PHILADELPHIA – Depth was an important part of the Eagles' Super Bowl success last season. When an injury happened, someone was there to step in, from Fred Johnson filling in for Jordan Mailata at left tackle to Oren Burks stepping in at linebacker during the playoffs for Nakobe Dean.

It was both sides of the ball, but never did the Eagles skip a beat. Will that be the case this year?

"It's too early to say," said defensive coordinator Vic Fangio, who suffered several losses via free agency or, in the case of Brandon Graham, retirement.

He has to replace starters, which will, in some cases require players who part of last year's depth. The domino effect of that is who becomes the "new" depth.

Fangio told his defensive players that this year is similar to last year. Both years he said in

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