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According to Philadelphia Eagles defensive genius Jim Schwartz, Sidney Jones is currently in the OTA portion of his return to the National Football League.
For those unaware, Sidney Jones has missed a ton of time after tearing his Achilles. A second-round pick of the Eagles, he's just now making his return, but Jim Schwartz is trying to temper expectations a bit on given the injury and time away from football.
While Jones will be returning to practice this week, here is what Schwartz had to say about it, via Pro Football Talk:
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“I think we’ll see pretty quickly that he has a good grasp of what he’s expected to do and that’s really working on his rehab and keeping his ears open and his eyes open has been his No. 1 job description over these last six months, I don’t even know how long it’s been,” Schwartz said in comments distributed by the team. “I’ve been really proud of what he’s done there. I would be very surprised if he can’t go in and execute what we’re asking him to do. It’s just going to be physical. I mean, there’s certainly a lot of rust that goes into — all due respect to our trainers, they are not a challenge to cover, and he’s only been working with those guys. So we’ve got to take each step along the way. It’s almost like the first week of OTAs for him. It’s not even really a first week of training camp. It’s more like first week of OTAs for him. So technique-wise, conditioning-wise, all those things are going to come into it. And he’s got a little bit of time. He’s been up to every challenge we’ve given him so far, so we look forward to seeing him on the field.”
The Eagles will only have a few days to decide whether or not to make the defensive talent active or not. This will not only depend on his health and grasp of team concepts, but team needs.
