Last week in Green Bay, the Jets O-line was challenged by a 3-4 defensive front. This week with the Eagles in town, the line is matching up against a 4-3 Eagles front.
Veteran RG Greg Van Roten said: "Philly is a very physical defensive front, a lot different than what we've seen in the first two preseason games. Kind of similar to our defense, honestly, so it was good to go against a different look – a four-down front versus a three-down front to kind of get us ready for what we're going to see Week 1 against Carolina as well."
In addition to the return of Vera-Tucker, veteran T Morgan Moses (personal) was back at practice after missing Saturday's game. The Eagles might have finished 4-11-1 last season, but their team is not devoid of talent and that's especially the case on both sides of the line of scrimmage. The headliner on the defensive side is DT Fletcher Cox, who's racked up 54.5 career sacks.
"Definitely a lot of things to learn from in this practice," GVR said of Tuesday' session. "Going forward, you always want to build on it and correct the things that you did wrong and then build and perfect the things you did well. Going into tomorrow, we definitely want to respond to today's practice and take it to the next level."
In a two-minute simulation at the end of practice, the offense went three-and-out. But Wilson, who faced strong pressure at times, earlier connected on seven consecutive throws. Last week, the offense took it up a notch the second session of joint practices with the Packers. They'll get their chance Wednesday against the Birds.
"Just to get better as an offense," Van Roten said. "A big thing we're working on right now is our tempo, in and out of the huddle, working our calls and helping Zach to play fast, so he has more time at the line of scrimmage to diagnose the defense."
Veteran RG Greg Van Roten said: "Philly is a very physical defensive front, a lot different than what we've seen in the first two preseason games. Kind of similar to our defense, honestly, so it was good to go against a different look – a four-down front versus a three-down front to kind of get us ready for what we're going to see Week 1 against Carolina as well."
In addition to the return of Vera-Tucker, veteran T Morgan Moses (personal) was back at practice after missing Saturday's game. The Eagles might have finished 4-11-1 last season, but their team is not devoid of talent and that's especially the case on both sides of the line of scrimmage. The headliner on the defensive side is DT Fletcher Cox, who's racked up 54.5 career sacks.
"Definitely a lot of things to learn from in this practice," GVR said of Tuesday' session. "Going forward, you always want to build on it and correct the things that you did wrong and then build and perfect the things you did well. Going into tomorrow, we definitely want to respond to today's practice and take it to the next level."
In a two-minute simulation at the end of practice, the offense went three-and-out. But Wilson, who faced strong pressure at times, earlier connected on seven consecutive throws. Last week, the offense took it up a notch the second session of joint practices with the Packers. They'll get their chance Wednesday against the Birds.
"Just to get better as an offense," Van Roten said. "A big thing we're working on right now is our tempo, in and out of the huddle, working our calls and helping Zach to play fast, so he has more time at the line of scrimmage to diagnose the defense."