Defensive Tackle · Philadelphia Eagles

Jalen Carter

No. 98 · 4th season

Sirianni had nothing to say about Carter. That says something.

The most telling part of a coach's press conference is sometimes what they don't say. Nick Sirianni was asked about Jalen Carter sitting out team drills during the Philadelphia Eagles' mandatory spring sessions this week. He declined to explain.

Carter is one of the best defensive linemen in football — a player the Eagles have built real expectations around. When someone like that is off to the side while his teammates are working, the absence is loud on its own.

Sirianni's non-answer doesn't tell us whether this is a contract matter, a physical issue, or something else. What it does tell us is that someone made a decision not to talk about it, and that's usually not nothing.

The Eagles' defense runs through Carter. Whatever is or isn't happening, this is the kind of quiet moment in June that people remember in September.

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