The Eagles have a simple solution to take the place of the left take on Andre Dillard, who lost the season due to a bicep injury.
The thing is that once they’ve moved veteran Jason Peters back to his previous position after bringing him back to play as the right goalkeeper, the rest of the list has very little to climb into the equation.
As Reuben Frank of NBCSportsPhiladelphia.com pointed out, the Eagles are incredibly thin on the line, and Dillard’s injury aggravated an existing challenge due to the loss of right guard Brandon Brooks.
The assumption is that Peters will return to the left shot and Matt Pryor will update him on the right guard, giving them a first unit forged with left guard Isaac Seumalo, middle Jason Kelce and Lane Johnson’s right take.
But that leaves the Eagles with a reserve collection without any practical delight: a mix of 3 offensive shots, and Nate Herbig owns them all.
Depth is a challenge in many places, however, it is expanding a Plan D, given that Peters, 38, has suffered batting injuries in recent years.
He hasn’t played a full season since 2016. He missed seven games in 2017 with a torn anterior cruciate ligament, started each and every game in 2018 but failed to finish five, and missed three games to a knee injury last year and had to leave two more. . That means he has started and finished 32 of his last 54 games.
And now he’s the guy the Eagles have.
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