Doug Pederson held a presser on Friday and the Eagles coach seemed to be in a much better mood. With the Eagles set to travel to Tampa Bay, here are some takeaways from what Pederson had to say.

On Alshon Jeffery:

Doug Pederson says Alshon Jeffery has “looked really well” in all of the individual drills he’s been doing. He won’t play against the Buccaneers, and we’ll continue to monitor him.

On Darren Sproles:

“We’re going to see after this practice” about Sproles’ availability for Sunday. Sproles suffered the injury during practice this week. His status is unclear for Sunday, and Corey Clement and Wendell Smallwood would fill in if he’s unavailable.

On Shelton Gibson:

Pederson said Gibson should be fine but will know more after Friday’s practice.

Pederson on facing former Eagles Beau Allen and Vinny Curry

Pederson acknowledged that defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz may have to change up his defensive audibles and calls, seeing as two of his former players have scouting reports for their Bucs teammates. Pederson admitted the Birds would have to change up the offensive playcalling terminology and signals as well.

“It’s something we have to take in consideration,” Pederson noted.

Pederson referred to Curry and Allen as “two great players” that the Eagles owe a lot of credit to for their help in getting a Super Bowl victory.

Pederson on Michael Bennett being unhappy

“I haven’t heard that. He’s doing well,” Pederson said, referring to NBC color analyst Cris Collinsworth’s comment that Bennett was unhappy that he didn’t start the game against the Falcons. Bennett logged the second-most snaps at defensive end, so it’s more about how you finish.