BILL DAVIS can tinker more now. It's too early to worry about who starts where in his base defense, the Eagles' defensive coordinator said yesterday, but Davis does see, with, say, three top-notch inside linebackers, some interesting variations. Davis is just trying to get everybody healthy and in sync, he said, with DeMeco Ryans coming off an Achilles' and Kiko Alonso coming off an ACL, while learning a new scheme. But ultimately, adding Alonso to ILBs Ryans and Mychal Kendricks, not to mention ex-Packer Brad Jones and third-round rookie Jordan Hicks, "expands our ability to play with more packages," Davis said. Inside linebackers coach Rick Minter, in a desperate fix last season with...
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