Hey folks, Andrew DeCechko here.

Hope everyone's having a good holiday weekend, a safe holiday weekend.

And it's also important to say that football returns this week to Minovacare Complex, beginning Tuesday,

with offseason team activities otherwise known as OTAs.

Well, they're going to be held Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday.

And I would say that much like this time last year, these sessions will be invaluable

with new offensive coordinator, Kevin Petulow at the helm, and a very young

contingent of players on the defensive side that are positioned for larger roles under

Fic Fangio. But obviously, it's voluntary, and I would say that in most cases, first impressions

are vital.

And for rookies, new additions, bubble players, the extra practice reps and face time with coaches should allow for an easier transitioning camp when the pads come on.

But it was so hard to whittle it down, but I ended up coming up with four pre-O-TAA forecast as I look at the

2025 Eagles, and these are four things that I feel pretty strongly about.

And we're going to start with J.LU.L. Hunt, who I believe will take the biggest leap forward

of all Eagles defenders.

Anyone who's listened to me already knows that I've said this multiple times on this platform over the airwaves.

I've written about it.

Spoiler alert.

There's going to be a story on Inside the Birds.com with this exact topic.

And I always say you have to think back to last summer when the Eagles drafted J.

Wilkes hunt in the third round out of Houston Christian it was widely expected that he was going

to be a redshirt player before he'd ever taken so much as a snap in training camp probably

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