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NFC East news: Eagles hoping to maximize Barkley, ‘Long way to go’ in Washington

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Eagles drawing on A.J. Brown experience to maximize Saquon Barkley - Dave Zangaro, NBC Sports Philadelphia

Philly’s goal is to get the most they can out of their free agent acquisition.

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Eagles’ offensive coaches are already hard at work figuring out how to maximize Saquon Barkley.

Head coach Nick Sirianni said it’s an experience similar to when the Eagles traded for A.J. Brown in 2022.

“A couple years ago, we added A.J., just did a lot of work of, ‘Hey, what does A.J. do well?’” Sirianni said on Tuesday morning at the NFL’s annual meetings. “Obviously, you do that going in and then you look at it even more after you get him. ‘What does A.J. do well, how can we use him?’ It’s been a similar process with Saquon.”

The Eagles traded for Brown during the draft in late April a couple years ago. So with Barkley, they have a month and a half head start.

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