The Eagles will open up the preseason on Thursday night against the Pittsburgh Steelers and the starters won’t get the night off.
Nick Sirianni confirmed during a press conference that all the Eagles starters will see some form of playing time at Lincoln Financial Field.
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Nick says all the starters will play in first preseason game Thursday night but doesn’t know how long
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All eyes will be on quarterback Jalen Hurts, but Sirianni hinted at the coaching staff not keeping their starting QB on the field for too long.
“With Jalen, one of the things a little to our advantage nobody really knows what we’re running so to say we’re going to show everything on Thursday or the following preseason game or the following preseason game, it’s just not going to be the case,” he said. “That’s an advantage we have that other staffs don’t because there’s no tape out there of us.”
Another key player in this game to look out for is Jordan Mailata, the likely winner of the Eagles’ left tackle battle.
