The Philadelphia Eagles are fully engulfed in the 2020 training camp and several young guys have landed on Doug Pederson’s radar. The Eagles head coach held a zoom meeting with the media on Thursday and he mentioned five young players by name that have stood out.
“I think there’s really several guys. We’ve talked about [WR] Jalen [Reagor] just a little bit. [WR] Quez Watkins is another one that has stood out as a receiver, [WR] John Hightower, these guys are improving every single day. [DB Michael] Jacquet as a corner has done some really, really nice things for us. I think about even some of our young linemen, I think of [T] Jack Driscoll off the top of my head who’s come in and we’ve put him in positions to go against [DE] Brandon Graham, go against [DE] Vinny Curry, [DE] Josh Sweat, some of our starting D-ends and done a nice job there.”
“There’s a handful of guys there that we’ve been excited about, and again, there’s a fine line, there’s a balance between getting our starters prepared as you guys have seen in the first couple of days here with also evaluating some of these young players, and we’ve got to make sure that we’re doing right by both groups.”
Reagor is the first-round pick and the guy fans and media alike believe should be ascending, but late-round picks John Hightower and Quez Watkins bring a different dynamic and one that could catapult the Eagles passing game towards record-setting heights.
