The Eagles only have one starting spot to fill on offense, and their Pro Bowl left guard talks about some of the candidates.
The Eagles returned all but one of their starters from the 2024 Super Bowl-winning offense, and will need to fill the right guard spot over the next few weeks.
The team has several young guys who can step up, and they also have a few veterans who can fill that spot. Started left guard Landon Dickerson spoke to reporters after the team’s second training camp practice, and gave some insight into how that competition is shaking out.
“I think [Tyler] Steen’s doing a tremendous job. As he’s gotten more comfortable — he’s had a couple years, some starts in him, some games, I think he’s getting more comfortable now in that position. Obviously, the more you practice, the more you feel comfortable, the better you get.
I think also having guys like Matt Pryor, a guy that’s been here before, a veteran guy, Kenyon [Green], whose also been in the league for a little bit. Lot of good guys, lot of young guys coming along, really getting better.
I think Trevor Keegan’s done a tremendous job coming back from where he was last season to this season. So, really excited about this group of guys.”
Dickerson later talked about Keegan also getting some work at center this offseason, as well as Brett Toth, who are taking reps as Cam Jurgens works his way back from his back injury. He noted that Keegan has been cross-training at center since last season, and continues to improve as he gets more practice and more comfortable with the position.
Still, Dickerson is more than willing to step over to center if he’s asked to. He explained that the plan is always to have the five best lineman on the field, so that might look a lot of different ways depending on the situation.