The Philadelphia Eagles made a curious move this morning by cancelling their regularly scheduled Wednesday practice ahead of their Week 3 game against the Detroit Lions.
Wednesday is typically the team’s toughest and most important practice ahead of Sunday games but the Eagles are opting to do a walk-through instead. Doug Pederson explained his thought process behind that decision during his presser:
“It’s just a couple of things. Number one, with the guys that are a little nicked up who have a chance to play in this football game, I want them to get the rep in practice.