Eagles first-round draft pick could end up starting at cornerback when the team opens the season against the Green Bay Packers in Brazil.
PHILADELPHIA – Vic Fangio doesn’t care how long one of his defensive players has been in the NFL. If you’ve been in the league a dozen years, like Darius Slay has been, or just arrived in the draft this past April, if you’re good enough, and you’re the best at that position, you will play.
“If we were an expansion team like I was in two places, we might just throw them out there to see what we got. We’ve got more serious business here. If they're worthy of playing, they will play.” Mitchell, so far after two days of training camp, looks like he might be the best cornerback among a crop of about a dozen, after Darius Slay, which means he could be on the outside when the Eagles head to Brazil to open the season against quarterback Jordan Love and the Green Bay Packers.“He's a talented guy, he's smart, has a good football feel,” said the DC. “All of that really is more than I thought he had just from watching the college tape, so that's been a plus.
So maybe Mitchell opens in the slot, though it’s looking like he could win that outside job, besting candidates Kelee Ringo, who has been just OK so far in camp, and Isaiah Rodgers, who needs to show he can tackle better than his reputation for doing that was with the Colts.
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