The Eagles traveled to Foxborough this week for a joint practice with the Patriots on Tuesday ahead of their preseason matchup on Thursday night.

Head Coach Nick Sirianni met with the media ahead of the practice as news broke that rookie Cooper DeJean was activated off of the Non-Football Injury List and was seen walking out in pads.

"He's going to get some individual work today, see how he feels. He's progressing nicely and will get some individual work, don't know about the team stuff yet, but let's see how he is through individual," Sirianni said.

Along with DeJean returning, wide receiver Parris Campbell was a limited participant in practice as he is recovering from a groin injury.

The Patriots and Eagles last held a joint practice in 2021 at the NovaCare Complex in Sirianni's first season as head coach of the team. This year, it's the Patriots with a new coach at the helm, as Jerod Mayo entered his first joint practice as head coach.

"Every time we step out on the field, we're trying to get better. We get to go against another team, a team that we've had joint practices with before," Sirianni said. "I've got a lot of respect for Coach (Jerod) Mayo and his staff, so looking forward to going against another team to get good work in on different phases of football."

Another point of emphasis for Sirianni came when he was asked about fights at Training Camp joint practices, something that has gone on around the league this summer.

"No fights. You're coming out here to work and you're coming out here to get good reps. There's no fights in games. You never see big brawls in games, for some reason you see them at practices, so our job is to come out here and handle ourselves just like a game," Sirianni said.

Tuesday's Joint Practice Highlights

Eagles Offense

• Jalen Hurts and A.J. Brown showed great timing and chemistry on several intermediate crossing routes, as the quarterback laid the ball only where the receiver could get it. And when Hurts was in a pinch, under siege, and needed to throw up the ball to Brown, as it happened in the final team period, the All-Pro receiver muscled the ball away from the defensive back. Another pinpoint throw from Hurts to Brown came for a gain of more than 20 yards on a corner route to the right side.
• Saquon Barkley looked fast and fluid. In the first team period, Barkley ran the ball left and made a nifty nice cutback inside thanks to a great block by Cam Jurgens. In the second team period, Barkley toasted linebacker Matthew Judon for a touchdown on a wheel route. DeVonta Smith went in motion before the snap to draw the defender away from the area where Hurts went with the ball.
• Hurts showed tremendous poise and patience in the pocket even when under pressure. There was a snap in the first team session where the Patriots mugged the line of scrimmage and the Eagles didn't know who was rushing or dropping into coverage. Hurts waited and found his man in DeVonta Smith for the completion. On one play, Hurts had to beat the free rusher in Judon and did so with a throw to Brown's outside shoulder.
• Dallas Goedert scored a would-be touchdown in the red zone period on a screen pass with Jordan Mailata leading the way from a blocking standpoint.
• One of the highlights from the 7-on-7 period came on a throw from Hurts to Smith that ended up inside of the 10-yard line. Smith started out in the slot before getting down and across the field and going behind the Patriots' safety while Hurts threw a great ball right into his arms. The other notable play from the session came from the second team, as John Ross started out in motion before running out and then back up the right sideline and making a really strong catch over his defender on a throw from Kenny Pickett. Ross showcased his speed and route running on the play, reminding everyone of his deep-threat ability.

Eagles Defense

• Jalen Carter set the tone from the first snap of the team period, shedding the offensive lineman and knocking the running back to the ground. Two plays later, Carter looped around Jordan Davis to sack Jacoby Brissett. Later in the session, Carter used a swim move to go right past the guard and into the backfield to stop the run play. He then split a double team at the line of scrimmage to disrupt the running play.
• Nakobe Dean did it all at linebacker on Tuesday for the Eagles. He came up on a blitz in the red zone period and Brissett was stuck with the ball, not knowing where things went so wrong so fast. Dean played a role in two turnovers. First, Dean broke up the pass out of the hands of tight end Austin Hooper and Zack Baun came away with the pick in the end zone. In a later session, Dean blitzed, allowing Jeremiah Trotter Jur. to undercut the receiver and cash in on a pick-six.
• The defensive line dominated as Jordan Davis, Marlon Tuipulotu, Milton Williams, P.J. Mustipher, and Moro Ojomo all had strong outings.
• Josh Sweat was disruptive, looping inside to sack Brissett and later using a bull rush to create havoc for Brissett, who eventually threw an incomplete pass.
• Nolan Smith used a long arm and his bend to frustrate rookie Derek Maye, who eventually spiked the ball.
• The defensive line feasted, but Darius Slay showed why he's an annual Pro Bowl selection with back-to-back PBUs in the third team setting.

Cooper DeJean ready for next phase of development on the field

Rookie defensive back Cooper DeJean made his Training Camp debut at Tuesday's joint practice. DeJean suffered a hamstring injury during offseason workouts away from the NovaCare Complex and landed on the Active/Non-Football Injury List to open Training Camp. He was activated off the list on Tuesday morning and participated in individual drills.

"He's getting a lot of the reps that's in walkthrough, on the side, so every rep that happens, he's getting a rep mentally," Sirianni said. Other than that, he's got to get caught up as far as getting his body back and ready to go. He's got to get caught up when he gets team reps and the developmental reps and all of the reps, he's got to take advantage of them."

For DeJean, it's not focusing on one position as he lined up at corner, nickel, and safety in the spring.

"I've been trying to learn all three. The slot corner is where I've been playing most, so I've been kind of locked in on that while trying to learn the safety spot as well," DeJean said.

Teammates praise Jalen Hurts' Training Camp performance

Jalen Hurts has continued to look poised and consistent throughout Training Camp. That was no different when the offense faced off against the Patriots' defense on Tuesday. Hurts has looked faster and more precise thus far, dropping dimes into the hands of DeVonta Smith and A.J. Brown, as well as a perfectly placed ball down to Saquon Barkley on a wheel route into the end zone.

With the starters on offense not playing in the first preseason game, this was their first chance to go up against a defense that was not their own since last season.

"It's always helpful to see different looks when the opposition and the opponent throws different things at you and you're able to test different things and continue to grow in those things," Hurts said.

"I think I'm most excited to go back and watch some of the tape and just talk through those things. I think the most important thing in this time right now is just the dialogue that we have about it and continuing to communicate to be on the same page with everything, so I think there are good examples of that. I think there are going to be some great conversations for us to grow from."

While Hurts is known to remain humble, his teammates know he's been playing at a high level all of camp.

"He's always been pretty fast, but I feel like the rhythm that we have now has been good," said All-Pro tackle Lane Johnson. "Timing on routes and us just getting to the football and our procedures have been good."

Brandon Graham loves the attitude, energy from the young players

Brandon Graham suited up for his eighth joint practice against the Patriots in his career on Tuesday.

"I'm excited for this year, yeah, this is my last one, but I'm excited. I think today was a good day with everybody, good energy both sides of the ball. Can't wait to see what the offense did, but I know defensively, we tried to bring the energy," Graham said.

Graham liked what he saw on the defensive side today, noting that the New England crowd fired them up and helped with their energy. The defense was able to get multiple "sacks" on the Patriots quarterbacks throughout the practice, and BG pointed out the defensive line as standouts.

"The D-line is who I'm looking at all the time, the interior guys like 90 (Jalen Carter), 98 (Jordan Davis), Milton (Williams) today in one-on-ones was doing it today, of course (Josh) Sweat and (Bryce) Huff, you're going to get their best and I'm just looking to see how everything jelled today when coach puts on the film and see what we did right and what we did wrong."

Throughout his later years with the team, Graham has been a leader and is always willing to pass his knowledge down to the young players. The veteran has liked what he's seen out of players like Carter, Davis, and Nolan Smith, as well as rookies like Jeremiah Trotter Jr.

"Everybody I like this year has a chip on their shoulder and that's all I could care about for them is keeping that chip because you should never be satisfied because even when you get to the success, stay with it because somebody is coming for your job. I always think about that while serving the guys but you have to always have that mindset that you can't get comfortable."

Trotter Jr. continued his momentum from the Ravens game in the joint practice, coming up with an interception.

"One thing I will say, that (axe) is real, that celebration," Trotter said. "I see him every day, that boy comes to work. You can already tell that just from what he does during the offseason with his dad (Eagles Hall of Fame linebacker Jeremiah Trotter), but I just know that for him, I was happy to see him get an interception, happy to see everything starting to slow down a little bit."