Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni spoke to reporters on Tuesday, just days before the team’s first preseason game of 2025 against the Cincinnati Bengals. He reiterated several times that they are still far from needing to name any starters, and there are a lot of factors that go into each of those decisions. He also wouldn’t say who will play on Thursday, only pointing out that they’ve had three practice days in a row, so how players are feeling will have an impact.

Here’s what the head coach had to say:

On trading for CB Jakorian Bennett

Sirianni gave Howie Roseman credit for doing a good job continually trying to improve the team, and they thought this move was an opportunity to add some depth at corner. The head coach noted that they’ll have to get him going and catch him up, but thank

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