It was a steamy Saturday morning for the Eagles’ longest practice of training camp so far.

The Birds were on the field for 1 hour and 42 minutes on military appreciation day. The players also ran gassers after practice concluded.

The Eagles will have their first full off day of training camp on Sunday but will be back on the field for practice Monday through Wednesday next week.

Here are some observations from Day 3:

1. As always, we’ll start with housekeeping:

• OLB Jonathan Greenard remains on the Active/PUP list with a pec strain.

• The Eagles had a lengthier practice report on Saturday. The following players did not practice: OT Lane Johnson (excused/not injury related), LB Jihaad Campbell (excused/not injury related), WR Elijah Moore (excused/not injury related), DT Ta’Quon Graham (excused/not injury related), OT Cam Williams (knee contusion), S Cole Wisniewski (hamstring).

Williams got hurt in Friday’s practice and left early. Wisniewski missed some time in the spring as well.

• Campbell had a really good reason to miss practice on Day 3.

• Several players had to leave Saturday’s session early. OLB Keyshawn James-Newby went down during an early portion of 11-on-11s, was carted off and did not return. OG Micah Morris left early but walked on his own power to the medical tent. OG Jaeden Roberts went down on the final play at the very end of the practice during the developmental drill and immediately grabbed at his left leg. Roberts was carted off and it didn’t look good.

2. Depth chart notes:

• Without Campbell at practice, Jeremiah Trotter Jr. filled in as the starting linebacker next to Zack Baun. Chance Campbell was bumped up to the second team with Smael Mondon Jr.

• The Eagles are still primarily using Marcus Epps as the safety next to Drew Mukuba in the nickel package but both Michael Carter II and Andre’ Sam got some time with the first-team defense on Saturday. (Cooper DeJean is the other safety in the base package.)

• Carter is the Eagles’ extra defensive back in their rarely used dime package.

• Andy Dalton was up first with the second-team offense on Saturday but Tanner McKee also got a ton of reps with the twos. That remains a rotation.

• Without Lane Johnson, veteran Fred Johnson filled in with the first-team offense as the starting right tackle. Here’s a look at all three offensive lines from Saturday:

First team: Jordan Mailata, Landon Dickerson, Cam Jurgens, Tyler Steen, Fred Johnson

Second team: Markel Bell, Jake Majors, Drew Kendall, Micah Morris, John Ojukwu

Third team: Myles Hinton, Jaeden Roberts, Willie Lampkin, Michael Jordan, Hollin Pierce

• Kendall played some first-team left guard when the Eagles gave Dickerson a break. It’s also worth noting that Kendall was the backup center on Saturday after previously being a second-team guard. He and Majors flipped. Morris got moved up to the second team to begin on Saturday but after Morris left practice, the veteran Jordan took over.

• The Eagles continue to use a lot of Johnny Mundt in 12 personal but he’s even out there in 11 personnel at times. He had a catch on Saturday.

3. The biggest takeaway from Day 3 of training camp was just how much the defense dominated. You can look at that one of two ways. This is a new offense that is still getting its feet under it and didn’t have arguably one of its best players in Lane Johnson on Saturday. Still, it wasn’t a good day for the offense as a whole or for Jalen Hurts. The Eagles had their first red zone session of the summer and they couldn’t really score.

Of course, it’s not time to panic. Especially because this Eagles’ defense is extremely talented. That unit should be ahead right now and it obviously is. The Eagles’ front got a ton of pressure on Hurts and “sacked” him a bunch of times on Saturday. When Hurts wasn’t “sacked” in the backfield, there just wasn’t a ton of space for him to throw the ball. There were some good moments for the offense, but the defense clearly won the day.

In a competitive situational period late in practice, the Eagles ran a total of 10 reps, going from 1st teams to 2nd teams to 3rd teams and the defense won seven of them. Nick Sirianni announced the score after each play and the final tally was Defense 7, Offense 3.

4. Without Campbell on Saturday, Trotter filled in and performed really well. He had a few notable plays. At one point, he met a ball carrier in the hole for a would-be tackle, which showed great recognition and block destruction. But his best play came on a swing pass from Jalen Hurts to Saquon Barkley. Trotter broke on the pass and batted it down. If he broke a split-second earlier, Trotter might have had an interception. Trotter was later called for a DPI against Makai Lemon in the red zone, but overall, it was a great day for the backup linebacker.

5. Just a reminder that Jalen Carter is a monster. The highest paid defensive tackle in NFL history has moments in practice where he completely wrecks it. He blew past Tyler Steen during 11-on-11s for a sack, blew up a screen pass to the running back and was just constantly applying pressure to Hurts.

And he also batted down a pass at the line of scrimmage. After not having a single batted pass in his rookie season, Carter has 13 over the past two seasons. Among all defensive linemen, just Cameron Heyward (17), Andrew Van Ginkel (16) and Brian Burns (15) have more over the last two years.

6. Former 49ers third-round pick Danny Gray made a few grabs on Saturday. One was a leaping catch during 11-on-11s from Cole Payton, who bounced back a bit from his three-INT Day 2. Gray also had a couple catches during 7-on-7s. The 49ers drafted Gray with the No. 105 overall pick back in 2022 but he hasn’t played in a regular season game since his rookie season.

7. We finally saw Jalen Hurts use his legs on Saturday. In the red zone, the Eagles went to shotgun and ran a zone-read where Hurts pulled the ball and beat Nolan Smith around the left edge for an 8-yard touchdown scamper. Earlier in the day, Eagles OC Sean Mannion was asked about Hurts as a running threat.

“He’s very uniquely talented in terms of his athletic ability,” Mannion said. “It’s something he’s been effective with throughout his career. That’s part of what makes him such a special talent, but he does a lot of things well. I think he’s really operated through all facets of the offense comfortably, but the piece of him as an athlete in the running game is something unique. Those are elements we can lean into a little bit as well.”

8. Jakorian Bennett had an up-and-down day on Saturday. He was called for an obvious DPI when he grabbed Quez Watkins, who zoomed past him during team drills. But Bennett rebounded with a pass breakup against Johnny Wilson. That was a bad play for Wilson. He’s a large receiver at 6-foot-6, 228 pounds and he let Bennett rip the ball out of his hands. You’d like to see Wilson win that battle.

9. Second-year safety Drew Mukuba had a huge pass breakup in 7-on-7s on a ball intended for Makai Lemon. Mukuba nearly picked it off. As a rookie, Mukuba had 2 interceptions in 11 games played.

10. Some odds and ends:

• Jalyx Hunt has looked awesome through three days. The pads aren’t on yet but the hype around him is real.

• Dontayvion Wicks had a strong grab on Saturday, outmuscling Michael Carter II for the football. Wicks is off to a nice start to camp.

• Zack Baun got the defense off to a quick start in 11-on-11s with a tipped pass on the second play from scrimmage.

• Riq Woolen was called for a personal foul when he broke up a pass intended for Britain Covey. Covey probably should have made the catch but he bobbled it and then Woolen came in and basically clotheslined him. That’s a tough play for the 6-foot-4 Woolen to make against the 5-foot-8 Covey. Is he supposed to bop him on the top of the head?

• Aside from that missed chance, Covey has made the most of his opportunities as a receiver. Covey could make the team as a punt returner but is unlikely to factor into the offensive plan. Still, he makes plays in practice.

• Second-year cornerback Mac McWilliams had a couple of pass breakups in the final competitive period of practice. The final play was a PBU against rookie TE Eli Stowers. McWilliams was a fifth-round pick last year and is fighting for a roster spot this summer.

• The punt returners from Saturday (in this order): Britain Covey, Cooper DeJean, Makai Lemon

• Super Bowl LII champion Brandon Brooks was in attendance Saturday. He got a chance to watch O-line drills under new position coach Chris Kuper, who was still playing during the time Brooks was in the league.

Stupid Observation of the Day: I didn’t speed this up.