Daily News | Eagles’ DeVonta Smith could get more touches as a situational punt returner
enjoyed the best performance of his young career during the Eagles’ Week 3 victory over the Commanders.
During the first quarter, the Eagles were preparing to get the ball back after the defense had halted the Commanders offense and forced fourth down. Through the first two games, undrafted rookie Britain Covey had handled a majority of reps at punt returner. “We wanted a little spark,” coach Nick Sirianni said. “It wasn’t a slight by any means on Britain. We just wanted to get the ball in DeVonta’s hands when they were backed up. He did a nice job of getting some yardage off of that.”
“We’ve been talking about ... ’How many different times can we get the football in DeVonta’s hands?’” Sirianni said. “He’s really sure-handed back there. He was really good at returning punts at Alabama the times that he did do it. We have faith in him based off of our practice reps that he can go back there and do it.”
On Sunday, Covey fielded five punts, including one that was muffed, for 34 return yards. Clay indicated the protection in front of Covey needs to improve for him to have a chance to break off an explosive return.
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