Eagles Notes

“I felt comfortable with Lindley,” Reid said. “I think Macho’s a good safety. That’s where he started for us last year (at the beginning of the year). He can also help you out in dime situations inside.”

Perhaps not coincidentally, Reid said Macho Harris, who had been working at cornerback earlier in the preseason, was now being used as a backup at free safety, where he played last season.

“I think I did pretty good,” he said. “It builds confidence. I think I feel good going forward.”

Rookie cornerback Trevard Lindley was encouraged after playing two series with the first-string defense Friday, and coming up with an interception of Matt Cassel jersey .

Lindley Rising

“I didn't even know what happened,” Bell said. “I was excited after the play. When I saw someone laying on the ground, my whole attitude changed. … You hate to see that happen.”

Replays showed that the two players banged helmets on the play.

“I'm glad he's not seriously injured,” Bell said. “That's the main thing.”

That was a relief to Bell, who said he “couldn't even sleep” after the game, and that he badgered wholesale  Eagles jersey trainer Rick Burkholder for updates about Sheffield's condition.

Chiefs rookie linebacker Cameron Sheffield was released from the hospital Saturday after suffering a neck injury while tackling Bell in Friday's second half. Reports indicate Sheffield had movement in all his extremities.
Big Relief

“A lot better than I expected,” he said. “I thought I'd be way more tired. It was good to get out there and get my legs underneath me.”

Bell, signed in the offseason after spending the last two years with the wholesale Saints jersey , only rushed for 17 yards on eight carries against the Chiefs. But he too said he felt good.

“I'm ready for the Packers,” Herremans said. “It felt good to get out there. Obviously I'm not in mid-game form. There are things to work on for me, myself, and the five of us across the board (on the offensive line).”

Herremans had said before practice that he came through Friday’s game unscathed. Ditto for running back Mike Bell, who made his first appearance of the preseason after being slowed by calf and hamstring injuries.
Back in Action

Tight end Cornelius Ingram, who missed Friday’s game after having a cyst removed from behind his left knee the day before, also returned to practice.

Center Jamaal Jackson (knee) saw extensive action with the first string Sunday, and while Reid said Jackson would not play Thursday, he is not ruling out a return in time for the Sept. 12 season opener against Green Bay.

Offensive lineman Nick Cole, who has not played in the preseason because of a knee injury, went through his first full practice since training camp, seeing extensive action at left guard after Herremans departed.

Also leaving practice early was guard Todd Herremans, with what Reid described as a “slight” ankle injury. The injury was to his right ankle; Herremans had made his first appearance of the preseason Friday, after missing the first two games with an injury to his left foot.

Cornerback Dmitri Patterson (groin strain) and linebacker Ernie Sims (forearm strain) also did not practice Sunday, and rookie linebacker Ricky Sapp left with a knee injury. He will undergo an MRI on Monday.
Defensive end Trent Cole was also held out of practice Sunday with the sprained right ankle he suffered against the Chiefs, though Reid does not believe it is serious. (Cole had Tweeted the same Saturday, after undergoing an MRI.)

Wide receiver cheap DeSean Jackson jersey , injured on the Eagles’ first offensive play Friday, did not practice Sunday with what Reid described as an upper back strain. Reid said Jackson’s back is “pretty tender,” and that he will also have his wisdom teeth removed Monday.
Injury Report

“I know that everybody’s making a stink about not punching it in the end zone,” Reid said. “… I don’t have a concern with him punching it into the end zone. We’ll be fine.”

Reid, asked specifically about Kolb’s work to this point in the preseason, said his new quarterback has done some “very good things.”

“What we put on film is enough to make corrections,” he said. “That's enough. We need to give the young guys an opportunity.”

Coach Andy Reid typically does not play his starters in the team's last exhibition, and said he will “most likely” go with the second- and third-stringers Thursday. Weaver, for his part, does not believe it will be necessary to break with tradition.

Kolb was just 11-for-25 for 103 yards with an interception in the game. And afterward he told reporters he wouldn't mind seeing some action in the final preseason game, against the Jets on Thursday night at Lincoln Financial Field. 

The first-team offense has scored just one touchdown in three exhibitions to date, on an 18-yard run by LeSean McCoy in Friday's 20-17 victory in Kansas City. That came two plays after the cheap Chiefs jersey turned the ball over at their own 22 early in the first quarter, and also came with starting quarterback Kevin Kolb out of the game. Michael Vick was instead at the controls.

“We're not worried at all,” fullback Leonard Weaver said before practice Sunday. “All the inconsistencies, so-called, are correctible. We have time to correct them, and we're going to correct them, as such.”

Perhaps not surprisingly, one prominent Eagle does not believe that the team's offensive struggles in the preseason are any great cause for concern.
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