Eagles stay mum while Bengals share plans for starters in first preseason game

Thursday's first preseason game of the year for the Philadelphia Eagles will be interesting, given their strategy, as their opponents, the Cincinnati Bengals, have their ideas about what they will do. Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni spoke with the media before their Tuesday practice, where he was asked about what the plan is for the starters and how much they will play. Sirianni told reporters that he has not made a decision on whether the starters will play against the Bengals or not. Bengals head coach Zac Taylor is going in the opposite direction, as NFL insider Ian Rapoport shared that Taylor told reporters they will be playing the starters for several possessions on Thursday. The hope is Cincinnati will get off to a fast start and build that momentum into the regular season. If Sirianni were going back and forth on whether the starters should play, it wouldn't be the end of the world to get a series or two in there. Over the past week at training camp, the offense has struggled to get into rhythm due to