The 2-0 Eagles head into a Monday night showdown against the Bears. Chicago is down their starting quarterback and the hope is the Birds can cruise to a third straight victory. But these things are rarely that easy. Here is how a certain Eagles rookie can help.
Outside of one catch for a first down, Lemon has yet to make a big impact as an NFL player. A limited preseason gave way to gimmicky usage to start his rookie year. But now we are three weeks in and this is a perfect chance for Lemon to have the first big game of his NFL career.
For the Eagles, Hollywood Brown and Dallas Goedert are out. This means a lot of the Eagles receiving production will have to come from DeVonta Smith, Dontayvion Wicks, Darius Cooper and Lemon. Lemon’s already been seeing a lot of snaps, but this should increase his targets and hopefully the targets he gets downfield.
The Bears’ defense is hard to evaluate two games in, but they were a sieve against the Panthers in Week 1. I imagine Lemon sees a lot more traditional usage in this game and we get a breakout performance from the first round pick.
* I am really happy about the Zach Ertz signing. While Ertz may only be able provide a bit of juice in the passing game, I am really interested in how his presence may help **Eli Stowers**. Their lockers being next to each other is already a sign the coaching staff wants the Eagles legend in the rookie’s ear. I hope it works.
* We are all watching the interior offensive line closely this week. Hopefully the Eagles can get better play out of Cam Jurgens. Or maybe we get closer to seeing **Micah Morris** in action.
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