The Eagles went into training camp with real questions about the interior of their offensive line. By the time camp wrapped, that concern had turned into one of the roster’s more encouraging developments.
What looked shaky in July now has Philadelphia feeling better about its depth behind the starters, thanks to the growth of Drew Kendall and Willie Lampkin. General manager Howie Roseman said the young linemen changed the picture with the way they handled both the passing game and the run game.
“I don’t know if we talked about this before camp, but certainly if any of you would’ve given me a truth serum and said, ‘What are you looking for in training camp?’ It would be how our interior offensive line depth panned out,” Roseman told reporters last Monday.
“And the way that Drew, Willie, and then obviously Micah [Morris], keeping Micah. Those young guys and the growth that they showed, their ability to play in the passing game, in the run game.
I mean, really, really excited about those guys, about being able to have those guys, being able to develop those guys, but at the same time, have confidence that if those guys need to play, that they’re ready to play.”
Micah Morris, a sixth-round pick in the 2026 NFL draft, isn’t viewed as ready to jump in this season, but the Eagles like the upside he has shown in preseason games and practices. At 6-foot-5 and 334 pounds, he moves extremely well for his size.
Kendall and Lampkin, though, are the names that have really started to pop. Both are backups with starter upside, and both can line up at center or guard.
Lampkin has had to win with leverage and strength more than size. At 5-foot-11 and 290 pounds, he works under defenders’ pads, drives them back in the run game and holds up in pass protection.
Kendall brings a different kind of package. He checks in at 6-foot-4, 308 pounds and pairs movement skills with strength, while his technique stands out as well.
That combination showed up in the Eagles’ preseason loss to the New England Patriots, when the two young linemen helped carve out big running lanes. Will Shipley finished with 56 rushing yards and a touchdown.
The Eagles are counting on both players to matter over the next few years, and Kendall in particular looks like a potential answer at guard next season. Landon Dickerson’s future is clouded by his lengthy injury history, while Tyler Steen is set to become a free agent after the season.
Lampkin could also enter that conversation. The undrafted free agent, claimed off waivers by the Eagles last year, has put himself in position to compete for a starting guard job.
“Willie started with the third group as a center and as he got his snaps, they were good snaps,” Eagles offensive line coach Chris Kuper told reporters last Thursday. “He got moved up to the twos and got some snaps against the second group and then threw them in there with the ones.
So just testing these guys to see what they’re capable of and then doing it again and again and again. Can we get the consistency that we’re looking for?
Okay, well, we got something with this guy. That’s both of them.
Drew has had a phenomenal camp, too. All these guys have had a phenomenal camp.”
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