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Speaker 1: Spidero along with Chris McPherson, the players put the pads on,
Speaker 1: the fans get their first look at the Eagles in
Speaker 1: training camp and some really good news today as well
Speaker 1: as Brian Dawkins comes back to the Eagles as the
Speaker 1: recipients of the nun Wooten Scouting Scholarship, the inaugural recipient
Speaker 1: for the Philadelphia Eagles. We remember the day in two
Speaker 1: thousand and nine when he left Philadelphia to sign with
Speaker 1: the Denver Broncos as an understricted free agent, and of
Speaker 1: course the fences have been mended since then. But now
Speaker 1: Doc comes back on an official capacity. Chris, He's now
Speaker 1: part of the team, He's part of the family, and
Speaker 1: everybody thrilled to see him. So Dawkins can find the
Speaker 1: next Dawkins. That's what the idea is. He will be
Speaker 1: a scout for Howie Roseman in the next year and
Speaker 1: for Brian. You look, it's a bill. We'll start here.
Speaker 1: Let's start with Brian Dawkins here because it really is
Speaker 1: a big story with the way he left the kind
Speaker 1: of player he is. He's a member of the Philadelphia
Speaker 1: Eagles Hall of Fame. Of course, for him to get
Speaker 1: back into the NFL after a career in the media,
Speaker 1: He's giving up ESPN, he's giving up radio. He wants
Speaker 1: to learn about the operations of football with the Philadelphia Eagles. Um, well,
Speaker 1: I think that it's not just scouting, Like I'm trying
Speaker 1: to grasp the whole gambit of football operations of how
Speaker 1: a team is run. So I'm not I'm learning about
Speaker 1: scouting part of it. How I guess the terminology and
Speaker 1: all those things. But sometimes it's either you have an
Speaker 1: eye or you don't. And I've been blessed to have
Speaker 1: an eye to be able to see talent and so
Speaker 1: if I can help in that respect, love to do that.
Speaker 1: But also I want to learn everything about running a
Speaker 1: football team, being able to bring what I know on
Speaker 1: what I've learned over the years back to this organization.
Speaker 1: I just for the guys upstairs, but for the players downstairs.
Speaker 1: I can have conversations with him from time to time.
Speaker 1: I'm not going to overdo nothing. I know how to
Speaker 1: get people to space. But I just feel comfortable. This
Speaker 1: is the place that I feel comforble, but I just
Speaker 1: this organization, but the football field, for watching tape, having
Speaker 1: those discussions, I feel comfortable doing those things now. Dawkins
Speaker 1: was a second round pick in nineteen ninety six, and
Speaker 1: he worked his way up the ladder and became a
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl and All Pro and eventually will soon be
Speaker 1: a Hall of Fame safety for the Philadelphia Goles. And
Speaker 1: he hoped to do the same here in this capacity,
Speaker 1: hopefully going from a scouting fellowship now to possibly running
Speaker 1: a team someday down the line. But the reason he
Speaker 1: wanted to come back to Philadelphia is you're looking at
Speaker 1: some of the great moments during his time here in Philadelphia.
Speaker 1: And is it a coincidence that since the days of
Speaker 1: Brian Dawkins and Doman McNabb, but the Eagles have not
Speaker 1: won a single playoff right? Right? You haven't won a
Speaker 1: playoff games since two thousand and eight. Not a coincidence
Speaker 1: at all. And I really like the way the Eagles
Speaker 1: have kind of bridged the past into the present with
Speaker 1: an eye on the future. After some seasons here of
Speaker 1: piecemeal football where it was, as I put in my column,
Speaker 1: roster musical chairs, the Eagles have signed a core of players,
Speaker 1: and they're extending that core. They want to keep them
Speaker 1: here and build some stability. And then they've also got
Speaker 1: all these very familiar faces, players who have done it
Speaker 1: in Philadelphia, Greg Lewis and Deuced Staley and Tim Howeck
Speaker 1: and Brian Dawkins and Quentin Michael. They know what it
Speaker 1: takes to win in this culture. They can impart their
Speaker 1: wisdom on the players of today. And oh, by the way,
Speaker 1: the Eagles have a young quarterback who today was in
Speaker 1: his full jersey, his full uniform. The tempo high at practice,
Speaker 1: and I know that's what you want to talk about here.
Speaker 1: The Eagles, while they didn't tackle to the ground, had
Speaker 1: a good practice this morning. Certainly. Now is this the
Speaker 1: case EVERYR Dave or the defense always starts a little
Speaker 1: bit faster than the offense. Well, yeah, I mean I
Speaker 1: look at today was I thought a sloppy practice at times.
Speaker 1: I mean, they've dropped a lot of passes. It wasn't
Speaker 1: as crisp as we will see in the coming days.
Speaker 1: But clearly the defense playing with the kind of tempo
Speaker 1: that Jim Schwartz wants is going to take it to
Speaker 1: a lot of teams, including the Eagles offense today, no
Speaker 1: question about speaking of Jim Schwartz and the defense. He
Speaker 1: addressed the media following today's practice and talked about some
Speaker 1: key players as well as the importance of keeping a
Speaker 1: rotation at some key positions there on his side of
Speaker 1: the football. Yeah, we'll be switching them. Yeah, we'll be
Speaker 1: switching them. We've already the same time with our corners.
Speaker 1: You know, we get those guys moved around an awful lot.
Speaker 1: You know, with corners, there might be a week where
Speaker 1: we want to match a certain guy on a certain
Speaker 1: player and he's got to be used to playing right
Speaker 1: end left. Maybe an injury forces us to do something
Speaker 1: like that, And the same thing up front, We'll use
Speaker 1: rotation up front. You know, we want to try to
Speaker 1: get as much production as we can out of guys.
Speaker 1: And I've said this before, it's a little bit like
Speaker 1: those relievers coming out of the bullpen, you know that
Speaker 1: are heating it up ninety eight ninety nine. It's hard
Speaker 1: to do that for seven innings, but you can do
Speaker 1: it for you know, a couple innings. And that's what
Speaker 1: we expect from from those guys. So they have to
Speaker 1: be able to play multiple positions. Multiple sides if we're
Speaker 1: going to have that kind of rotation up front, So
Speaker 1: the hallmarks of the Jim Schwartz defense. Pressure from the
Speaker 1: front and take the football away on the back end.
Speaker 1: The Eagles think that they've got some depth there, they
Speaker 1: think they've got some ability to change the personnel around,
Speaker 1: give different looks and cause a lot of havoc. Death
Speaker 1: is gonna be so important day for this defense. I'm
Speaker 1: going to look at Schwartz's defense from Buffalo back in
Speaker 1: twenty fourteen. Mary Williams, an outstanding defensive end, only played
Speaker 1: a little more than seven two percent of the snaps
Speaker 1: on defense, and it wasn't the same volume as we've
Speaker 1: seen from the Eagles defense during the Chip Kelly era
Speaker 1: the last couple of seasons. Meanwhile, you look at a
Speaker 1: player like Fletcher Cox, he played over eighty one percent
Speaker 1: of the snaps last season, nearly a thousand total. You
Speaker 1: look at coming off the edge, Connor Barwin, edge linebacker
Speaker 1: in the three fourth scheme, he played over a thousand
Speaker 1: snaps last season. That's just way too many and it's
Speaker 1: to be critical for the Eagles to find that depth
Speaker 1: upfront defensive end. You feel good about Vinny Curry getting
Speaker 1: his long term deal, Brandon Graham, and the four mentioned Barwin.
Speaker 1: You're hoping Marcus Smith. I know it's a name that
Speaker 1: fans may not want to hear about right now, but
Speaker 1: the former twenty fourteen first round pick. I think we'll
Speaker 1: do much better in this solid defense where he's just
Speaker 1: going at the quarterback and not having to drop back
Speaker 1: into coverage, and he can be that fourth guy they're
Speaker 1: coming off the edge. That will really really be great
Speaker 1: for Jim Schwartz and just add a little bit more
Speaker 1: pressure to opposing Quarterbayeah, you weren't really a hockey analogy.
Speaker 1: Players coming over the boards to get after the quarterback
Speaker 1: and make it easier for those on the back end. Now,
Speaker 1: speaking of the back end, we've got the iron man
Speaker 1: at the safety position. We have Malcolm Jenkins who played
Speaker 1: what twelve hundred snaps in twenty fifteen. Never gets tired,
Speaker 1: never falters. Malcolm Jenkins will be a player that we're
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Speaker 1: Welcome back Dave's Fannaro, Chris McPherson. We're from the Novacare Complex.
Speaker 1: Eagles wrapping up their first day on Saturday in pads.
Speaker 1: There'll be in pads again on Sunday at Lincoln Financial
Speaker 1: Field ten o'clock practice time, gates open at eight am
Speaker 1: time now to talk a little bit more about the
Speaker 1: Eagles defense, and we're gonna do so with Malcolm Jenkins,
Speaker 1: who made the Pro Bowl last year, a leader on
Speaker 1: this football team. He's got a long term contract, he's
Speaker 1: feeling good about a lot of things, and he sits
Speaker 1: down with our Alex Smith. All right, Eagles fans, welcome
Speaker 1: back to the Novacare Complex. I am Alex Smith, and
Speaker 1: I am very pleased to be joined today by Eagles
Speaker 1: safety Malcolm Jenkins. Malcolm house camp. Going so far, it's
Speaker 1: going well. Today was the first day with pads, so
Speaker 1: we get to see, you know, what the real football
Speaker 1: looks like and see who can who can be physical,
Speaker 1: what guys want to play. So this is our first
Speaker 1: taste in twenty sixteen and some real football. What's it
Speaker 1: like for you as a safety to get those pads on.
Speaker 1: How much of a of a boost is that does
Speaker 1: that give? You? Well, I mean it's just that that
Speaker 1: opportunity to get those real looks. You know, we start
Speaker 1: to do to nine on seven drills where not only
Speaker 1: do we fit the run, but you have to actually,
Speaker 1: you know, put your pads on somebody. You gotta get
Speaker 1: off a blocks and things like that, which is those
Speaker 1: are the things you can't practice in the spring when
Speaker 1: you're just in helmets in Jersey. So that's that the
Speaker 1: physical part of the game that you gotta start to
Speaker 1: get acclimated to, so the pads come on. That's one
Speaker 1: of the big stories today. One of the other big
Speaker 1: stories is that Brian Dawkins is back in the building
Speaker 1: hired as part of the scouting department. What's your relationship
Speaker 1: with Brian Ben since you came here to Philly. I mean,
Speaker 1: he's always been somebody, uh that that's reached out and
Speaker 1: and kind of if you see something, he'll give me
Speaker 1: a couple of tips here there. Um, he's been a
Speaker 1: resource for me to kind of reach out to with
Speaker 1: any questions that I've had. Um and you know, already
Speaker 1: this day one, he's been there and we've already had
Speaker 1: multiple conversations. So he's somebody I know definitely, um, even
Speaker 1: from two bandage points, from a safety standpoint in developing
Speaker 1: myself and somebody out I'll lean towards to ask questions.
Speaker 1: But also his leadership, you know, being one of the
Speaker 1: leaders on the on the team. Um. You know, he's
Speaker 1: one of the greatest leaders of all time in this game,
Speaker 1: and so I'm definitely leaning on him, uh in a
Speaker 1: few different ways to better myself. Malcolm, it's been a
Speaker 1: really busy offseason for you sign a new five year
Speaker 1: deal here. What does that deal mean to you knowing
Speaker 1: that you'll be here for five more seasons and to
Speaker 1: get it out of the way well before you're you're
Speaker 1: even in that free agency period. Yeah, I mean it's
Speaker 1: a little security for me, you know, just like you said,
Speaker 1: not having to go through the free agency h deal
Speaker 1: and and just being here knowing I'll be here for
Speaker 1: for the long hauls and makes it a lot of
Speaker 1: easier for me to invest everything I have into this
Speaker 1: Eagles organization. UM. It gives me a botal confidence knowing
Speaker 1: that they see a future with me here, um, you know,
Speaker 1: and not only me, but the other guys that they're
Speaker 1: trying to build around. UM. And it extended over the offseason.
Speaker 1: You can see that their their goal is to build something, UM,
Speaker 1: not just this year, but for the long run. And
Speaker 1: what does it mean to you to be one of
Speaker 1: those guys to be part of that core? Uh? What
Speaker 1: what's being built here right now. How do you see
Speaker 1: that this organization moving forward? Well, well, I think the
Speaker 1: biggest thing is it's like any any successful organization, when
Speaker 1: you when you build for long term success, you have
Speaker 1: to start with a core of players, a core, a
Speaker 1: core group. And so to be part of that core
Speaker 1: group obviously is an honor, but it's also a responsibility.
Speaker 1: You know, these are the guys that they're going to
Speaker 1: call on to not only be the playmakers on the field,
Speaker 1: but be the leaders in the locker room um, to
Speaker 1: set the standard, to set the culture um. And so
Speaker 1: you know, it's it's a lot of responsibility. But when
Speaker 1: you look around the lead, all of the teams that
Speaker 1: have success usually have a core group of guys that
Speaker 1: they build around for you know, a long, long period
Speaker 1: of time. The fans have really gravitated towards you in
Speaker 1: a short period of time. What is it about your
Speaker 1: style of play that you think has led to that? Well,
Speaker 1: you know, I'm an East Coast guy. I grew up
Speaker 1: you know, an hour away from here. Uh, and I
Speaker 1: think just embodying that that spirit, that enthusiasm playing hard, um,
Speaker 1: somebody doesn't complain a lot, you know, that's something that
Speaker 1: that they can relate to. And I think that's you know,
Speaker 1: this with this fan base feeds off of a lot
Speaker 1: of enthusiasm, passion, physicality, and you know it's not necessarily
Speaker 1: about who's the most talented um, but just having that
Speaker 1: fighting you And you know that's, like I said, being
Speaker 1: from the East Coast, that comes natural. But that's just
Speaker 1: something that you know, our fan base especially gravitates to.
Speaker 1: So you kind of have an idea of what this
Speaker 1: organization is about being an East Coast guy. But what
Speaker 1: surprised you, if anything about that you didn't know about
Speaker 1: this team or about this city before you came here. Well,
Speaker 1: I didn't spend much time in Philly. You know, I
Speaker 1: really enjoyed the city. You know, I live here year round,
Speaker 1: so it's something that I've grown accustomed to really really fast.
Speaker 1: And obviously, like you said, the fan base has really
Speaker 1: embraced me as a player, and it's been it's been great.
Speaker 1: You know, I've enjoyed my time here and I'm excited
Speaker 1: to sign this extension to keep me here for a
Speaker 1: little longer. Talking access and those now, I know you've
Speaker 1: been asked about your impressions about Jim Schwartz's defense. Last
Speaker 1: year you kind of a little bit of everything. You
Speaker 1: played safety, you played nickel corner as well. How do
Speaker 1: you see your role in this in this system, is
Speaker 1: it more traditional? I think it's to be determined at
Speaker 1: this point, and I think we're really and it was
Speaker 1: similar last year. You know, during training camp, I just
Speaker 1: played more safety just so we could get a true
Speaker 1: evaluation on all of the different corners, all of the safeties.
Speaker 1: But as we get closer to the season, we'll probably
Speaker 1: start to formulate, you know, what our best combination the
Speaker 1: dbs are. Um selfishly, you know, I kind of like
Speaker 1: I really enjoy playing that nickel position, playing down in
Speaker 1: the slot m but you know, if that doesn't help
Speaker 1: us as a team, then I might play a more
Speaker 1: traditional role. I think we're trying to figure out, you know,
Speaker 1: who those next guys are. We got a huge battle
Speaker 1: going on in our right corner spot, a lot of
Speaker 1: guys that can play a lot of different positions. And
Speaker 1: Ronnie McLeod is also a pretty versatile safety as well,
Speaker 1: so I don't want to take any any tools out
Speaker 1: of his bag. So right now during training camp, we're
Speaker 1: just trying to figure out what everybody does best. And
Speaker 1: then me being the versatile guy that I am. You know,
Speaker 1: I'll just feel the gaps as we get closer to
Speaker 1: the season. All right, Malcolm, my final question for you.
Speaker 1: I know it's early, only the first day of pads,
Speaker 1: like we talked about, but what do you think the
Speaker 1: stamp of this defense is going to be. What's going
Speaker 1: to be that one thing that really sets this group apart? Well,
Speaker 1: I think, you know, starting with Jim, it has nothing
Speaker 1: necessarily do with x's and those. I think it's just
Speaker 1: going to be enthusiasm and and grit. You know, it's
Speaker 1: gonna be a defense that flies around that I'll hit you,
Speaker 1: you know, and has fun together. And I think we've
Speaker 1: got a lot of guys that enjoy the game, have fun,
Speaker 1: talk a little trash, you know, and it's it's that's
Speaker 1: one of the things that I think, you know, not
Speaker 1: only us as players, but the fan base has been
Speaker 1: waiting on. Is just that that defensive mindset that's aggressive,
Speaker 1: that's in your face, that's having fun um and you know,
Speaker 1: I think that will be the hallmark of our team.
Speaker 1: Malcolm Jenkins, thank you very much for joining us, and
Speaker 1: the best of luck with the rest of the the Camp.
Speaker 1: I appreciate it and thank you all for tuning in
Speaker 1: right here on Philadelphia Eagles dot Com. Thanks so much, Malcolm,
Speaker 1: Thank you Alex. We've got more to go here and
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Speaker 1: Spiderol along with Chris McPherson. Still no full scale tackling
Speaker 1: that will happen in the week ahead. Chris, We've got
Speaker 1: a busy Sunday for the Eagles and for Eagles fans,
Speaker 1: no question. First it will be the one on one
Speaker 1: interview that you just saw a few moments ago with
Speaker 1: Malcolm Jenkins. That will be a will on demand on
Speaker 1: the Eagles as well as on Philadelphia Eagles dot Com. Now,
Speaker 1: we're going to take this show to the road tomorrow
Speaker 1: and go down the street to Lincoln Financial Field. Head
Speaker 1: coach Doug Peterson will address the media live at around
Speaker 1: nine to thirty am. We will bring that to you.
Speaker 1: You can read Dave's column about bringing the Eagles home
Speaker 1: and kind of restoring the foundation of the tradition, the
Speaker 1: way the link of the past and the present and
Speaker 1: the future it's all rolled into one, along with the
Speaker 1: way the Eagles have locked up this roster. I get
Speaker 1: a little sentimental about it because in the past the
Speaker 1: Eagles have been accused of not embracing the past, and
Speaker 1: certainly in the last three years there really hasn't been
Speaker 1: that that roster foundation built that you kind of look
Speaker 1: to the future force. So I like what the Eagles
Speaker 1: are doing here. I certainly love the intent. So you
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Speaker 1: in action here in twenty and sixteen. And because of
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