There were a lot of things to address coming out of the Eagles Week 1 win over the Commanders, but one big concern was LG Landon Dickerson. Just one day later, the team announced that the 3x Pro Bowler will be headed to IR and will miss the next 4 games.
For his part, Dickerson didn’t mince words about his performance on Sunday. He also revealed that he got rolled up on during a training camp practice, which was still an issue.
Head coach Nick Sirianni was asked about Dickerson’s performance in the season opener, and he highlighted the power the lineman plays with and the balance of that with occasionally allowing pressure.
“I think what you what you see with Landon is his extreme power. He’s a big man who’s able to move guys off the spot. If you go back and you look at, OK so he gives up some pressures, all right. But he also caved in the side on Saquon’s long run on that third down, and just did a really good job of pushing their defensive tackle and displacing him, which is a big job description for him.
He’s tough as heck. We’ve won a ton of games with Landon, and there’s a lot of good things that he can do. Just like every player on our team from yesterday’s game, and every coach for that matter, there’s good moments, and there are moments that we got to fix, and and that’s where we are, and can’t tell you how much I think of Landon and the player that he is, and particularly that power and that size where he can move guys off their off the spot at will, against their will.”
With Dickerson sidelined, the Eagles will likely turn to Drew Kendall to step up into that role, or could even look to Willie Lampkin. The team might also consider making a change at center, with Cam Jurgens having a similarly difficult Week 1, which would impact which depth player they’ll turn to.
