The Eagles are doing voluntary OTA practices, which means that the live tweets are back. This is like ESP’s Super Bowl. Nobody is more ready for the compiling of useless stats and documentation of other stuff that really doesn’t matter.

But hey, the fans seems to like it. No harm, no foul, although the funny part is that half of the talking heads said the Eagles were gonna come out on fire last year, win the division, etc, and then they started 2-5 before Nick Sirianni totally changed up the offense and tried something different. People were making season predictions based off of training camp reps and declaring the Eagles “world fucking champions” of joint practice.

Anyway, the biggest takeaway from today was probably this series of quotes from offensive coordinator Shane Steichen, who clarified the play calling situation for this season:

Q.Nick Sirianni said late last season one of the changes that benefitted the offense was having you call plays directly to Jalen Hurts. Obviously, you’re still involved with that. Can you explain how that was handled and how you think it’ll be –(Jeff McLane)

SHANE STEICHEN: I think last year we were a new staff, and we were evolving as an offense. So as the season got going on, I ended up taking over more of the play calling mid-season. Then again, Nick has a stamp on every single thing we do. So, in the meeting rooms he has a stamp on everything we do, every play that’s on that call sheet, he makes sure it’s justified, boom, and we’re good to go. So going forward, I’ll be calling the plays next year, and we’ll go from there.

Q.When Jalen Hurts talks about having the same play caller two years in a row, is that you?(Zach Berman)

SHANE STEICHEN: Like I said, I’ll be calling the plays, but it is a complete group effort. It’s a complete group effort from the top down. It starts with Nick as the head coach. He does a hell of a job game planning. Then we go from there. On game day, he’s the head coach, and if he wants something called, he’ll tell me, and I’ll get it called.

Now, to the tweets:

Damn. We’re going all the way! Super Bowl!

Oh no. Jalen’s not the guy! We want Minshew! We want Minshew!

Love it. He is EXPLOSIVE. We haven’t had a WR1 like this in a long time.

Well now. Is Bradberry washed? Did the Eagles make the wrong move? We’ll find out soon!

Welcome back, OTA tweets. We have missed you.