The best thing about the second week of the NFL preseason is that there is only one more week of it remaining. It used to be that you could at least root for guys to stay healthy. Now, the guys don’t even play. Of course, it also used to be that there were four of these things. Future generations will marvel that we had any.
I realize that this is a self-defeating attitude for someone who is an active participant in an industry that attempts to cull revenue from the idea that you can wring some sort of meaning from August football. Really, though, the only thing we learned about the Eagles on Sunday in a 21-20 win over the Browns is that Gardner Minshew can carve up a second-string NFL defense. And, frankly, we already learned that last year against the Jets.
Beyond that, what can you really say about the Eagles on an afternoon when most of the Eagles didn’t play? The closest Jalen Hurts came to breaking a sweat was when he climbed onto an exercise bike on the sideline. Even then, he was wearing gym shorts, headphones, and a gold chain. Lane Johnson was sitting on a cooler next to him. They were laughing about something — maybe it was the idea that people would actually pay for these tickets.
