Eagles running back Will Shipley took the handoff and headed to his right. It was in the second quarter of Thursday's preseason opener against the Bengals, who were starting most of their first-team defense against an Eagles offense comprised mostly of backups.

Shipley found an opening and scampered through it to pick up 38 yards, one of the offense's signature plays in the 34-27 win at Lincoln Financial Field. To the public, it looked like Shipley put the jets on, outrunning the Bengals' defense.

But Shipley could see that the hard work had been done long before he ripped through the hole, starting with right guard Tyler Steen's lead block on Bengals linebacker Logan Wilson, whose downhill flow was disrupted by Steen's left pivot.

“And just opened it up for a Mack truck," Shipley recal

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