• May 20, 2024

Eagles Defensive Questions

Will Trent Cole reach double-digits in sacks again

(12.5 last year) and can the Eagles improve on their sack total (37) from last year?

Who will win the strong safety battle between Quintin Mikell and Sean Considine?

Can former FB Dan Klecko make this team as a full-time defensive tackle?

 How much gas does Brian Dawkins have left in his tank entering his 13th season in the NFL?

 Will Lito Sheppard report to training camp on July 24th or will he continue to be absent like the last two “voluntary” OTA sessions?

 Will the Eagles defense produce more turnovers (19 Takeaways, 11 INT's, 8 Fumbles Recovered for a ranking of 30th)?

 How is the hamstring of CB Asante Samuel and will he fit in defensive coordinator Jim Johnson’s bump and run man-to-man scheme?

 If Lito Sheppard shows up to training camp, how will defensive coordinator Jim Johnson rotate corners Asante Samuel, Sheldon Brown, and Sheppard?

 Will LB’s Bradley, Gocong, and Gaither make more game changing plays this year (only 3 sacks and 2 interceptions by all of the LB’s in ’07)?

 Will D-Linemen Jerome McDougal, Darren Howard, and Montae Reagor make the final 53-man roster?

 Will defensive rookies DT Trevor Laws, S Quintin Demps, DE Bryan Smith LB Joe Mayes, and OLB Andy Studebaker make an impact in 2008 or will they be “redshirted”?

 Can new starting MLB Stewart Bradley continue to play at the same level as his 2007 game versus New Orleans (6 TKLS, 1 Sack, and 1 INT)?

        Lloyd Vance is a Sr. NFL Writer for Taking It to the House and an award winning member of the Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA)

 

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