Eagles OC Sean Mannion: We'll miss Landon Dickerson, confident guys will step up

The Eagles will be making a change on their offensive line for Week 2.

Left guard Landon Dickerson was placed on injured reserve on Monday and the team’s plans for moving forward without him were a topic of discussion at offensive coordinator Sean Mannion’s press conference on Tuesday. Drew Kendall and Willie Lampkin are the top backup options on the interior of the line and Mannion expressed belief in any direction the Eagles might take.

“We feel really confident with all of our guys,” Mannion said, via a transcript from the team. “It’s unfortunate with Landon, the guy’s a warrior, and we’ve got to get him healthy. In the meantime, we need guys to step up, but Drew’s had a really nice camp. Willie’s had a nice camp. Really, we have a lot of guys on our offensive line with a lot of position flexibility, versatility. We feel good about all of them. Obviously, Landon will be missed in the meantime, but we feel confident that guys are going to be able to step up and fill the void.”

Kendall played center in college and Lampkin has also worked there, which accounts for the versatility that Mannion talked about as an asset. He was asked if moving center Cam Jurgens to guard is on the table.

“We’re going to keep that in-house in terms of what our plan is for this week, just for competitive reasons,” Mannion said. “Like I said, we have a lot of guys up front that can play multiple spots. We’ve been training them at all spots, so gives us some flexibility there.”

Dickerson said Monday that he was “a complete liability” in Sunday’s win over the Commanders and the line was inconsistent as a whole in the opener. Dickerson’s health likely factored into that and the Eagles could wind up sounder if they pick the right alignment for the Titans.