After an off day on Sunday, the Eagles were back at practice on Monday morning but heavy rains in the area forced them indoors.

But that couldn’t dampen an exciting practice — the first one in pads of the summer.

The Eagles were on the field for an hour and 40 minutes on Monday. They’ll also practice on Tuesday and Wednesday before a walkthrough on Thursday.

Let’s get to our observations from Day 4:

1. As always, we’ll start with housekeeping:

• OLB Jonathan Greenard remains on the Active/PUP list with a pec strain.

• The Eagles’ injury report to start the day:

Not practicing: OLB Keyshawn James-Newby (ankle), OT Lane Johnson (excused/not injury related), OG Micah Morris (shoulder), OG Jaeden Roberts (calf contusion), S Cole Wisniewski (hamstring)

Limited: OT Cameron Williams (knee contusion)

• Eagles first-round pick Makai Lemon — who has not been listed on the injury report — was on the field to start Monday’s session but was not there for any of the team drills. We’ll keep an eye on that going into Tuesday.

• While Cameron Williams was listed as limited, he participated in team drills. Morris, Roberts and James-Newby all got hurt in Saturday’s practice and all three eventually made it into the bubble as practice spectators.

• Jihaad Campbell and Elijah Moore both returned after missing Saturday’s practice for non-football reasons.

2. Depth chart notes:

• Without Lane Johnson, Fred Johnson began the day as the Eagles’ starting right tackle. But rookie third-round pick Markel Bell later got some first-team reps at that position. There might be a swing-tackle battle brewing.

• Andy Dalton was again the first quarterback to get reps with the second-team offense but Tanner McKee worked in later.

• The offensive line groups from the start of practice:

First team: Jordan Mailata, Landon Dickerson, Cam Jurgens, Tyler Steen, Fred Johnson

Second team: John Ojukwu, Jake Majors, Drew Kendall, Michael Jordan, Markel Bell

Third team: Hollin Pierce, Myles Hinton, Willie Lampkin, Michael Jordan, Cameron Williams

• The defense was mixing and matching again, but the depth chart remained mostly unchanged on Monday.

3. Jalen Hurts and the Eagles’ offense had a big-time bounce back performance on the first day in pads. It’s why we prefaced all the talk about the dominant defense through the first three days with the normal caveat: It’s very early.

On Monday, the Eagles’ first-team offense started the day in team drills against the second-team defense. With Jalen Carter and Jalyx Hunt watching from a safe distance away from the sideline, Hurts and the first-team offense began to find its rhythm early and carried it through the full practice. Hurts began the day with a deep pass to Dontavyion Wicks and then hit DeVonta Smith on the sideline and later layered a throw to Elijah Moore for a gain of 15-20 yards.

But Hurts saved his best pass for 7-on-7s, when he threaded the needle to Elijah Moore on a skinny post for a touchdown throw of about 40 yards. Moore would have taken a big hit at the end of the play but in this thud practice, we’ll give him the touchdown.

Overall, this was easily Hurts’ best day of the summer so far.

4. Hurts was able to connect with DeVonta Smith twice in the tight red zone during team drills a bit later. On a simulated 3rd-and-8, Hurts quick-fired a pass to Smith toward the front right corner of the end zone. Smith was able to gain a step on Jonathan Jones and tuck it inside the pylon for a touchdown. On the ensuing 2-point conversion, Hurts rolled right and delivered a cross body pass to Smith who found separation against Riq Woolen in the back of the end zone. It was encouraging to see Hurts find his No. 1 target in a couple of crucial moments.

The second-team offense followed up that momentum when Andy Dalton checked it down in the right flat to a wide open Will Shipley, who scampered into the end zone. Dalton followed that up by hitting Hollywood Brown for a touchdown against Ambry Thomas.

5. The low point for the Eagles’ offense on Monday came during 7-on-7s when Jalen Hurts tried to connect with Elijah Moore on the left sideline. There seemed to be some miscommunication between QB and WR and Quinyon Mitchell took advantage. Mitchell jumped the route and took it the other way for what would have been a pick-6.

Mitchell was an All-Pro in 2025 but still hasn’t had a regular season interception in his first two NFL seasons. Mitchell does have 4 in 5 playoff games.

6. Andy Dalton looks way better than I expected. Coming into camp, I thought it was silly that Dalton and Tanner McKee were splitting reps but Dalton has been good. He can still sling it. Dalton began the day with a great ball to Johnny Wilson over the middle in the first period of practice and threw a dot to Wilson with Mac McWilliams in coverage a bit later.

7. The rookie fifth-round pick Cole Payton isn’t gun-shy. He threw a dangerous pass to Erik Ezukanma into triple coverage that luckily fell incomplete; it could have been Payton’s fourth INT of camp. But a bit later, he forced a ball to Ezukanma in the end zone during the developmental period. Ezukanma was able to catch the pass after it got knocked around a bit in tight coverage.

8. During a red zone period, backup DT Byron Young got in the backfield for a five-yard TFL and then after a false start, the offense was facing a 3rd-and-goal from the 20. Young is sometimes the forgotten man in that rotation because he’s behind Jalen Carter, Jordan Davis and Moro Ojomo, but Young played well for the Eagles in 2025. He’s going to be in the rotation again this season.

9. We saw Jalen Hurts run a bit in Saturday’s practice and it happened again on Monday. On 2nd-and-goal from the 10, the Eagles spread out the formation and called a designed QB draw. That’s an element of the offense, Sean Mannion would seemingly like to include.

10. Some odds and ends:

• During the developmental period, rookie seventh-round pick Uar Bernard picked up a “sack” against Cole Payton. Sure, it was a coverage sack because there was nothing open down the field, but we won’t take it away from the football newby.

• Darius Cooper made a great diving catch on a ball thrown a tad low by Hurts during team drills. Cooper has made a few non-routine catches this camp. While Johnny Wilson made some catches in rhythm Monday, he couldn’t haul in a low pass in the very next sequence from Tanner McKee. We bring those two plays up together because Cooper and Wilson might be competing for a roster spot.

• Moro Ojomo had a tackle for no gain during team drills. He is consistently good.

• Arnold Ebiketie did a nice job dropping into coverage against rookie TE Eli Stowers. Ebiketie was able to knock the ball incomplete.

• After a quick pass to Johnny Mundt, Zack Baun showed off his closing speed to completely cut off the angle for a short gain. Baun can cover a lot of ground.

• The first practice in pads is always a bit shocking. You kind of forget how loud and violent a thud period can be. We’re not even talking about a live (tackle to ground) period.

Stupid Observation of the Day: The Eagles didn’t waste much time getting a new ball security banner in the auditorium. They previously had a photo of A.J. Brown on the banner to demonstrate one facet of ball security but he has been replaced by a photo of DeVonta Smith.