We’re Good

Although a recent report from The Athletic indicated that the relationship between Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni and his franchise quarterback, Jalen Hurts, remains “a work in progress” entering their fourth season together, Sirianni suggested otherwise.

On Wednesday beside the fields at the NovaCare Complex, before the first Eagles training camp practice of the 2024 season, Sirianni dismissed any reports that he and Hurts aren’t sympatico.

GETTY IMAGES: Nick Sirianni spoke on a variety of topics, including his rapport with Jalen Hurts, at the Eagles’ first training camp practice of 2024.

“The only thing you can judge your relationship on is your interactions with people, not any reports that come out,” Sirianni said. “Jalen and I’s relationship is good. When you hear a report like that you don’t put much stock into it, because quite frankly, not everybody sees that.”

Sirianni he’s “excited” for Hurts’ upcoming season, noting that his $51 million-a-year quarterback has “worked hard on this game,” especially within a new offense that will be largely designed and presided over by new offensive coordinator Kellen Moore.

Questions about their relationship arose after the Eagles finished 1-6 last year following a 10-1 start, having their once-promising season end in the first round by getting clobbered by the Tampa Bay Bucs in an NFC wild-card game, 32-13.

After practice, Hurts spoke in a press conference and also expressed support for his head coach and their rapport.

“I think we’re in a great place,” he said. “Any time you have any frustration, any time you have any adversity that you have to overcome, it’s supposed to test you.”

As for Sirianni’s ability to relate to his quarterback while surrendering the offensive construct to Moore, Sirianni did concede that he’ll need to find more ways to connect with Hurts given his truncated time in the quarterback room.

“I’m not in that quarterbvack room all the time anymore, so some of the times you’d gave that natural relationship because you’ve always been there,” he said. “So naturally when you’re not just with the quarterbacks, you have to carve out a little more time to talk to them that you wouldn’t [have to do] when you’re in there all the time.”

Injury Report

As expected, second-year safety Sydney Brown opened camp on the Physically Unable To Perform (PUP) list as he continues to rehab from a torn ACL from last season.

Rookie second-round defensive back Cooper DeJean will start camp on the Non-Football Injury (NFI) list because of a hamstring issue he sustained away from the facility. Two others who will start camp on NFI are undrafted rookie offensive tackle Gottlieb Ayedze and free-agent wide receiver Shaq Davis.

Those who didn’t practice Wednesday and are considered day-to-day are left guard Landon Dickerson (toe) and offensive lineman Brett Toth (hamstring).

Wait And See

Howie Roseman, the team’s roster architect, was asked how he felt about the overall roster.

Roseman said he’s excited about this year’s roster but also admitted that he’ll have his eyes on certain areas during camp to see if upgrades are needed sooner than later.

“I feel really excited about the opportunity to evaluate these guys on a daily basis, see where we are as team, see where we are as a roster,” said the team’s longtime executive vice president of football operations.

Roseman added that he will “be open to ideas about inproving this roster. It’s our opportunity to constantly have our eyes open about what we see.”

– Geoff Mosher (@geoffmoshernfl) is co-host of the “Inside the Birds” podcast and staff writer for InsideTheBirds.com.