Speaker 1: The theme of the day at Eagles training camp on
Speaker 1: Wednesday at the Novacare Complex physical football. Hello everyone and
Speaker 1: welcomed inside training camp presented by Xfinity Dave Spiderow and
Speaker 1: Chris McPherson, and the Eagles got after it on Wednesday morning.
Speaker 1: An absolutely beautiful day that featured live tackling. They actually
Speaker 1: brought ball carriers to the ground for the first time
Speaker 1: in an Eagles training camp since two and twelve and
Speaker 1: it was great to see. The fans loved it at
Speaker 1: the Novacare Complex and I think the players, particularly the defense,
Speaker 1: really energized, extremely enthusiastic love trash talking on the field.
Speaker 1: The best part there were two live drills during a
Speaker 1: practice today. You had the one best one was at
Speaker 1: the goal line of short yard situation and the defensive
Speaker 1: line just completely engulfed. The offense dominated the drill and
Speaker 1: had barking from both sides of the football. But it
Speaker 1: just raised the level of intensity. Hear a training camp
Speaker 1: with the preseason opener just a little over a week
Speaker 1: away day, Yeah, so fun stuff. Here is the Eagles
Speaker 1: ratchet up the intensity here in preparation for the Tampa
Speaker 1: Bay Buccaneers on August eleventh, one of the themes we
Speaker 1: want to explore in this Inside Training Camp presented by
Speaker 1: Xfinity the running back situation, which still is without Ryan Matthews,
Speaker 1: still without him. He hasn't practiced without ankle injury. Also
Speaker 1: rookie Wendell Smallwood out with a quad injury that will
Speaker 1: keep him sidelined at least for a couple of days here.
Speaker 1: So in the meantime, the Eagles looking at players like
Speaker 1: Kenyon Barner and he impressed on this Wednesday, and head
Speaker 1: coach Doug Peterson in his post practice press conference talked
Speaker 1: about the running back situation and compared it to last
Speaker 1: year in Kansas City when the Chiefs lost their Pro Bowl.
Speaker 1: Running back Jamal Charles lost the following week and then
Speaker 1: reeled off eleven straight victories before losing in Round two
Speaker 1: of the AFC Playoffs. Here's Doug Peterson post practice. You know, yeah,
Speaker 1: I've I've I've pulled from, you know a little bit
Speaker 1: from from how we handled that situation, even in training
Speaker 1: camp when when we didn't let Jamal take a lot
Speaker 1: of live snaps. Um, you know, we we got our
Speaker 1: twos and threes and and and our fourth guy. Really
Speaker 1: a lot of time and This is valuable time, you know,
Speaker 1: with with Ryan hopefully coming back and in the next
Speaker 1: couple of days. You know, uh, this is a great
Speaker 1: time for them and Wendell not practicing right now. It's
Speaker 1: great for those guys to get so many reps and
Speaker 1: so many touches. It's just going to help the overall
Speaker 1: balance of the football team. And and put put some
Speaker 1: good film on uh, you know, on tape for for uh,
Speaker 1: for a lot of people to see. I thought it
Speaker 1: handled it well. Um, you know, it's conditioning is good,
Speaker 1: it's improving. Um you know, he uh got a little
Speaker 1: tired towards the end of the practice, but again that's
Speaker 1: that's just the nature of the nature of the camp practice.
Speaker 1: But overall I thought he uh, I thought he did
Speaker 1: a good job. This will be a good film, good
Speaker 1: film for him to watch, who practice tape for him
Speaker 1: to watch, uh, to be able to make the necessary corrections.
Speaker 1: But but headed in the right direction. He's an explosive
Speaker 1: guy with the ball in his hands, and and uh
Speaker 1: uh you know, pretty good out of the backfield, you know,
Speaker 1: as a receiver, that's one area that he can get
Speaker 1: he can improve their route running ability. But but I
Speaker 1: love the fact that anytime you know, you put the
Speaker 1: ball in his hand, he has the ability to h
Speaker 1: to make some big place for you. And and he's
Speaker 1: he's shown that here in the in the first week
Speaker 1: he can't. So let's talk about this running back situation, Chris.
Speaker 1: We are used to watching the Philadelphia Eagles with a
Speaker 1: lineage of star power in the backfield, a running back
Speaker 1: that carries the load LaShaun McCoy, Brian Westbrook, although some
Speaker 1: of those carries were distributed Duce Staley, et cetera, Rick
Speaker 1: Waters all the way many many moons here, this is
Speaker 1: not the picture that we're seeing with the Eagles in
Speaker 1: twenty and sixteen. Matthews, when he gets healthy, will be
Speaker 1: the primary ball carry. But how do you kind of
Speaker 1: see it playing out. I think you're preparing the other
Speaker 1: backs to be able to take on increased responsibility if
Speaker 1: they need be. Look, Ryan Matthews is a veteran, He's
Speaker 1: been a Pro Bowl back in the league. He knows
Speaker 1: how to handle himself. The key with him is Kaye
Speaker 1: stay healthy. Very disappointed that Wendell Smallwood is not on
Speaker 1: the field because this is the time during training camp
Speaker 1: where you want to see him. In those past protection drills.
Speaker 1: You want to see how he handles contact because he
Speaker 1: looks so good in the T shirts and shorts portion
Speaker 1: of camp and the ot as for player like Kenyan Barner, look,
Speaker 1: he impressed last preseason with some big returns on special
Speaker 1: teams and some big plays on offense, forced his way
Speaker 1: on to the fifty three man roster and got some
Speaker 1: reps towards the end of the regular season. Now when
Speaker 1: you look at what he did this offseason, he bulked up,
Speaker 1: got much stronger, got that taste of NFL experience. He
Speaker 1: wants to keep it going. This is a great opportunity
Speaker 1: to show the coach is that he could be trusted
Speaker 1: if he needs to be put into a bigger role
Speaker 1: later in the year and out behind him, there are
Speaker 1: some younger back the likes of Cedric O'Neill, who's a
Speaker 1: bigger back, and Byron Marshall, who is a multi purpose back.
Speaker 1: He can catch the ball well in the backfield. You
Speaker 1: almost don't know if he's really a receiver or a
Speaker 1: running back of Oregon some young players there, but Kenyan
Speaker 1: barr is a guy Dave who I'm looking at here
Speaker 1: to really take advantage of this opportunity. And of course
Speaker 1: Darren Sprowls in the mix as well, but maybe not
Speaker 1: as much of a primary ball carrier. Looks to be
Speaker 1: a running back by committee approach that Peterson will use
Speaker 1: this year, but that remains to be seen. Of course,
Speaker 1: Ryan Matthews has to stay healthy first of all, I
Speaker 1: get back on the field and then stay healthy in
Speaker 1: the twenty and sixteen season. We know that he's got
Speaker 1: explosive ability and that's something that this offense really really
Speaker 1: looks forward to. So we'll see how the running back
Speaker 1: situation shakes out as we move through the preseason. On
Speaker 1: the other side, here on Inside Training Camp presented by Xfinity,
Speaker 1: we are going to talk about the wide receivers, one
Speaker 1: in particular, Jordan Matthew. Here's a guest after practice. We'll
Speaker 1: talk to him when we return to Inside Training Camp
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Speaker 1: McPherson with you here at the Novicare Complex, and we
Speaker 1: have talked about the wide receiver position. Everybody wonders who
Speaker 1: will be the go to receiver in this offense? How
Speaker 1: about Jordan Matthews, who last year was terrific after a
Speaker 1: really solid rookie season. Our Alex Smith sat down with
Speaker 1: Matthews to discuss the offense and his role in it
Speaker 1: this season. Lard Eagles fans, I'm Alex Smith here at
Speaker 1: the Novacare Complex and I am very pleased to be
Speaker 1: joined today by wide receiver Jordan Matthews. Jordan, it's hard
Speaker 1: to believe already year three for you here in the NFL.
Speaker 1: What's the mindset for you here coming into this season?
Speaker 1: You know, definitely come out here. I'd be a leader
Speaker 1: every single day for this not just the wide receiver
Speaker 1: group but also this team. But definitely by the way,
Speaker 1: you know, come in here right this every day. The
Speaker 1: standard that I set for myself and hopefully you know,
Speaker 1: if I'm consistent with that also raised the standard of
Speaker 1: some of the guys around me. Going back to the offseason,
Speaker 1: you spend some time with Sam Bradford and Zach Ertz
Speaker 1: down in Oklahoma. What'd you learn about those two guys
Speaker 1: during that time. Um, you know, the main thing I
Speaker 1: learned about both of them is uh, you know, Uh,
Speaker 1: Sam is very very private. You know, Sam no no
Speaker 1: social media. Uh. He lives at the far back of
Speaker 1: a neighborhood. I mean I got to the gate of
Speaker 1: his neighborhood in the uber and I was at the
Speaker 1: gate and his house was still ten minutes away on
Speaker 1: the GPS. I'm like, are we in the neighborhood? Yeah?
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying, that's crazy and so Uh,
Speaker 1: he's very private. But it's for a reason. You know.
Speaker 1: He likes, you know, to be out in open space.
Speaker 1: He likes to be close to his family. He's got
Speaker 1: to close knit camp when it comes to his parents,
Speaker 1: you know, his his wife, and just some of his
Speaker 1: close friends from Oklahoma. And that's how he likes it.
Speaker 1: And I think that's something that a lot of people
Speaker 1: can learn from, is being content with being with with
Speaker 1: your loved ones and being around those people. And you know,
Speaker 1: was that he's meticulous man, with the way he works,
Speaker 1: his hours, the hours that he sleeps, what he eats.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's down to a t. And you see
Speaker 1: why he's been able to have such good success, you
Speaker 1: know in the NFL while he's been able to play
Speaker 1: through full seasons and um, you know, just just exactly
Speaker 1: just what the type of person he is, you know,
Speaker 1: a Stanford guy. And it's like, okay, yeah, I know
Speaker 1: he's smart. But at the same time he's also a
Speaker 1: hard worker too, so he makes the brains with also
Speaker 1: that type of work ethic. You know, you're always going
Speaker 1: to have a good a good person come out of there.
Speaker 1: And that's what that kiss. And do you get the
Speaker 1: Stanford Vanderbilt rivalry going all the time all the time,
Speaker 1: We always, you know, joke about it. Obviously Stanford is
Speaker 1: what document the type of success that they've had. By
Speaker 1: always tell him, bro, it's like, dude, it's the pack twelve.
Speaker 1: They play seven on seven football. He's gonna he's gonna
Speaker 1: get mad if for years this. By tell him, Man,
Speaker 1: Vanderbilt's got the hardest I think Vanderbilt has the hardest
Speaker 1: challenge and all the football in any level because you
Speaker 1: have the academic standards of an IVY League school, But
Speaker 1: you play in the best conference outside the AFC, in
Speaker 1: the NFC, so nobody else has to do that, nobody.
Speaker 1: So we compete against the best and the rightest Monday
Speaker 1: through Saturday, then and money through Friday, and then you
Speaker 1: gotta go play the best in the league, you know,
Speaker 1: in the SEC on Saturday. No other school has to
Speaker 1: do that. So Vanderbilt takes the cake with the hardest challenge.
Speaker 1: So whatever. Going back to Sam Bradford for a second,
Speaker 1: you were one of the players at the end of
Speaker 1: last season who really spoke up about wanting him to
Speaker 1: come back and be here in Philadelphia. So now that
Speaker 1: he is back here, what's the chemistry like between you
Speaker 1: two here in camp? It's great. I mean every every
Speaker 1: single uh, you know, time we're out here, where's a
Speaker 1: good player or a bad play, I'm always going back
Speaker 1: and ask the Sam what he saw, you know, what
Speaker 1: he likes, what I needs to do better, and really
Speaker 1: just how I can kind of, you know, improve my
Speaker 1: game to fit his standard of what he needs to see.
Speaker 1: The quarterbacks have so much to have to deal with,
Speaker 1: you know, so I want to make that job as
Speaker 1: easy as possible. On him, and he's been great with that.
Speaker 1: You know, if you don't like something, he'd be like, Jordan,
Speaker 1: come on, like like almost a disappointed father or something.
Speaker 1: He's like, come here, and then he'll tell me what
Speaker 1: I gotta do. I'm like, all right, I got you.
Speaker 1: Then we go back and we corrected. We'll even come
Speaker 1: back after practice and hit some reps too, just to
Speaker 1: kind of work on it. So we're still building that chemistry.
Speaker 1: But at the same time, we're on the same page
Speaker 1: as like knowing who each other, like knowing each other
Speaker 1: and building that close relationship. And I tell people that
Speaker 1: that's important all the time, because it's different when the
Speaker 1: guy who's upset with you because you messed up on
Speaker 1: a route is just your quarterback. It's different when that
Speaker 1: person's your friend and you know he's counting on you.
Speaker 1: So when he says that I need to get you
Speaker 1: to get to twelve yards in this play, you're getting
Speaker 1: the twelve yards because that's not just some guy that's
Speaker 1: just doing his job young at you. That's your boy.
Speaker 1: And so that's why those relationships are so important. So
Speaker 1: I'm just trying to make sure I help him out,
Speaker 1: you know, as best as possible, so he can come
Speaker 1: out here and have a great season two. I know
Speaker 1: he deserves and that's what I'm going to work for.
Speaker 1: Let's talk about this wide receiver's group for a second
Speaker 1: with yourself rubing, Josh, Chris, what do you like about
Speaker 1: this group the way that it looks right now? Man?
Speaker 1: I like I like how he worked, Man, I like
Speaker 1: how focused everybody is. Everybody kind of has something to prove.
Speaker 1: You know, if you look at the stories of everybody
Speaker 1: come into this year, you can always find some area
Speaker 1: where somebody says, Okay, you know this person needs to
Speaker 1: go out and prove themselves. You look at Chris, he's
Speaker 1: gone to a couple of teams, miss his chance. He's
Speaker 1: look at Rube leaving New York. You know he's got
Speaker 1: a chip. You know, Josh, he's got something to prove.
Speaker 1: Nelson coming off of a rookie year, first round pick,
Speaker 1: he's got something. And I always feel like I have
Speaker 1: a chip on my shoulder. So it's one of those
Speaker 1: things where you have all that in the room. But
Speaker 1: then the best part about it is you know everybody's
Speaker 1: even killed about it. You don't want to have a
Speaker 1: whole bunch of egos bouncing across the room and everybody
Speaker 1: being upset. You want guys to be able to come in,
Speaker 1: be focused, and be the best person that they can be,
Speaker 1: and then also not let those things that guys sometimes
Speaker 1: feel like they have to prove disrupt friendships and chemistry. Yesterday,
Speaker 1: we actually went out to go eat as a wire
Speaker 1: receiver unit. And I don't think you know how rare
Speaker 1: that is that on your one off day during camp,
Speaker 1: guys still want to hang out with each other. That's
Speaker 1: extremely rare. Like that stuff does not happen in the NFL.
Speaker 1: Trust me. When we get to the season, okay, maybe,
Speaker 1: but during camp, you're one off day, guys. The last
Speaker 1: people guys want to see are people that they see
Speaker 1: every single day in this locker room. And all the
Speaker 1: receivers decided that we wanted to go eat together, you
Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. And the rookies aren't paying all
Speaker 1: of us sponsor the rookie to take care of their meal,
Speaker 1: so that servant hoood. That's the type of room you want.
Speaker 1: That's the type of guys that are going to go
Speaker 1: out there and when somebody has a play and guys
Speaker 1: have the block for them they're doing it willingly, and
Speaker 1: they want that guy to do well. When somebody scores,
Speaker 1: everybody's genuinely happy for him. And that's how you build camaraderie,
Speaker 1: and that's how you build team that's actually going to
Speaker 1: go out there and win games. And my final question
Speaker 1: for you, what do you want to prove this year?
Speaker 1: I know you've put up really impressive numbers in each
Speaker 1: of your first two seasons, but what's there to prove
Speaker 1: for you this season? Oh? I don't. I don't go
Speaker 1: out to prove nothing. I do the work. You know,
Speaker 1: if a person that if you go out there and
Speaker 1: you do the right thing, you know what I'm saying,
Speaker 1: the right outcomes always going to come about it, you know,
Speaker 1: to all the all the other stuff. If I if
Speaker 1: I put a goal, even sometimes you put a certain
Speaker 1: goal somewhere, then you can still end up limiting yourself.
Speaker 1: So it's infinite. I feel like, you know, I have
Speaker 1: the ability to go out there and have a great season,
Speaker 1: but if I sit and focus on, you know, the
Speaker 1: overall outcome, then I can still shorten myself. So I
Speaker 1: feel like, no, the main thing I want to do
Speaker 1: is come out here in every single rep, every single second,
Speaker 1: every single day that I can come out here and
Speaker 1: do something I want debt to the best of my abilities.
Speaker 1: That's it. And when we look up at the end
Speaker 1: of the season, you know, our whole team and especially
Speaker 1: me individually, I know I'm going to look back and say, Okay,
Speaker 1: there's something I can be proud of. But I just
Speaker 1: gotta go hard every single time. I get your ans
Speaker 1: to Jordan Matthews, thank you very much for joining us
Speaker 1: and could luck with the rest of camp, no doubt,
Speaker 1: and thank you all for joining us right here on
Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles dot com. So where do we see Jordan
Speaker 1: Matthews this year? More in the slot, some outside. I say,
Speaker 1: primarily in the slot where he can use that big
Speaker 1: body and box out and catch a lot of passes.
Speaker 1: And I believe he will be the go to wide
Speaker 1: receiver in the offense in the passing game with Zach
Speaker 1: Ertz the tight end catching a lot of passes. Yes,
Speaker 1: indeed you see him getting a thousand yards I do.
Speaker 1: I mean he was really close last year. He's been
Speaker 1: more explosive this year. He's good in this offense. It's
Speaker 1: more for quick routes, but I think Jordan works so hard,
Speaker 1: and some of these inside defensive backs are small. I
Speaker 1: think Jordan Matthews for a pretty good season. Agreed very
Speaker 1: much so, so I'll durn this quick break here on
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Speaker 1: at the Novicare Complex, Dave Spidero, Chris McPherson as we
Speaker 1: get closer to the preseason opener against the Tampa Bay
Speaker 1: Buck And here's Chris. What do we have coming up
Speaker 1: on Thursday? Here on Inside Training Camp presented by Externity
Speaker 1: Well First and Foremost or recap of which should be
Speaker 1: another tough physical practice. Doug Pearson loving these hard hitting
Speaker 1: training camps and we'll definitely see more of that action
Speaker 1: on Thursday. If you miss any of Alex Smith's one
Speaker 1: on one with Jordan Matthews, that will be available Thursday
Speaker 1: morning on demand following practice at a round I'd say
Speaker 1: eleven o'clock or so. Sam Bradford will meet the media.
Speaker 1: We will broadcast live for you here online as well
Speaker 1: as on our app. And Dave, you got a chance
Speaker 1: to spend some time with Director of High Performance Sean Holes,
Speaker 1: and you're gonna take fans inside the sports science programs,
Speaker 1: something that has carried over to a certain sent from
Speaker 1: the Chip Kelly era, but you're gonna show exactly what
Speaker 1: it means to the players and how they've benefited. Yeah,
Speaker 1: the players speak about it, then they speak lowly about
Speaker 1: it in terms of how it's helped correct some of
Speaker 1: their injuries, their hydration, making their bodies feel right, and
Speaker 1: Brent Selleck one of the leading proponent proponents of the
Speaker 1: sports science program, that performance sports science program. Brent Selleck
Speaker 1: going strong with the new contract and will be a
Speaker 1: key player for the Eagles in this offense. Look forward
Speaker 1: to that tomorrow and also one on one this man
Speaker 1: right here day Spadea will welcome Jim Schwartz inside the
Speaker 1: studio here on inside training camp, presented by its face,
Speaker 1: so definitely you don't want to miss the action. For
Speaker 1: Christ McPherson, I'm Dave Spidero. We thank you for joining us.
Speaker 1: Have yourselves a great Eagles Day.