Eagles

Darius Slay and Javon Hargrave Jog Mac Jones’ Memory

By Kyle Pagan

Published: Feb 11th, 2022 · 2:36 PM EST

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Video came out of Mac Jones talking some Pro Bowl shit to Darius Slay about torching the Eagles back in training camp:

https://twitter.com/NEPinsider/status/1491796917172326414?s=20&t=mYtMwezX-AJ0wJvYAfV1sw

You knew Slay wasn’t going to sit back and just let some rookie happen:

Man he was throwing picks left an right!!! We literally drop like 3 a day!! 😂😂😂 https://t.co/fTnMn5NvL1

— Darius Slay (@bigplay24slay) February 10, 2022

Another Pro Bowler, Javon Hargrave, who you can see in the original video, even got in on the fun:

Don’t forget the sacks lol https://t.co/ltyNBFfbT9

— Javon Hargrave (@Jay_MostWanted) February 10, 2022

The joke when the Eagles started off 2-5 was that at least the Birds were “joint practice champs.” The always-pragmatic Eagles beats couldn’t help themselves from describing the dominance they saw against the Jets and the Patriots. I mean Jalen Reagor was making insane, one-handed grabs:

The appetizer.@jalenreagor | #EaglesCamp pic.twitter.com/YGdaCugbdv

— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) August 17, 2021

So did Mac Jones actually have a day against the Eagles in training camp? I could easily cherry pick tweets from Eagles beats, but that isn’t any fun. Instead we’ll use Patriots guys and from what I found it wasn’t anything to talk shit about:

Neither Patriot quarterback was impressive for long stretches vs. Eagles. Couple plays here and there but mostly C- Cam Newton got more of the work and was with the 1s. He threw a hellacious pick in 11 on 11 at back of the end zone from about the 5. Jones scuffled plenty as well

— Tom E. Curran (@tomecurran) August 16, 2021

Practice ends with Mac Jones finding N’Keal Harry for a TD on a nice throw and catch down the left sideline. But overall, seemed like a challenging day for Jones, Cam Newton and the overall passing game. Newton’s end-zone INT ended arguably his best stretch of work.

— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) August 16, 2021

According to NESN, who charted the two practices, this was Mac’s statline against mostly the Eagle’s backups:

“Our charting of those Eagles joint practices had Jones going 13 of 22 in 11-on-11 drills and 15 of 17 with one interception in 7-on-7s over two days. The rookie QB had a few shaky periods but also excelled at times, following up his lone INT with 10 consecutive completions.”

Average day. Not spectacular, but also not bad for a rookie QB going through his first training camp. Let’s call it a tie. Love the shit talking from Mac Jones, though. Can’t teach that confidence.