![]() That said, James Bradberry and Slay were both very good this summer. The last NFC team to do it was the 2012 Falcons with Donta Robinson and Asante Samuel. In the last 30 years, only 15 teams have even reached the playoffs with two corners in their 30s. No NFC East team has won the division with two corners in their 30s since those 1971 Cowboys. Only two teams have reached a Super Bowl with two corners in their 30s – the 1968 Colts with Bobby Boyd and Lenny Lyles and the 1971 Cowboys with Northeast High’s Herb Adderly and Mel Renfro. There were 52 corners who started at least 10 games last year, and only five were in their 30s, including Darius Slay. He’s had a good summer, but the second safety spot remains one of the biggest questions on the team.Īging corners: Corners in their 30s are rare. Evans took 1 st-team reps the last few days practice was open to the media, so he’s probably most likely to get the nod, but remember he’s started four games over the last three years and hasn’t been a full-time starter since 2018. It can’t be K’Von Wallace, who’s now with the Cards. It could be Terrell Edmunds, it could be Sydney Brown, it could be Justin Evans. Safety: Here we are a few days before the opener and we still don’t know for sure who will be starting at safety next to Reed Blankenship. The Eagles don’t have a ton of depth at a few spots, and you get the sense this team really needs to stay healthy to make another deep postseason run. Doing everything possible to keep guys healthy has become a hallmark of the franchise, but it’s football, it’s a brutal sport, and you can’t control everything. The only key guys who missed more than four games were Avonte Maddox (eight games) and Dallas Goedert (five). The 2022 Eagles got to the Super Bowl with everybody healthy, and that’s incredibly rare. Injuries: We haven’t even gotten to opening day yet and the Eagles have already suffered more serious injuries than all last year. This year they have 11 against 2022 playoff teams. ![]() Last year, the Eagles had only four games against 2021 playoff teams. ![]() They went into last year facing the 2 nd-easiest schedule in the NFL and they go into this year facing the 10 th-hardest and toughest in the NFC East, including that murderous stretch where they play the Chiefs, Bills, 49ers, Cowboys and Seahawks – with a combined 2022 record of 61-23 – in the span of 28 days. Schedule: The Eagles could very well have a better team than last year and lose two or three more games. If Dean can be the player he started to show in camp and Cunningham can be the type of player he was a couple years ago with the Texans, the Eagles will be OK, but there’s no depth, very little experience and more questions than answers. Linebacker: Five days before opening day, the off-ball linebackers on the 53-man roster are Nakobe Dean, who’s looked good this summer but has played 34 lifetime snaps on defense veteran Zach Cunningham, who wasn’t even on a roster the first two weeks of training camp and Christian Ellis, who’s played 29 career snaps on defense. Whole Eagles team is available for Week 1 vs. ![]() Here’s a look at 10 areas of concern for the 2023 Eagles: The teams that can navigate adversity are the ones who have success. There’s a lot to be excited about five days before the Eagles' regular season begins, but there’s a reason no team has repeated in the NFC East in 19 years, a reason only one NFC team has gone to consecutive Super Bowls in the last 25 years, a reason the Eagles haven’t reached back-to-back championship games in 74 years. They had eight Pro Bowlers last year and seven return – all but Miles Sanders, who they sure seem to have replaced adequately. Just about every national NFL analyst has them going to another Super Bowl. The Las Vegas oddsmakers set their over-under at 11 ½ games, highest in the NFC and tied with the Chiefs and Bengals for highest in the NFL. The Eagles are everybody’s pick to represent the NFC in Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium on Feb. ![]() Since a 3-6 start in 2021, they’re 20-5 and 19-2 under Jalen Hurts. Their coach got to a Super Bowl in his second year. ![]()
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