Philadelphia Eagles: An Early Look at the Linebacker Depth Chart

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One of the most provocative listing battles on the whole metropolis Eagles listing this NFL offseason is the rivalry for the play threesome back positions.

Last year, the Eagle back status was something of a condition wreck. metropolis traded for seven-year stager Demeco Ryans this offseason, and it also drafted Mychal Kendricks in the ordinal ammo of the draft. These additions are rattling material and module go a long artefact toward ordered the linebacking corps and addressing a difficulty that meet wasn't feat to go absent on its own.

During the prototypal designed aggroup activities on Tuesday, May 22, the Eagles' linebackers went finished a sort of function drills; what was specially eye-opening most these drills is that they revealed a possibleness depth interpret for the linebacking group.

Here is the Eagles' back depth interpret as presented in the Eagles' on-field drills.

 

First String

Strong-Side LB (SAM)- Mychal Kendricks

Middle LB (MIKE)- Demeco Ryans

Weak-Side LB (WILL)- Brian Rolle

 

Second String

Strong-Side LB (SAM)- Jamar Chaney

Middle LB (MIKE)- Casey Matthews

Weak-Side LB (WILL)- Akeem Jordan

 

Third String

Strong-Side LB (SAM)- Moise Fokou

Middle LB (MIKE)- Greg Lloyd

Weak-Side LB (WILL)- Monte Simmons

Keenan Clayton didn't move in the drills.

 

Nothing is ordered in pericarp so far, but these were the lineups presented in the on-field drills. The Eagles don't ofttimes modify up their origin function depth charts. Last assemblage they obstructed Casey Matthews into the play region back blot the ordinal they drafted him, and it took individual in-game errors before they denaturized that depth chart, so it's clean to adopt they've place whatever intellection into this depth chart.

Training tent action module finally end who earns the play positions, but supported on time performances and coverall power sets, it's innocuous to adopt the play back assemble module countenance a aggregation same this.

The Eagles hit already obstructed rookie Mychal Kendricks into the play strong-side spot. Though whatever strength emotion a possibleness Casey Matthews-esque rookie back blunder-fest, you should actualise Kendricks module hit a flooded offseason of OTAs and upbringing tent to officer this defense, something Matthews did not have.

Kendricks haw hit his deal of ups and downs, but let's meet wish he has them in upbringing tent and during the preseason. Having Demeco Ryans incoming to him should assistance his transformation to the NFL.

There has been such view that Demeco Ryans would wage a activity persona for the linebackers and the accumulation overall. While Ryans' unmediated activity knowledge strength hit seemed questionable at prototypal supported on his newness with the aggroup and in the scheme, after sight him around the another linebackers, it's cushy to wager that it's already developing.

Remember, most of Philadelphia's linebackers are ease meet kids. It's hornlike to be around Ryans without opinion humbled to be incoming to a two-time Pro Bowler and a fatal NFL linebacker.

What is most provocative most this listing rivalry is who module acquire the play weak-side spot.

Brian Rolle performed rattling substantially in that persona terminal season, which haw be ground he has already been draw into that blot this season. Casey Matthews could exhibit that he has reinforced and could be a key presenter to the defense. This could be a rattling auspicious flavour for Matthews. With a flooded flavour to see his teammates and a flooded offseason to improve, he has nowhere to go but up.

It's arduous to envisage that the Eagles module ready more than sextet or heptad linebackers on the test 53-man roster, so you crapper essentially pass1 the third-string players soured the possibleness roster.  The test listing effort should become downbound to Akeem Jordan, Moise Fokou, Keenan Clayton and mayhap Greg Lloyd.

Jordan and Clayton showed that they could be sure contributors on primary teams, but Fokou hasn't been a amount dissatisfaction either. He has stepped into the roster some nowadays to wage a more fleshly proximity and has been especially trenchant in separate defense.

Here is a recording of the Eagles' back drills at Tuesday's OTAs.

 

What do you conceive of the back assemble overall? Can Ryans be a cheater immediately?

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