Daily News | Eagles practice observations: Sean Desai’s defense taking time; Derek Barnett and Landon Dickerson square off
Practice at the Linc offered the first chance to see new coordinatorcall his defense up close. Last week during his news conference, he called himself out for making a bad decision against a certain offense, and on Wednesday after an early red-zone play resulted in aThere was also again some confusion about which of Desai’s units needed to be on the field vs. the first-team offense at the start of the second team period.
had to step in to alert the coordinator that he needed to switch his personnel. Camp is for working the kinks out, especially with a new coordinator, but the season is approaching.Desai, for the most part, acted like your typical modern-day coach on the sideline: encouraging and enthusiastic. As for the end result, I thought his unit won the day, particularly the first and third defenses.
may be more apt. Sure, that works. We had our first altercation at a camp that has been light on drama — to the Eagles’ delight., to not much surprise, was involved. But the veteran defensive end, who is trying to come back from knee surgery, wasn’t the likely instigator.after both were pretty much out of the play. “That’s some [BS], Landon,” a veteran defensive player yelled from the sideline. Barnett promptly popped up and pushed Dickerson, who didn’t yield an inch or offer retaliation.
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