The Eagles’ quarterback push game has changed a lot this year following the retirement of center Jason Kelce. How will the typical short-yardage strategy change without Kelce?
“Jason is a piece of that puzzle,” coach Nick Sirianni told reporters Saturday. “Jalen (Hurts) is another big piece of that puzzle. And then Landon (Dickerson) and the guards are going to be a big piece of that puzzle. And the offensive line, right?”
“And so you just get reps with guys who don’t have reps of it. So, we’ll see. We’ll see where that is. Obviously, we’re not giving any answers until we get out there and play a game.
“We haven’t been successful with it (this preseason), have we? You can see it’s a difficult game. I’m glad they didn’t take it out of the game because it’s not a sure thing. It really shows the talent of the guys who have had success with this game over the last two and a half, three years, right?
“And I think that should show you how well we’ve done it in the past. We’ll see. We’ll keep repeating it, we’ll keep going over it. We’ll see if we practice it. That was a discussion this morning about whether we need to practice it. We’ll go from there.”
This is not an easy game. It is physically demanding. But the Eagles have perfected it. Now they have to perfect it again without Kelce in the thick of the action.
