesday. So, it was a short practice, and it was in shells and shorts. Limited notes today, so let's just get right to them.

• A bunch of notable players returned practice:

1. DeVonta Smith: Limited after missing seven practices with a hamstring injury.

2. Quinyon Mitchell: Full participant after missing one practice with a glute injury.

3. Cooper DeJean: Full participant after missing one practice with a groin injury.

4. Cole Wisniewski: Limited after missing nine practices with a hamstring injury.

5. Keyshawn James-Newby: Limited after missing eight practices with an ankle injury.

Also, Makai Lemon was listed as a non-participant and was not in uniform, but he did participate in some drills, and it seems a return to the field is on the horizon.

• Michael Carter had a big day for the defense. He picked off Jalen Hurts deep down the middle of the field, beating Quez Watkins to the ball, and he also got home for a "sack" on a blitz. Marcus Epps is pretty clearly in the lead for the starting sub-package safety role opposite Andrew Mukuba, especially after he sat out the first preseason game with the cool kids, but Carter has played well this summer and is making a case for himself.

Carter is listed at 5'10, 184, so, you know, he's small. But he also ran a 4.36 40, and is one of the fastest safeties in the league, if that's what we're calling him. And you can see it on the field. He buzzes around out there.

To be determined if the Eagles will post another slow-mo video of Hurts' INT that will dominate the global news cycle again.

• Saquon Barkley is running a more extensive route tree in camp this year. In the past he's run some wheel routes, and otherwise been sort of a checkdown guy. This year he's out there running Texas routes and other stuff that works around the league.

Barkley isn't Todd Gurley or Christian McCaffrey in the passing game, but he should be more involved than he has been previously.

• OL-DL 1-on-1's weren't very spirited today. It looked a little like there wasn't maximum effort from the starters going against each other. But the backups did, and as usual, Willie Lampkin looked good, this time getting a win over Byron Young. 

Spoiler: Lampkin is going to be on the team.

• Hollywood Brown hasn't had an impactful camp so far, but he showed a little juice today. He settled into a zone, turned, and caught a pass, then shook Riq Woolen for some additional yards. A common thing that showed up on Brown's tape when we evaluated him this offseason is his ability to often make the first guy miss after the catch. He is known for his long speed, but he has short area quickness too.

• There were a couple of nice pass breakups today, by Quinyon Mitchell vs. Dontayvion Wicks, and by Jihaad Campbell vs. Dallas Goedert. I'm not sure if Campbell got a hand on the football, but he caused the incompletion.

• The following clip is from the first preseason game on Saturday, but I hadn't seen it until after I published my postgame articles. I think it's worth showing. It's Eli Stowers hesitating to hit someone on a block and instead getting pushed back into the hole where Tank Bigsby is bottled up. (Video via @fanalyzesports):

Oof. We know that Stowers is a work in progress as a blocker, but you'd certainly like to see more aggressiveness there.

• Practice notes should be much more plentiful after joint practices with the Patriots on Wednesday.

https://www.phillyvoice.com/eagles-2026-training-camp-practice-notes-day-12-camp-battle-safety-heating/

Does Jake Elliott have pictures of someone? How many misses is he going to have before they bring in some competition for him? Yes he’s been great, but he’s been mediocre for what seems far longer now. 3 misses in practice. This is a real problem.

Eagles 2026 training camp notes, Day 13: Eagles-Patriots joint practices, Part I

Observations and standouts from the first of two joint practices between the Eagles and Patriots in Foxboro.

By Jimmy Kempski
PhillyVoice Staff

Eric Canha/IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect

Jalen Hurts and the Eagles' offense got off to a good start in Foxboro, and then... meh.

Day 13 of Philadelphia Eagles training camp was also the first of two joint practices with A.J. Brown and the New England Patriots. Fun day! Let's just get right to the notes.

• Practice started off right away with WR-CB 1-on-1s, and yep, A.J. Brown faced off against Quinyon Mitchell. Brown was able to get a step on Mitchell (with Mitchell tugging at his pants), and he hauled in the pass over his shoulder, but Mitchell was able to swipe the ball out of Brown's hands. Awesome start to practice.

You can hear the crowd anticipate a big play, followed by a loud, "AWWWWWW!" Lol.

Thereafter, Brown had an active day. He beat Riq Woolen on a crosser over the middle, he beat Mitchell on a quick slant, and he was credited with beating Woolen again on a fade route down the right sideline. The fade route was caught on the Eagles' sideline, and Brown spun the ball after his catch. 

It should've been ruled incomplete, but whatever:

I thought Brown looked faster than he did a year ago. The Patriots are crazy for trading a first round pick for a player who does not have a lot of long-term value, in my opinion, but I do like his chances of having a bounce-back season in 2026.

• I thought the Eagles' offense got off to a great start today, notably the offensive line. They were moving the Pats' D-line in the run game and opening up gaping holes. The O-line starters also (mostly) dominated in pass pro 1-on-1's.

1. Lane Johnson easily handled Elijah Ponder.

2. Tyler Steen won against Christian Barmore.

3. Cam Jurgens got the best of Cory Durden.

4. Jordan Mailata shut down Dre'Mont Jones.

5. Drew Kendall had multiple wins, over Leonard Taylor, Isaiah Iton, and Casey Rodgers.

6. Markel Bell had multiple wins of his own against a couple of smaller speed guys in Quintayvious Hutchins and Jesse Luketa.

That's six of the Eagles' top seven linemen with a clean sweep on their reps.

The only loss was Landon Dickerson, to Milton Williams. (I originally thought Dickerson narrowly won that rep, but a few other Eagles beats with a better angle on that one vehemently disagreed, so I'll concede.)

I would have also given Willie Lampkin a 2-1 record on his three reps.

The Eagles' other backups in 1-on-1's? Yuck. Myles Hinton in particular got torn up. I had him down for 0 wins, 4 losses, and some of the losses were bad.

• The Eagles' offense also hit on some big pass plays today. The highlight of the day was on a play in which Dre'Mont Jones was buzzing around the corner. Jalen Hurts stepped up away from the pressure and delivered an outstanding ball on a deep corner route to Elijah Moore.

The Eagles also hit on a couple of long pass plays to Will Shipley, and a screen that got Saquon Barkley loose into the open field.

But it wasn't all good. As the day progressed, the Pats caught up and did better job of bottling up the run and forcing incompletions. They gave Hurts fits when they blitzed, which really has been a theme throughout camp, as well as in previous years, at times.

Hurts also threw a couple of INTs in 7-on-7's. I can't comment on what happened on those throws, because you kind of have to choose whether to watch 7-on-7's, or OL-DL 1-on-1's, and I chose the latter.

Otherwise, Hurts was up and down. I thought he made a really nice anticipation throw to the sideline to Darius Cooper. I also thought he had a miss in the middle of the field to Dallas Goedert that should have been a completion, but he threw to a spot where Kevin Byard could get the pass breakup.

• Will Shipley maybe had the best practice of his career. He had a long TD on a wheel route, but another long catch and run, when he was lined up in the slot. He also had a few nice runs, and he popped a blitzing linebacker in the hole in pass pro.

• Dontayvion Wicks got open for a handful of catches during a hurry-up session. He also broke the ankles of Charles Woods during 1-on-1's. Via Brooks Kubena:

His best trait is beating press coverage. 

• DeVonta Smith participated in individual drills, but not 11-on-11's. He joined the huddle when the first-team offense was on the field in 11-on-11s, but would then stand back behind the play.

• Riq Woolen was the darling of spring practices, but he has had a quiet summer, and he had a bad day today. As noted above, he got beat on the fade route to Brown (even if Brown didn't get both feet in), but also on an in-breaker by Mack Hollins, and on another pass in the middle of the field to Romeo Doubs. The pass to Doubs was dropped, but he got plenty of separation on Woolen.

• Vic Fangio made an interesting comment about Ty Robinson which is pretty much in line with what we have reported about his play this summer.

"He came to life. He’s been on life support since he’s been here.”

— #Eagles DC Vic Fangio on DT Ty Robinson, who had a sack in preseason Game 1 pic.twitter.com/Skft5y2hM0

— Jeff McLane (@Jeff_McLane) August 19, 2026

Lol. Howie Roseman decides on the 53-man roster, so Robinson will be on the team, but Vic does not seem to be a big fan.

• In his first practice away from the friendly confines of the JeffPlex, Jake Elliott went 3/5 in New England. It was too difficult to see distances, but they seemed to be roughly in line with distances in previous practices.

Ruh roh.

• If I'm assigning a joint practice win, I'm going with the Patriots, in a close call.

https://www.phillyvoice.com/eagles-2026-training-camp-practice-notes-day-13-eagles-patriots-joit-part-i/

2 hours ago, EazyEaglez said:

Does Jake Elliott have pictures of someone? How many misses is he going to have before they bring in some competition for him? Yes he’s been great, but he’s been mediocre for what seems far longer now. 3 misses in practice. This is a real problem.

The only competition they could bring in now is someone who just got cut for failing somewhere else so it'd be a wash at best.

If they were going to bring in someone to seriously compete they would have brought in some college legs after the draft, but as far as I can see all the draft eligible kickers from 2026 got signed elsewhere.

Hope Woolen doesn't turn out to be a bust after all the buzz during the spring. But maybe that's also why Seattle was ok with letting him leave (and I believe they benched him during last season, right?).

Based on the sound of things thus far, overall, there are going to be some real growing pains with the offense when the season starts. At least our first 2 games are against softer teams...but games 3 and 4 could potentially be disastrous if the offense can't find some kind of rhythm by then.

1 minute ago, EaglesAddict said:

Hope Woolen doesn't turn out to be a bust after all the buzz during the spring. But maybe that's also why Seattle was ok with letting him leave (and I believe they benched him during last season, right?).

Based on the sound of things thus far, overall, there are going to be some real growing pains with the offense when the season starts. At least our first 2 games are against softer teams...but games 3 and 4 could potentially be disastrous if the offense can't find some kind of rhythm by then.

Hopefully the run game and defense can keep us in those types of games till they get rolling on the passing side of things

8 hours ago, EaglesAddict said:

Hope Woolen doesn't turn out to be a bust after all the buzz during the spring. But maybe that's also why Seattle was ok with letting him leave (and I believe they benched him during last season, right?).

Based on the sound of things thus far, overall, there are going to be some real growing pains with the offense when the season starts. At least our first 2 games are against softer teams...but games 3 and 4 could potentially be disastrous if the offense can't find some kind of rhythm by then.

20 hours ago, Cochis_Calhoun said:

The only competition they could bring in now is someone who just got cut for failing somewhere else so it'd be a wash at best.

If they were going to bring in someone to seriously compete they would have brought in some college legs after the draft, but as far as I can see all the draft eligible kickers from 2026 got signed elsewhere.

He's been an issue for a few years now, but they have yet to bring anyone in to as some kind of competition.

3 hours ago, EazyEaglez said:

He's been an issue for a few years now, but they have yet to bring anyone in to as some kind of competition.

Just out of curiosity, which losses over the last few years do you put the blame mostly on the kicker?

Philadelphia is not an indoor stadium, so whoever our kicker is, will never have more than half of his games weather free. I'm not sure there are very many kickers currently playing (probably a couple, though) that can play as many seasons in Philadelphia and have noticeably better career percentages.

Eagles-Patriots 2026 training camp joint practice notes, Day 14: Birds defense finishes strongly

Some detailed notes and analysis from the Eagles second day of joint practices in New England.

By Jimmy Kempski
PhillyVoice Staff

Jimmy/for PhillyVoice

BFFs

Day 14 of Philadelphia Eagles training camp was also the second of two joint practices with A.J. Brown and the New England Patriots. Another fun day!

Before we get to the notes, a quick disclaimer: The Eagles' offense / Patriots defense was practicing on the far end of one field, and was difficult to see. The Eagles' defense / Patriots offense was on another field right in front of me, so I made the executive decision to focus on the Birds' defense for the bulk of practice. I didn't really see the offense until the end of the day, when the two teams had something of a scrimmage.

• Riq Woolen had a tough day on Wednesday but he bounced back in a big way on Thursday. He made plays all day, but two monster plays stood out.

1) Covering A.J. Brown on a goal line play, Brown ran a quick out, and Woolen also ran Brown's route for him. Drake Maye seemingly decided he was going to Brown no matter what at the snap. But Brown was blanketed by Woolen and when Maye let it rip Woolen stepped in front of Brown for the INT and was off to the races. It would've been something like a 100-yard pick-six.

2) While covering Brown again, Brown ran a slant, and again, Woolen had close coverage. Brown was able to secure his hands on the ball for a moment before Woolen ripped it out of his grasp, sending the ball high in the air. It looked like the ball was going to fall harmlessly to the turf, but Jalyx Hunt made an incredible diving INT. That was the play of Eagles training camp, in my opinion.

Woolen also had a really nice pass breakup on a fade route to Romeo Doubs. Doubs leapt for the ball, but Woolen, with his back to the play, had good technique and got his hand in between Doubs' hands and broke it up.

He also forced an incompletion late in practice once again against Doubs in the back of the end zone. I think by that point he was feeling himself a little and talked some s*** to some nearby Pats fans.

Woolen did give up at least one TD in red zone drills, one of which was a great throw and contested catch by Doubs, but even on plays with bad results he was right there. And certainly, the good plays outweighed the negative ones.

• In addition to his INT, Jalyx Hunt forced a fumble on a run play by Rhamondre Stevenson. A few plays earlier, Stevenson finished a run through the echo of the whistle, lowering his shoulder into Cooper DeJean, which sparked a little post-play extracurriculars. But Hunt would eventually get the best of Stevenson.

• Jeremiah Trotter has continued to have a very good camp. Just generally, he was physical against the run today, and he had good coverage on an incomplete pass to the end zone against the speedy TreVeyon Henderson. Trotter can play.

• Jalen Carter didn't practice today, but I thought that Moro Ojomo and Jordan Davis owned to the interior of the line against the Pats' run game for the better part of the day. They each had multiple tackles for loss, and Davis had a batted pass, as he often does. Even when they weren't making the stops themselves, Ojomo and Davis were messing up Pats run plays. For example, Ojomo got a great jump on one snap and instantly got into the backfield with an impressive swim move, forcing the back to stop dead in his tracks and try the backside, which wasn't blocked up.

• Ojomo also had a play in which it was debatable whether he got close up for a sack or not. But if he didn't get to Maye, Nolan Smith sure did. All four of the Eagles' D-line starters made plays today.

• One guy I haven't mentioned much — maybe because he's been around for years now and hasn't been able to crack the 53-man roster for sustained periods of time — is Andre' Sam. Sam is just a really physical player who is willing to do the dirty work. On one run play to the perimeter, Sam took on a lead-blocking tight end, and absolutely lit him up, sending him to the ground. He also had a physical tackle on a Pats RB, as well as good coverage on another back in the end zone.

Sam isn't likely to crack the 53-man roster because the Eagles can probably feel safe about getting him to the practice squad, but if I'm ranking Eagles safeties, he's fourth behind Andrew Mukuba, Marcus Epps, and Michael Carter.

• The backup linebackers aside from Trotter had some nice moments as well. Smael Mondon had a nice batted pass on a blitz, and Chance Campbell unleashed a great ghost (dip) move on a blitz that I wasn't expecting him to be able to execute. That dude is athletic. Fast, with bend. 

• Kelee Ringo has shown a little something the last week or so. Kayshon Boutte made a nice contested catch over Ringo, but Kelee had good coverage on the play. Ringo also skied for a PBU in the back of the end zone on a purposefully high throw to 6'6 tight end Eli Raridon.

"I think Kelee is, he's been everybody's piñata doll for a while," Vic Fangio said on Wednesday. "I kind of sense he could be coming. We'll see. See how he does these next, I think somebody asked a question [about] these two days. I think these two days for him are big."

I think Ringo had a couple of good practices in Foxboro. He could use another good performance in the game on Saturday.

• As noted above, I did not watch much of the offense. When I did try to peek over to that field from time to time I mostly saw the offense struggling. It felt like the Pats defense decisively won the day on that side of the ball. However, at the end of practice, in the scrimmage setting, the offense came to life.

Jalen Hurts had two consecutive really good passes to Hollywood Brown, who couldn't keep his feet in bounds in the back of the end zone on one, but did on the second reception attempt, for a TD.

Hurts also had a play in which he rolled to his right, and lobbed the ball back over the middle of the field over a defender's head to Darius Cooper for a TD. Really nice creative look by Hurts.

• Andy Dalton got reps during the "scrimmage" session; Tanner McKee did not.

• A.J. Brown had a busy day on Wednesday, but the Eagles defense slowed him up today. He did make one contested catch over Quinyon Mitchell, after which he flexed to Pats fans. And as you can see from the picture above, he chatted with Hurts after practice, though it was brief. And now we watch afar.

https://www.phillyvoice.com/eagles-patriots-2026-training-camp-joint-practice-notes-day-14-birds-defense-finishes-strongly/

In otherwords the claims that brown "lost a step" are false. .Jalen Hurts just sucks

Not sure where to post this - Johnny Wilson out!

2 hours ago, Swimm said:

In otherwords the claims that brown "lost a step" are false. .Jalen Hurts just sucks

Have some **** repellant.

Eagles 2026 training camp practice notes, Day 15: DeVonta Smith and Makai Lemon return

The Eagles returned to the JeffPlex on Monday for another camp practice. Who were the standouts?

By Jimmy Kempski
PhillyVoice Staff

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Eagles WR DeVonta Smith is once again a full practice participant.

Day 15 of Philadelphia Eagles training camp was back at the JeffPlex after a nearly week-long road trip to New England for joint practices and a game. It was a short, boring practice, and no pads. Let's just get right to the notes.

• For the first time since August 3, DeVonta Smith and Makai Lemon were full practice participants. I wondered if Lemon would be right back out there with the first-team offense upon his return to the lineup, and, yep! He was.

Lemon got a couple of targets. The first was on a slant vs. Cooper DeJean. Jalen Hurts put the ball a little further out in front of Lemon than ideal, and it glanced off his outstretched arms for an incompletion. Tough to call it a drop, in my opinion. I do think it maybe wasn't the most crisp route, and Hurts was expecting Lemon to be further into his route than he was. It looked like a play you'd expect to see from a rookie who hasn't practiced in team drills in three weeks.

Hurts did connect later on a play action boot that got Lemon wide open.

Lemon was the most common motion guy on the day. If he plays a lot, expect to see him in motion a ton.

Smith had a couple of catches on crossers in his return to the field. Obviously, there's less concern about how he'll play when the games matter. 

• You're going to see a lot of play action boots in this offense, and we'll probably see Hurts throwing on the run more than we ever have. He made a really nice throw on the run to his right to Tay Wicks, who I thought came down with the catch while falling out of bounds, but the officials ruled it incomplete. He may not have "survived the ground" and the ball came loose? Dunno.

• The D-line had a bunch of sacks, as usual. Moro Ojomo had a pair of sacks, as did Jalyx Hunt. Nolan Smith and Jordan Davis also combined for a sack. This D-line is going to get after opposing quarterbacks this season.

• The two big stars of the Eagles-Patriots preseason game were Markel Bell and Willie Lampkin. They both sat out this practice. Bell was listed on the injury report with thumb and leg injuries; Lampkin has a stinger.

With those guys out, the second-team offensive line looked like this:

LT: Myles Hinton
LG: Micah Morris
C: Zeke Correll
RG: Drew Kendall and Jake Majors split reps
RT: Fred Johnson

That was just an excuse to get Zeke Correll into my practice notes.

• The Eagles finally showed a look with a fullback today, and it was... (drumroll)... Dallas Goedert. He looked less than enthused to be a lead blocker, and gave Zack Baun sort of a "We're both vets, let's not be heroes" kind of a block.

• Hollywood Brown had a couple of noteworthy plays down the field. On the play noted above when Nolan Smith and Jordan Davis split a sack, the rep continued anyway, and Brown made a great over the head catch on a deep ball from Hurts. It was one of those catches when the ball came in directly over his head, as opposed to over one shoulder or another. Brown also got behind Andrew Mukuba and the rest of the Eagles' defense, but was overthrown by Hurts.

The Eagles signed Brown because they like his speed and theoretical ability to stretch the defense. He did that today.

• Tanner McKee was the first quarterback up getting second-team reps today after he outplayed Andy Dalton in the second preseason game. That's not the first time that has happened this camp, to be clear, but I thought it was at least worth noting.

• The Eagles will have an open practice Tuesday night that is slated to begin at 6 p.m. There's another practice on Wednesday, the third preseason game Friday night, and rosters have to be trimmed to 53 by 6 p.m. EST on Sunday.

https://www.phillyvoice.com/eagles-2026-training-camp-practice-notes-day-15-devonta-smith-makai-lemon-return/

Eagles training camp observations: Highlights from public practice at the Linc

Here are our practice notes from Day 16 of training camp, the public practice at the Linc.

By Dave Zangaro • Published August 25, 2026

The Eagles got a chance to practice in front of over 45,000 fans at the Linc on Tuesday night.

And it was a ton of fun.

Nick Sirianni before this session said that — just like the joint practices and any operations practice — this public practice gets a game grade in their evaluation process. So it seems like it’s weighted more than a normal day. This practice lasted 1 hour and 55 minutes.

Let’s get to our observations from Day 16 of training camp:

1. As always, we’ll start with housekeeping:

• Two of the Eagles’ best linemen got hurt in this practice. Lane Johnson pulled himself off the field during the first 11-on-11 portion of practice and walked off the field with a trainer. Johnson stayed on the sideline but didn’t participate the rest of the way.

And then Jordan Davis got hurt in a backed-up portion of practice. He immediately grabbed at his left elbow and went to the sideline to chat with trainers and Howie Roseman. He eventually returned with a brace on his left elbow.

• Here’s the injury report to start Monday’s practice:

Not practicing: OT Markel Bell (thumb/leg), CB Jakorian Bennett (knee), TE Grant Calcaterra (back), OG Landon Dickerson (not injury related/rest), CB Jonathan Jones (shoulder), TE Eli Stowers (hamstring), S Cole Wisniewski (concussion)

Limited: CB Mac McWilliams (shoulder)

2. Some depth chart notes:

• Without Landon Dickerson in this practice, Drew Kendall filled in at left guard. He’s clearly the next man up on the interior going into this season. Fred Johnson replaced Lane Johnson at right tackle.

• Because Fred Johnson was up with the first team, here’s a look at the two offensive lines in this practice: 

First team: Jordan Mailata, Drew Kendall, Cam Jurgens, Tyler Steen, Lane Johnson/Fred Johnson

Second team: Myles Hinton, Micah Morris, Jake Majors, Willie Lampkin/Michael Jordan, Cameron Williams

• The Eagles came out in 12 personnel with Dallas Goedert and Johnny Mundt with DeVonta Smith and Dontayvion Wicks as their receivers. Rookie Makai Lemon took the field as the third receiver in 11 personnel.

• Andy Dalton was up first with the second team in this practice after McKee got those early reps on Monday. The battle for QB2 is ongoing.

• No big changes on defense. The Eagles opened in their base defense and Cooper DeJean was at safety. Marcus Epps continues to be the other safety next to Drew Mukuba in nickel.

• The top kick returners in this operations practice were Will Shipley and Tank Bigsby. It seems likely that they’ll have that role in Week 1. The other group was Dameon Pierce and Erik Ezukanma.

3. Saquon Barkley was able to get behind Zack Baun for a 20-yard touchdown catch on a wheel route. It was a beautifully thrown ball from Hurts to his outside shoulder on the right side of the end zone. Barkley was able to make the grab as he went to the ground. That was the first play of a red zone period and it was a perfect play because Baun had tight coverage.

Saquon with an INSANE TD catch 🔥 pic.twitter.com/1bOiHXbwWJ

— The Philly Special (@thePHIspecial) August 25, 2026

4. Riq Woolen had two interceptions in this practice. His first came when he stepped in front of Makai Lemon during team drills. This would have likely already been a dead rep because Moro Ojomo was in the backfield for a sack, but the play continued and Woolen was able to get the pick in his first time in front of a bunch of Eagles fans. Woolen was able to undercut the route to get the interception. 

Later in practice, Hurts had some pressure coming and lofted a pass to DeVonta Smith on the right sideline. Woolen picked it off and ran 75 yards the other way for a pick-6. It wasn’t a good pass from Hurts but it was an excellent play from Woolen.

Riq Woolen taking it to the house after picking off Jalen Hurts 👀 pic.twitter.com/1O32LzwQNR

— 4th and JAWN (@4thandJawn) August 25, 2026

We’ve seen in his career that Woolen has obvious ball skills and he showed that on Tuesday night at the Linc.

5. The Eagles’ first-team offense had a couple of missed opportunities in an early 11-on-11 period. Jalen Hurts underthrew DeVonta Smith on a deep ball and when Smith slowed down to wait for it, Quinyon Mitchell was able to catch up and break up the pass. Later on a third down, Smith had a rare concentration drop on a crosser.

6. We saw some good pressure in this practice from both Nolan Smith and Jalyx Hunt. Smith started off this practice by beating Lane Johnson on an inside move for a quick "sack” against Hurts. Later, Hunt was able to beat Fred Johnson to get another "sack” in his impressive training camp.

Moro Ojomo also had a couple "sacks” in this practice. How many times have you heard that this summer? He has been excellent.

7. The Eagles were able to get Makai Lemon involved on a touchdown pass during team drills with Lemon coming out of the backfield and running a wheel route. He was wide open. This a fun way to get Lemon involved other than just using him out of the slot.

Makai Lemon scores. Offense finding unique ways to get him open. pic.twitter.com/gDcP5ulWr0

— Victor Williams (@ThePhillyPod) August 25, 2026

8. Andy Dalton was able to throw a touchdown pass when he hit Elijah Moore, who was wide open, on a crossing route. Moore was able to get a bunch of YAC because the throw was on time and ended up in the end zone.

9. DeVonta Smith had two excellent catches on back-to-back plays. He outmuscled Quinyon Mitchell on the first to come back for a Jalen Hurts pass. And on the very next play, he outmuscled 6-foot-4 Riq Woolen to make a catch and then turned upfield. It was a perfect pass from Hurts that allowed Smith to get more YAC. It’s going to be fun to watch WR1 DeVonta Smith this year.

10. Some odds and ends:

• Jihaad Campbell broke up a pass to Makai Lemon in the middle of the field in the first team period of practice.

• Arnold Ebeketie was able to beat second-year OT Myles Hinton for a "sack.”

• Jalen Hurts rolled right and threw across his body to Dontayvion Wicks in the middle of the field for a big gain. There was no one in Wicks’ zip code so the throw wasn’t as dangerous as you might expect. Hurts also hit Wicks on a crosser later in practice.

• A rare Darius Cooper drop nearly led to a Quinyon Mitchell interception but Mitchell wasn’t able to make the diving pick.

• Hollywood Brown got behind the coverage on a long play (that was probably a sack) for a touchdown during a move-the-ball period.

• Moro Ojomo jumped offsides to gift the Eagles’ offense a conversion on 4th-and-short in a 2-minute drill. That will drive the coaches crazy.

Stupid Observation of the Day: It was cool to walk out of the tunnel on Tuesday night with Moro Ojomo.

Following Moro Ojomo out of the tunnel. pic.twitter.com/WCGEAVmOxg

— Dave Zangaro (@DZangaroNBCS) August 25, 2026

https://www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com/nfl/philadelphia-eagles/eagles-training-camp-observations-highlights-from-public-practice-at-the-linc/748230/

Eagles 2026 training camp practice notes, Day 16: Offense struggles at the Linc

Riq Woolen's two interceptions and Jalen Hurts' TD pass to Saquon Barkley highlighted the Eagles' annual open practice at the Linc.

By Jimmy Kempski
PhillyVoice Staff

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DeVonta Smith looked good, but the Eagles' offense in general struggled in front of fans at the Linc.

Day 16 of Philadelphia Eagles training camp was an open practice at Lincoln Financial Field, and the offense struggled for the better part of the night. As always, we have notes.

• Riq Woolen had a great day in the second joint practice with the Patriots last week. He had another great practice in front of fans at the Linc, snatching two INTs.

1. On the first INT, he stepped in front of a pass in the middle of the field intended for Makai Lemon. He then broke away from Lemon and had a good return.

2. On his second INT, Jalyx Hunt got quick pressure while working against Fred Johnson. Jalen Hurts panicked and tossed an ill-advised pass to the sideline intended for DeVonta Smith, but Woolen stepped in front of that and took it to the house.

Woolen is going to see a lot of targets this season with opposing quarterbacks avoiding Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean. My bet: He'll lead the team in INTs.

• I thought the offense was generally sloppy.

1. Hurts had the two INTs, as noted above.

2. There were at least four false starts that I counted.

3. There were at least three bad drops, by DeVonta Smith, Darius Cooper, and Hollywood Brown in the end zone.

4. Cooper stopped on his route on what looked like a good throw from Tanner McKee.

The offense made a nice handful of good plays, as we'll detail below, but for the 16th practice of camp, it was too sloppy for my tastes.

• The Eagles did have a few offensive linemen out, which certainly contributed to the sloppiness to some degree:

1. Landon Dickerson didn't practice. Drew Kendall filled in at LG.

2. Markel Bell remained out with thumb and leg injuries.

3. Lane Johnson practiced, but not for long. He came out early, with Fred Johnson replacing him. It was unclear if Johnson tweaked something, but he did watch the rest of practice from the sideline.

4. Jordan Mailata came out a few different times. He's fine. Whenever he came out, John Ojukwu filled in at LT.

• Before Lane left for the night, Nolan Smith beat him cleanly inside for a sack. As we've noted in our training camp battle tracker, Smith has really come on over the last couple of weeks. He and Hunt are highly likely to start Week 1.

• DeVonta Smith practiced on Monday for the first time since August 3, but that was a short practice and there wasn't much to see. He made several nice plays in the open practice at the Linc.

1. He got open deep down the field against Quinyon Mitchell, but Hurts underthrew him, and Mitchell was able to make the PBU. But that would have been a TD with a good throw.

2. He got separation on a deep curl against Mitchell, going up high for a nice catch as Mitchell closed in from behind.

3. He made a really nice contested catch vs. Woolen in the deep-to-intermediate part of the field. He brought it in and turned on the jets, breaking away from Woolen.

Smith did have a bad drop as noted above, but meh, whatever. After watching all the Eagles' "other" receivers throughout the summer, it's very clear that DeVonta is measures better than all of them, and it's not close. He's going to get a ton of targets this season.

• Makai Lemon had a semi-active practice. He caught a bunch of short passes, and got free for a TD on a coverage bust.

One thing I did like that I saw from Lemon was the aggressiveness with which he tried to block Nolan Smith on a run play. He was all over Smith like an angry gnat. Smith eventually tossed Lemon to the ground, but the block served its purpose. Smith even helped Lemon up and gave him a pat on the helmet, in appreciation of his effort.

• Hurts was able to connect with Dontayvion Wicks twice and Hollywood Brown once on deep crossers. Brown was able to scamper for a TD on his reception, after the catch. Spoiler: There are going to be a lot of crossers in this offense, to all levels of the field. 

• The throw and catch of the night was probably Hurts to Saquon Barkley for a TD on what I suppose I would call a corner route. Zack Baun had good coverage and didn't leave much room for error, but Hurts got his throw over Baun, and Barkley made was looked like a difficult catch with Baun's body likely shielding his vision on the reception.

I do think Barkley's reception totals will increase some this season.

• Moro Ojomo had a couple of sacks. (Yawn). I feel like I type that after every practice.

• Punt returners: Britain Covey, Cooper DeJean, Makai Lemon, Elijah Moore.

• First-team kick returners: Will Shipley and Tank Bigsby. And, of course, Covey can do that, too.

• I made a point to check out the gunners during special teams drills. It was Kelee Ringo, Darius Cooper, and like 10 other guys who definitely aren't making the team. Also, Ringo was the first guy up on the first-team offense when Woolen went off for a play after his INT. I think Ringo's encouraging performances in the two preseason games are going to be enough for him to survive final cuts.

• The Eagles will have one more practice on Wednesday, and then a game on Friday against the Bengals at 8 p.m. Side note: Really? 8 p.m. on a Friday night for a third preseason game? REALLY?!)

And then the Eagles will start cutting down to 53.

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Eagles training camp observations: Wrapping up training camp

Here are our observations from Day 17 of Eagles training camp in 2026.

By Dave Zangaro • Published August 26, 2026

The Eagles officially wrapped up training camp on Wednesday afternoon in a non-padded practice that lasted about an hour and a half.

Next up: The Eagles will host the Bengals in the preseason finale on Friday night at the Linc. They will then have to cut their roster to 53 players by Sunday evening.

The regular season will be here before you know it.

Let’s get to our observations from Day 17 of training camp:

1. As always, we’ll start with housekeeping:

• Lane Johnson practiced on Wednesday after pulling himself out of Tuesday night’s public practice at the Linc with an apparent leg injury. Johnson was full-go on Wednesday and wasn’t listed on the report at all.

• The same goes for Jordan Davis, who seemed to injure his left elbow at the public practice. Davis was a full-go on Wednesday but did have a brace on his arm.

• Here’s the injury report to start Wednesday’s practice:

Not practicing: OT Markel Bell (thumb/leg), CB Jakorian Bennett (knee), TE Grant Calcaterra (back), TE Eli Stowers (hamstring), S Cole Wisniewski (concussion)

Limited: CB Jonathan Jones (shoulder)

Jones missed eight full practices before returning in a limited fashion on Wednesday.

2. Some depth chart notes:

• The QB2 battle continued on Wednesday. Andy Dalton got the first crack at the job in team drills on Wednesday, but Tanner McKee was up first in 7-on-7s.

• The Eagles opened up in 12 personnel with Dallas Goedert, Johnny Mundt, Saquon Barkley, DeVonta Smith and Dontayvion Wicks on the field. When they went to 11 personnel, Mundt was replaced by Makai Lemon. A few other receivers mixed in after that.

• The offensive lines from Wednesday:

First team: Jordan Mailata, Landon Dickerson, Cam Jurgens, Tyler Steen, Lane Johnson

Second team: John Ojukwu, Drew Kendall, Jake Majors, Willie Lampkin, Fred Johnson

• The four punt returners from Wednesday were Lemon, Britain Covey, Quez Watkins and Cooper DeJean. It seems very possible that returning will be a part of Lemon’s role in his rookie season.

3. The Eagles continued to throw to their backs on Wednesday. On one play, Jalen Hurts tossed a quick pass to Saquon Barkley, who was split out wide to the left and DeVonta Smith was able to block Quinyon Mitchell to spring Barkley for a big gain. Last season, Barkley caught 37 passes and he caught 33 in 2024. The most he has ever had was 91 in his rookie season with the Giants in 2018. It seems like this year’s total could fall somewhere in the middle.

4. Because the Eagles were in 12 personnel for their first practice period in 7-on-7s, Makai Lemon got work with the second team and caught back-to-back passes from Tanner McKee. The second one was a touchdown.

A bit later in practice, the Eagles were trying to use their 11 personnel package but had just 10 players on the field. There was a delay before the Eagles got Lemon’s attention to get him on the field.

5. Michael Carter II had an interception on Wednesday when an Andy Dalton pass to Darius Cooper soared a little bit by the goal line and Cooper couldn’t catch it. Andre’ Sam had tight coverage and the ball popped up in the air and into the waiting hands of Carter. The former Jets nickel corner has had a flashy training camp playing a few different positions. Vic Fangio on Wednesday said the safety battle between Carter and Marcus Epps hasn’t been called yet.

6. Good moment from rookie seventh-round pick Keyshawn James-Newby, who beat John Ojukwu for a "sack” in a team period. James-Newby missed a bunch of time this camp with an ankle injury but flashed in that moment.

7. Former UFL receiver Erik Ezukanma caught a touchdown pass on 4th-and-goal from Tanner McKee in team drills. There’s not a spot for Ezukanma but he has been battling this summer. And it was an excellent pass on the money from McKee.

8. While Carter did have that interception in this practice, he was the victim of a great Andy Dalton pass. The veteran rifled a ball to tight end Stone Smart on a slant that was just out of the reach of Carter’s fingertips in the middle of the field.

9. The highlight for the Eagles’ offense in this practice came on a touchdown throw from Jalen Hurts to DeVonta Smith, who made a leaping grab in the end zone. Just your daily reminder that Smith is ready to be this team’s WR1.

10. Some odds and ends:

• Cam Latu had a bad drop in the middle of the field on a pass from Tanner McKee. But Latu also had a great play on the line of scrimmage, releasing a block and floating into the flat for a catch. Latu has a good shot to make this roster as a TE/FB/special teams player.

• Ambry Thomas was called for a DPI late in practice and he really disagreed with the call. He let the ref hear about it for a little longer than he probably should have. He likely would have gotten and extra penalty for that in a game.

• Quinyon Mitchell had a pass breakup on a Hollywood Brown target from Jalen Hurts. The throw was a tad behind Brown, which was just enough to let Mitchell get his hand in there and break it up.

• UDFA DB Kapena Gushiken has flashed at times in this camp and was playing both safety with the second team and then moved to nickel corner. His versatility makes him an intriguing prospect.

• Jalyx Hunt was able to beat Johnny Mundt into the backfield for what looked like a TFL. It was ruled no gain.

• Riq Woolen had a pass breakup against DeVonta Smith. A bit later, Cooper DeJean had excellent coverage against Smith on an incompletion.

Stupid Observation of the Day: During an early portion of practice, I was amazed to watch how smooth DeVonta Smith looks running backwards. It’s not awkward at all. It looked like someone taped him running normally and just played it in reverse.

https://www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com/nfl/philadelphia-eagles/eagles-training-camp-observations-wrapping-up-training-camp/748419/

Eagles 2026 training camp practice notes, Day 17: Last day of camp!

The Eagles had a light session and prepared for their preseason game vs. the Bengals on the final day of their 2026 training camp.

By Jimmy Kempski
PhillyVoice Staff

Colleen Claggett/for PhillyVoice

Jalen Hurts and the Eagles wrapped up training camp on Wednesday.

Day 17 of Philadelphia Eagles training camp is in the books. It was the last practice of camp before the final preseason game and 53-man cutdowns. It was a very light practice following the Eagles' open practice at the Linc, but as always, we have notes (though not so voluminous today).

• Makai Lemon had a few catches today. Nothing special. But again he was out there with the first-team offense. DeVonta Smith is going to be the Eagles' WR1 (duh). Dontayvion Wicks will be the WR2. Here's how I'd rank the odds of who will be the WR3 Week 1:

1. Makai Lemon

2. Hollywood Brown

3. Darius Cooper

4. Elijah Moore

Today was sort of a half practice / half walkthrough. Lemon participated in the walkthrough with the Eagles' backups, so I would expect him to play in the final preseason game Friday night against the Bengals. It also looks like Tanner McKee will start at QB.

Lemon also got a fair amount of extra work after practice with Jalen Hurts, which I believe is noteworthy.

• Smith had a nice toe-tap catch for a TD in 7-on-7's. Since his return to the field, it has been clear that he is on one one level, and the rest of the Eagles' receivers are measures below him.

• Hurts successfully ran a QB draw from roughly the 10 yard line. Of course, that has been a staple in the Eagles' offense. It was a slam dunk play for the offense for a few years, but its effectiveness has waned as opposing defenses have been ready for it. I'd be curious to see if Sean Mannion can figure out a wrinkle off of the QB draw to take advantage of teams overplaying it, while also keeping them honest after putting in on tape.

• Andre' Sam got a hand on a pass from Andy Dalton to Darius Cooper, and the ball deflected up in the air to Michael Carter, who made the INT. That wasn't a special play by any stretch, but over the course of camp I really like what I have seen from Carter. I think he's better in coverage than Marcus Epps. Epps is probably a little more physical as a tackler against the run.

Before practice, Vic Fangio was asked if he was going to decide on a starting safety soon.

"It is close," he 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."

I would still say that Epps is the favorite, but personally, I think Carter is the better player. I actually think Carter's versatility could work against him in a camp battle for starting safety, because he can fill in at safety or slot corner, whereas Epps is a safety only.

• We haven't seen much of seventh-round rookie Keyshawn James-Newby because he missed most of camp with an ankle injury. He's now a full participant, and I thought he really showed some juice off the edge today. He exploded around John Ojukwu for a sack today, and just generally caught my attention with a great burst off the line of scrimmage at the snap.

I'm really curious to see James-Newby play in the final preseason game. He could be a guy who earns a roster spot out of nowhere.

• The special teams units worked on a missed field goal kick return play today. The guy back deep was Will Shipley. Did I mention that it was a light day without a lot of action?

• Hurts was asked about his interceptions in camp. I think he had like eight? Last summer he only had one. He gave a lengthy answer on that, via E.J. Smith of PHLY.

Jalen Hurts gave a lengthy answer on how he views interceptions in camp.

He said he’s tried to learn from every play as they install a new scheme and highlighted the "calibrating” that they’ve had to do the last few weeks.

"I think it’s been a good camp.” #Eagles pic.twitter.com/mPYB9LVWiF

— EJ Smith (@EJSmith94) August 26, 2026

Fangio commented on Hurts' INTs as well.

"It's good for the defense, which is good for the team," he said. "He's learning a new offense. He's trying things, seeing what's available and what isn't available. I don't think that's going to carry over."

• Thanks for following along all summer!

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Eagles 2026 training camp practice notes, Day 17: Last da...

The Eagles had a light session and prepared for their preseason game vs. the Bengals on the final day of their 2026 training camp.

That's a wrap on training camp. One more preseason game (Friday) and then roster cuts to 53 by Sunday. Then the "real" football begins!

On 8/21/2026 at 7:58 AM, brkmsn said:

Just out of curiosity, which losses over the last few years do you put the blame mostly on the kicker?

Philadelphia is not an indoor stadium, so whoever our kicker is, will never have more than half of his games weather free. I'm not sure there are very many kickers currently playing (probably a couple, though) that can play as many seasons in Philadelphia and have noticeably better career percentages.

I’m not blaming any specific losses on the kicker, but our kicker has not been consistent for a few years now. He also has a tendency to miss extra point kicks. Let’s not act like he’s been automatic. I mean people aren’t calling him "Missy Elliott” because his field goal percentage is 100.

On 8/20/2026 at 7:18 AM, Cochis_Calhoun said:

The only competition they could bring in now is someone who just got cut for failing somewhere else so it'd be a wash at best.

If they were going to bring in someone to seriously compete they would have brought in some college legs after the draft, but as far as I can see all the draft eligible kickers from 2026 got signed elsewhere.

I just wished they brought in someone to maybe light a fire under him. Something to say hey Jake wake up.

4 hours ago, EazyEaglez said:

I’m not blaming any specific losses on the kicker, but our kicker has not been consistent for a few years now. He also has a tendency to miss extra point kicks. Let’s not act like he’s been automatic. I mean people aren’t calling him "Missy Elliott” because his field goal percentage is 100.

His playoff FG% is 96.6% (28-29).

I know missed FGs or XPs can be irritating, but we often have a better memory of those mistakes then we do of the successes. I'd love to see him kick a higher FG% in the regular season, but as I said, he sees more cold and wind than some of the current kickers with better regular season FG%. It's not always apples to apples.

On 8/29/2026 at 11:28 PM, brkmsn said:

His playoff FG% is 96.6% (28-29).

I know missed FGs or XPs can be irritating, but we often have a better memory of those mistakes then we do of the successes. I'd love to see him kick a higher FG% in the regular season, but as I said, he sees more cold and wind than some of the current kickers with better regular season FG%. It's not always apples to apples.

I’m not even saying I want him replaced. I’m seeing at least bring in some competition to wake him up a little. A missed field goal in the regular season could be the difference between a home playoff game or a road wild card game.

On 8/28/2026 at 2:54 AM, time2rock said:

Then the "real" football begins!

Back to 3 & out, high school offense >?

🫢

3 hours ago, EazyEaglez said:

I’m not even saying I want him replaced. I’m seeing at least bring in some competition to wake him up a little. A missed field goal in the regular season could be the difference between a home playoff game or a road wild card game.

So can an incomplete pass. Obviously the opposite is also true and in Elliot's case, he's helped us get to and win a couple super bowls.

I'm not opposed to adding competition in the offseason, but I just don't think his job security is as perilous as maybe some of the fans seem to think it is.