Speaker 1: We've got some football to talk about here on Inside
Speaker 1: Training Camp presented by Exfinity. Hello, everyone, I'm Dave Spennaro,
Speaker 1: Eagles Insider, along with Chris McPherson, and we've been talking
Speaker 1: about the Eagles on Eagles in training camp for the
Speaker 1: last few weeks. Now we're going to talk about the
Speaker 1: Eagles matching up against Tampa Bay on Thursday night, the
Speaker 1: preseason begins at Lincoln Financial Field and Chris, the focus
Speaker 1: has really turned in this building from training camp to
Speaker 1: the preseason. We've reached a milestone here, Dave. Today on
Speaker 1: Monday was the last live contact practice session for the Eagles,
Speaker 1: and the big reason for that is, as you mentioned, Dave,
Speaker 1: the Eagle can out turned their focus towards an opponent
Speaker 1: and start preparing for the weekend and week out grind
Speaker 1: what eventually will become the regular season. And we're not
Speaker 1: going to break down the X and noos of how
Speaker 1: the Eagles match up with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. You know,
Speaker 1: we'll see Jameis Winston and Mike Evans for a few snaps,
Speaker 1: maybe a couple of series, but you really want to
Speaker 1: evaluate the Eagles from the new veterans to the rookies
Speaker 1: in a game situation. And we also get to see
Speaker 1: the debut of head coach Doug pearson is first game
Speaker 1: as an NFL head coach. So a love excitement, a
Speaker 1: love of anticipation in the building to see what the
Speaker 1: Eagles could potentially be here in twenty sixteen days. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's time to get some roster evaluation, really take it
Speaker 1: to the next level. Of course, the primary purpose of
Speaker 1: these preseason games, and there are four of them for
Speaker 1: the Eagles, is to get the roster from ninety players
Speaker 1: where it stands to fifty three in time for the
Speaker 1: Eagles and the Cleveland Browns on September eleventh, when the
Speaker 1: regular season begins. Now, there are going to be some
Speaker 1: players who aren't going to suit up for this ball game.
Speaker 1: There are some injuries to talk about. We'll get to
Speaker 1: that in a moment, but we want to focus first,
Speaker 1: I think on the quarterback position. Doug Peterson talking about
Speaker 1: how he wants to use all four quarterbacks potentially in
Speaker 1: the Thursday preseason opener. Sam Bradford, Chase, Daniel Carson, Wentz,
Speaker 1: McLeod Bethel Thompson all could see some action. And we
Speaker 1: are obviously focusing on the first three because they're the
Speaker 1: ones who are gonna make this team. Peterson talked about
Speaker 1: the quarterbacks and how he plans to use them after
Speaker 1: practice on Monday. I'm gonna try to get him all
Speaker 1: in the game. Obviously, Sam will Sam will start with
Speaker 1: the ones I got Chase going in there. Carson will
Speaker 1: take the bulk of the second half, and then when
Speaker 1: I get opportunity, I want to I want to see
Speaker 1: McLeod get some time late in the game. I want
Speaker 1: to I want to see the timing, the accuracy, and
Speaker 1: the decision making with him. I want to see, you know,
Speaker 1: him being able to move our offense, you know, especially
Speaker 1: coming out of the locker room potentially you know, the
Speaker 1: second half of a game, you know, and then starting
Speaker 1: fast depending on whether whatever happened at the coin toss,
Speaker 1: and and uh, I just want to see that execution.
Speaker 1: And I want to see him lead the football team.
Speaker 1: Kind of goes back to the Carson question. I mean,
Speaker 1: just leading our offense. It's a new system that he's
Speaker 1: that he's embraced, and and uh, you know, you'd love
Speaker 1: to see points out of that first unit. You want
Speaker 1: to see um, you know, a high percentage of completed,
Speaker 1: completed throws, moving, moving the chains. Um. Obviously it's a
Speaker 1: very watered down vanilla game plan, so we allow the
Speaker 1: guys to play fast. It's not everything that we've done
Speaker 1: in camp up to this day. So just just the
Speaker 1: just the overall execution and and and and minimizing, minimizing mistakes, errors, um,
Speaker 1: poor decisions, that kind of thing, and just be be
Speaker 1: nice and smooth, relax and have fun out there. It's
Speaker 1: hard to say, you know, I would go as far
Speaker 1: as saying, if it's like a three and out, three
Speaker 1: and out deal, I would I would probably keep the
Speaker 1: ones in there for a little bit longer. It all
Speaker 1: just depends on how many plays they get. I don't
Speaker 1: have a set number of plays. Um, if they go
Speaker 1: down and score, you know, maybe pull them out. It's
Speaker 1: your typical first preseason ball game from that standpoint. So
Speaker 1: it's all about execution for the Eagles quarterbacks on Thursday night.
Speaker 1: As we heard from John D. Philippo on Sunday at
Speaker 1: the Quarterbacks coach, he wants to see this group move
Speaker 1: the offense, put points on the board, manage the game,
Speaker 1: manage the clock, run the huddle, and Chris, we finally
Speaker 1: get to see how this rotation is going to work out. Yes,
Speaker 1: of course, everyone I think is very excited about Carson
Speaker 1: Wentz the number two overall pick, especially with the fact
Speaker 1: that this will be the most I will expect to
Speaker 1: see him that the course of the entire two sixteen season,
Speaker 1: But even if it might be for only a short
Speaker 1: amount of time on Thursday Night, I want to say
Speaker 1: Sam Bradford has had the entire offseason to get healthy. Dave,
Speaker 1: you mentioned your interview with John d. Philippo. Sam is
Speaker 1: bigger and stronger than he's ever been. His footwork, he's
Speaker 1: much more confident in it than at this time of
Speaker 1: the year ago. So with all that being said, I
Speaker 1: want to see just you know, Kenny moved the football.
Speaker 1: How does he hold up in the pocket? The quarterbacks
Speaker 1: they've not been able to be hit yet to this point.
Speaker 1: So in the new offense is running this year, do
Speaker 1: we see good decision making? Does it get rid of
Speaker 1: the football on time? Can they move the offense? Does
Speaker 1: he look comfortable in the pocket. Those are the things
Speaker 1: that are gonna be looking for on Thursday night, and
Speaker 1: the scheme will be watered down, it will be vanilla,
Speaker 1: it will be basic, but the idea here is to
Speaker 1: go out, run the offense, play good football, and get
Speaker 1: out of their healthy Now, the health issue is one
Speaker 1: that we've monitored very closely here for the last couple
Speaker 1: of weeks. The Eagles have some injuries that are mounting
Speaker 1: and some players certainly won't see action in Thursday. Team.
Speaker 1: Let's take a look at some of the updated injury
Speaker 1: news here as the Eagles finish up practice on Monday,
Speaker 1: They've got Tuesday off and then a mock game on Wednesday,
Speaker 1: and I guess the big edition here. Michael Kendricks on
Speaker 1: page two leaves practice on Monday with a tight hamstring.
Speaker 1: Jordan Matthews expected to be out for up to a
Speaker 1: couple of weeks here, perhaps as they look to the
Speaker 1: regular season to get him ready. Everyone else a short
Speaker 1: term nothing. Any of these injuries will bleed over into
Speaker 1: the regular seasons. Staly one guy who we've been excited
Speaker 1: to see at some point year in training camp, especially
Speaker 1: once the Paduan was running back Wendelle Smallwood. We figured
Speaker 1: he was day to day with that quad injury. I meanfortunately,
Speaker 1: he's just not been able to get back on the field,
Speaker 1: So there's no timetable at this point for his return,
Speaker 1: and he's someone who is a fifth round pick could
Speaker 1: make an impact in this Eagles offense with a running
Speaker 1: back by comedy type situation with Ryan Matthews leading away
Speaker 1: and Darren Sprowles doing his damage as a receiver out
Speaker 1: of the backfield. There is room for raps there for
Speaker 1: Wendelle Smallwood, but he has to be able to get
Speaker 1: on the field now. To take a deeper look into
Speaker 1: smallwood situation, he is a featured part of the Journey
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Speaker 1: Wentz and Blay Countess. This week, we're gonna catch up
Speaker 1: with Wendelle Smallwood, how is rehabits going, and also check
Speaker 1: in on a player coming back from injury, linebacker Jordan Hicks,
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Speaker 1: welcome you back, Dave Spindaro along with Chris McPherson. Time
Speaker 1: now for the journey featuring Wendell Smallwood, fifth round draft
Speaker 1: pick from West Virginia, and Jordan Hicks, the second year
Speaker 1: linebacker coming back from an injury. Their journey through this
Speaker 1: twenty sixteen training camp. That should feel a little bit
Speaker 1: better right there, right all right, now, go ahead and
Speaker 1: slide back again. One more big rop, same thing. You
Speaker 1: go through warm ups and all that stuff. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: try and go through individual yep yep, and try just
Speaker 1: try and do what you can do, and then I'll
Speaker 1: just be out there and then if you can go, go,
Speaker 1: But if you can't. Then we'll pick it up where
Speaker 1: we left off yesterday. We'll do some stuff there. Cool yep.
Speaker 1: So currently, you know, I'm I feel great, body is healthy.
Speaker 1: My rehab process seemed long, but other than that, man,
Speaker 1: it's been a pretty good process, just you know, coming
Speaker 1: back from the pack and the little chinks and everything.
Speaker 1: But now I'm healthy, feel good, ready to get out
Speaker 1: there in band Okay, really power done. They dreaded Meet
Speaker 1: up Rise AGAD Morning Show. Being together. I think it
Speaker 1: is most important because these are guys you're working with
Speaker 1: every day. These are guys you got to get to
Speaker 1: know and bond with. When I think us being together
Speaker 1: at the hotels and busting in the morning, just start
Speaker 1: to understand a person more. The more you get put
Speaker 1: on him, I think you're building lifelong friendship with those
Speaker 1: guys just aren't working together. It's gonna build it even more.
Speaker 1: You know, I was excited when we drafted him. I
Speaker 1: was excited during rookie camp when we had him in here, uh,
Speaker 1: the entire offseason program, and you know he's gonna put
Speaker 1: himself in a position I'm hoping to help us this season.
Speaker 1: I think he's that good, excellent route runner, good hands,
Speaker 1: and I love the fact that he's kind of a
Speaker 1: one cut, no nonsense type guy. He's a downhill guy,
Speaker 1: but fast enough to separate and you know, create some
Speaker 1: long runs. I think it's important. I mean, you're having
Speaker 1: an opportunity to drawn play this year is definitely my
Speaker 1: motivation and not even looking at the depth chart. I'm
Speaker 1: just a competitive guy and I want to get better.
Speaker 1: There's a saying that if you keep count numbers, it's
Speaker 1: not going to do you any good. You got to
Speaker 1: continue to work, focus on the process, continue to work,
Speaker 1: worry about getting better each and every day. My situation,
Speaker 1: I had quite a bit of depth in the linebacker corps.
Speaker 1: You know, I was coming in third round pick. Really
Speaker 1: didn't know where I stood and there were a lot
Speaker 1: of numbers in front of me, and I just tried
Speaker 1: to stay humble, stay focused, continue to ask questions, figure
Speaker 1: out different things that I could pick up. I was,
Speaker 1: you know, trying to be as much of a sponge
Speaker 1: as possible when she's trying to soak in every type
Speaker 1: of knowledge that I could get. I'll take no type
Speaker 1: to them, guys. They might do something and I'm not
Speaker 1: going to be the guy to say Hey, I'm never
Speaker 1: going to do that. Never know how the gatting works.
Speaker 1: You know, guys could go down, something to happen, So
Speaker 1: I think I need to be mentally dialed in because
Speaker 1: it can happen to me just like it happened to them.
Speaker 1: So I think I need to prepare myself for any
Speaker 1: giving situation. I could be put in very highly of
Speaker 1: whend else Walt would How important is this time that
Speaker 1: he's missing and that you want to see what he
Speaker 1: was like looking Matazon. Yeah, you know it's tough for
Speaker 1: a young player and for us as coaches to get
Speaker 1: that that true evaluation. But we know who he is,
Speaker 1: what he is. We saw a lot this spring the
Speaker 1: first couple of days of camp. Have a good, good idea.
Speaker 1: Right now it's a matter of him just getting healthy
Speaker 1: and getting back on the field. So when he does
Speaker 1: come back, it's just a matter of you know, trusting
Speaker 1: himself and getting him, getting him coached out. Waking up
Speaker 1: this early every day, being there all those twelve hours
Speaker 1: a day and coming in the next day doing the
Speaker 1: same thing and just shows that his dedication. Heading there
Speaker 1: early just to get some get some treatment before for
Speaker 1: a practice, and then I'm learn trying to get a
Speaker 1: jump start while everyone's on break, can get as must
Speaker 1: treatment as I can, and while I got this free times,
Speaker 1: I'm just want to bet. Sometimes a good days, sometimes
Speaker 1: it's bad days, but I know I gotta keep getting
Speaker 1: better every day and keep doing whatever I have to
Speaker 1: do to get this opportunity and take advantage of it.
Speaker 1: Great stuff there. We all hope that Smallwood gets back
Speaker 1: on the field quickly because Chris there is a role
Speaker 1: for him in this offense. And we all know what
Speaker 1: a player Jordan Hicks can be in the middle of
Speaker 1: the Seaguls defense. Yes, what you love about Smallwood is
Speaker 1: the versatility he brings his team. You can run in
Speaker 1: between the tackles, he can catch the ball out of
Speaker 1: the backfield. And to be back in this West Coast offense,
Speaker 1: you have to be well versed across the board. The
Speaker 1: question is how can he hold up in pass protection?
Speaker 1: And Dave, you mentioned Hicks. It's interesting that last year
Speaker 1: he came in as the third round pick and he
Speaker 1: was expected to learn from Damiko Ryans and the plethora
Speaker 1: of linebackers that the Eagles had at the time. You know,
Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden you have the Mufassa
Speaker 1: and Simba Connection and Hicks because of injury, got thrust
Speaker 1: into the starting lineup. Proved to be a revelation for
Speaker 1: his Eagles defense. Was its best playmaker in that middle
Speaker 1: part of the defense there and showed instant command. You know.
Speaker 1: The talent was there at the University of Texas. The
Speaker 1: question was always could he remain healthy. Well, unfortunately his
Speaker 1: season was derailed due to injury. We see the comeback there.
Speaker 1: Smallwood could be in a similar situation that maybe on
Speaker 1: paper you don't think that he's going to be an
Speaker 1: instant contributor, but he could have a role at some
Speaker 1: point this year. The key for him, though, he's got
Speaker 1: to get healthy and get back on the field. Dave, Yeah,
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Speaker 1: fact that we've got some football to talk about after
Speaker 1: all of these weeks are just kind of making it
Speaker 1: up as we go along. Let's be honest, there will
Speaker 1: be tackling on Thursday night full football as the preseason
Speaker 1: opener is here and Chris. Last year, Kenyon Barner was
Speaker 1: the player who emerged in the preseason. It kind of
Speaker 1: became the star and certainly earned his place on the
Speaker 1: fifty three man roster. Who's that player this year? Oh?
Speaker 1: Look at that? Let's see you go through the list.
Speaker 1: You're looking for a young guy who's trying to make
Speaker 1: a name for himself here. I'm gonna go with Blake Countess. Now,
Speaker 1: Blake Countess, late round draft pick, undersized player was it
Speaker 1: two colleges, trying to make it here in the Eagles secondary.
Speaker 1: Looking for him on special teams also as a reserve safety.
Speaker 1: The Eagles certainly not pleased with the depth that they
Speaker 1: have seen in training camp at the safety positions. Blake Countess,
Speaker 1: who I think is an extinctual guy. He's got a
Speaker 1: lot of football savvy, not a big physical commanding presence,
Speaker 1: but I think he does enough in coverage end in
Speaker 1: finding the football to make this roster. So may not
Speaker 1: be the sexy pick, he may not be the one
Speaker 1: scoring the touchdowns, but I'm saying that Blake Countess is
Speaker 1: the one who emerges in this training camp end preseason period.
Speaker 1: You know, there's two guys on offense that I could
Speaker 1: think about goal with, but they're veteran guys, guys like
Speaker 1: Chris Givens and Ruben Randall fitting into his offense seeing
Speaker 1: how they do. So I'm gonna stay away from those guys.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go back to defense, and because of injury,
Speaker 1: Stephen Means is a player who has a chance to
Speaker 1: work his way onto the roster. The Eagles want death
Speaker 1: at defensive end. You feel pretty good about the top
Speaker 1: three guys, Connor Barwin, Benny Curry and Brandon Graham. Who
Speaker 1: is the fourth guy in the rotation, Marcus Smith. He
Speaker 1: came into training camp in the league, but he's been
Speaker 1: sidelined due to the concussion. Stephen Means earned some praise
Speaker 1: from Jim Schwartz during the press conference on Sunday. If
Speaker 1: Means can open some eyes during training camp. He's a
Speaker 1: guy with some NFL experience. Maybe he works his way
Speaker 1: onto the fifty three man roster. We'll keep our eyes
Speaker 1: on that. We've got four games, game number one coming
Speaker 1: up on Thursday night. The schedule changes a lot, Chris
Speaker 1: with the players now who are in meetings throughout the
Speaker 1: day on Monday and then Tuesday the day off. So
Speaker 1: what do we got ahead for the fans? Well, Doug
Speaker 1: Peterson will address the media one final time ahead of
Speaker 1: Thursday's pre season opener. We will carry that live for
Speaker 1: you at ten am. We already got an idea of
Speaker 1: who will play how much at the quarterback position, but
Speaker 1: those other injuries that we've gone through, which guys will
Speaker 1: definitely be out. He will touch on that on Tuesdays
Speaker 1: to make sure to check that out. And then the
Speaker 1: newest episode of the Eagles Live Podcast, Yes, that will
Speaker 1: come your way on Tuesday, featuring Eagles preseason alse Mike Mayo,
Speaker 1: Mike Mayock, a bunch of coaches, John d Filippo as
Speaker 1: well as Doug Peterson, the very latest from him. We'll
Speaker 1: visit with Kenyon Barner. We've got the Merrill Minute. Merrill
Speaker 1: Reese tells us what he's looking for in this preseason opener,
Speaker 1: and then we have our preview show on Inside Training
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Speaker 1: highlight some guys to watch and kind of, you know,
Speaker 1: give an overview broad overview of which guy. My guy
Speaker 1: to watch is a veteran and I'm not gonna tell
Speaker 1: you why. Now say something. He has big goals for
Speaker 1: Thursday night. All right, save some juice, so you're all
Speaker 1: set to go. Everybody settle in the preseason is upon
Speaker 1: us and it can't get here fast enough. For christ
Speaker 1: Ma Pherson, I'm Dave Spidero. We thank you for joining
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