Speaker 1: Welcome, Welcome, Welcome. It's inside training Camp, presented by Exfinity
Speaker 1: Eagles insider Dave Spidero Chris McPherson along with me. It's
Speaker 1: a Friday, it's sun splash, it's beautiful, the weather's nice.
Speaker 1: Fans getting fired up about this football team. Chris, I
Speaker 1: like today's practice, Yes, certainly, that's the big thing to
Speaker 1: talk about here, and the offense is in focus today.
Speaker 1: Pat Shermer talking with the media, very excited to be
Speaker 1: reunited with one Sam Bradford and also discussed the running
Speaker 1: back situation to Marco Murray back on the practice field.
Speaker 1: But what does that mean for someone like Darren Sprowles,
Speaker 1: who's now definitely the number three running back? And the talk,
Speaker 1: I mean, this is all a process. Well, it's always
Speaker 1: interesting to talk to coaches and you ask them about players,
Speaker 1: and when the players talk about a certain the coaches
Speaker 1: talk about a certain player, they never refer to the
Speaker 1: depth chart and talk about how many reps everybody gets
Speaker 1: in practice. Here we all kind of obsessed who's taking
Speaker 1: the ones, who's taking the twos. It doesn't matter to
Speaker 1: these coaches right now, matters to get as many reps
Speaker 1: as possible, to get them on tape to take a
Speaker 1: look at them and evaluate later. Get them ready for
Speaker 1: the first preseason game a week from Sunday, one pm
Speaker 1: kickoff at Lincoln Financial Field, the Indianapolis Colts come to town.
Speaker 1: We'll get you ready for that game, and let's get
Speaker 1: you caught up on the news of the day. Our
Speaker 1: Eagles three sixty update with Alex Smith. Hi everyone, Alex
Speaker 1: Smith here with your three sixty update, presented by Sports Authority.
Speaker 1: It was another hot day here in South Philadelphia as
Speaker 1: the Eagles continued with their twenty fifteen training camp. Today
Speaker 1: was offensive coordinator Pat Shermer speaking about what quarterback Sam
Speaker 1: Bradford has brought to the table to this point. I
Speaker 1: had experience with Sam in his first year in Saint Louis,
Speaker 1: so do a great deal about him, and basically, you know,
Speaker 1: I was able to just give some insight to what
Speaker 1: Sam was all about as a player, and then all
Speaker 1: the other stuff kind of happened down the hall from me.
Speaker 1: Another topic that Shermer touched on today was the Eagles
Speaker 1: getting a lot of reps with each other here in
Speaker 1: the early part of training camp, which he says is
Speaker 1: a very good thing as this group tries to mix together. Well,
Speaker 1: I think it would be a challenge if you didn't
Speaker 1: train the way we did. You know, we had a
Speaker 1: great deal of reps in the spring. The way we
Speaker 1: practice and the way we train, you know, guys get
Speaker 1: a lot of reps. So new guys and you know,
Speaker 1: these guys have all played other places before. But the
Speaker 1: new guys that we brought in were able to get
Speaker 1: the reps they needed and they got up to speed quickly. Now,
Speaker 1: the offensive line is a position where it's really important
Speaker 1: for all five members to come together to form a
Speaker 1: cohesive unit. So for players like Lane Johnson, John Moffatt,
Speaker 1: these extra reps have a long way. I need him
Speaker 1: right now. I mean even preseason games. I gonna need
Speaker 1: to get that, um, you know, Bond William being on
Speaker 1: the same level, because I mean it takes I gonna
Speaker 1: tell him takes two to tangoes say, we got to
Speaker 1: be on the same levels. I mean even in press protection. Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, he helps me out help him. So it's
Speaker 1: it's fine. I think it's mental. I think it's physical.
Speaker 1: I think it's you know, it's obviously camp is trying
Speaker 1: for anybody. And then obviously when you take a break
Speaker 1: like I did. Um, getting back into the groove of
Speaker 1: it is obviously going to be a test. Another new
Speaker 1: face here in camp is running back Ryan Matthews, who
Speaker 1: gets the privilege of working with two game breakers around him,
Speaker 1: into Marco Murray and Darren Sproles. And for Matthews, he's
Speaker 1: looking forward to what this new three headed monster could
Speaker 1: have in store. Uh, it's gonna be deciding hopefully, you know.
Speaker 1: I can't wait, you know, but only time would tell.
Speaker 1: And you know, he's gotta keep keep working hard out
Speaker 1: here and I just keep being better. Meanwhile, on the
Speaker 1: defensive side of the ball, it was veteran safety Malcolm
Speaker 1: Jenkins who spoke about what some of the Eagles young
Speaker 1: players have done to this point to impress we're coming
Speaker 1: together pretty well. I think. Um, we just started over
Speaker 1: the last couple of days actually wrote taking guys in
Speaker 1: different spots. So where we had Nolan Carroll and Walter
Speaker 1: Thurman running with the ones, this pretty much the last
Speaker 1: couple days they've been with the twos and we've gotten
Speaker 1: Chris Marrigos and Eric row up. We've been able to
Speaker 1: put it in a couple more packages with Nolan Carroll
Speaker 1: getting some rest of the dime. A couple other guys
Speaker 1: in at the nickel position with EJ. Biggers rotate with
Speaker 1: the ones too, So we're moving around with a lot,
Speaker 1: with a lot of different guys to see, you know,
Speaker 1: all the situations to get guys jelling with different different people,
Speaker 1: see how they communicate. But when we had Maxwell, Nolan Carroll,
Speaker 1: myself and and I'll watched the Thurman on the other side,
Speaker 1: the chemistry is there, and guys are veterans in this
Speaker 1: game play some football communications great, We're flying around competitive
Speaker 1: and we're focusing a lot more on the technique. So
Speaker 1: I think it's coming along well. And finally, a quick
Speaker 1: injury update here from the Novacare Complex. Running back to
Speaker 1: Marco Murray warmed up with the team but did not
Speaker 1: participate in team drills today. Linebacker Kiko Alonzo was once
Speaker 1: again absent with canc symptoms. Meanwhile, tight end Zach Ertz
Speaker 1: and linebacker Michael Kendricks also sat out with injuries. From
Speaker 1: a death chart perspective, it was cornerback Eric Rowe who
Speaker 1: took some first team reps today, as did safety Chris Maragos,
Speaker 1: and meanwhile on the offensive line it was Andrew Gardner,
Speaker 1: who took first team reps at right guard. And for
Speaker 1: continuing coverage of Eagles training camp, be sure to keep
Speaker 1: it right here on Philadelphia Eagles dot Com. Great stuff
Speaker 1: there from Alex Smith in our three sixty update, Dave,
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Speaker 1: in Philly. Welcome into the studio. I'm Dave spidero Eagles
Speaker 1: insider with NFL Network analyst Mike Mayock gets our Gatorade
Speaker 1: one on one, and we are looking at the preseason
Speaker 1: which starts one week from Sunday. Mike of course will
Speaker 1: be in the booth as a color analyst on NBC
Speaker 1: ten and the Eagles getting ready for the Indianapolis Coles.
Speaker 1: There's a long way to go between now and then
Speaker 1: in this day by day world, Mike, but I can't
Speaker 1: stop thinking about what it's going to be like to
Speaker 1: see a game against another team where you tackle and
Speaker 1: you can kind of make some observations that really means something,
Speaker 1: you know. It almost has become a year round calendar
Speaker 1: in the NFL, and we get excited about OTAs and
Speaker 1: mini camps and whatever, and as good as they are
Speaker 1: and they're fun, it's nothing like training camp in preseason
Speaker 1: because once you put the pads on and you can
Speaker 1: talk about it all you want. You can watch young
Speaker 1: guys how they develop in shorts, but you really don't
Speaker 1: know what is going to happen until they get out
Speaker 1: there in a real game. So you watch practice, you
Speaker 1: see the tempo here, what do the coaches take from
Speaker 1: a practice that includes a lot of reps, very high tempo,
Speaker 1: but no tackling, no live periods, everybody's got different feelings
Speaker 1: on whether you should tackle or not. I just left Latrobe, Pennsylvania,
Speaker 1: where the Steelers are, and at the beginning of every
Speaker 1: team practice, they tackle live and they get after it.
Speaker 1: And kind of like that because in today's modern world,
Speaker 1: when you don't tackle at all in the preseason, in
Speaker 1: preseason practices, and then you get into the games, your
Speaker 1: starting team plays a series or two week one, couple series,
Speaker 1: week two, a half week three, and hardly at all
Speaker 1: week four. So if you're a defensive back, you might
Speaker 1: get eight or ten live tackles in that entire time frame,
Speaker 1: and then you gotta come out week one in the
Speaker 1: regular season on Monday Night football and tackle. I think
Speaker 1: that's difficult, Mica. As you look ahead to Sunday in
Speaker 1: the Colts, what kind of storylines are forming in your mind?
Speaker 1: You know, I look at this team and I think
Speaker 1: they're going to score points. I mean offensively. The Philadelphia
Speaker 1: Eagles were number three in points scored a year ago.
Speaker 1: This is a matchup leg and the Philadelphia Eagles are
Speaker 1: a matchup nightmare. And it doesn't matter whether it's Sproles
Speaker 1: or Earth's or outside with Matthews or with the new
Speaker 1: kid from usc Agalar. They're a matchup nightmare, and I
Speaker 1: think they're gonna run the football better than they did
Speaker 1: a year ago down the hill, physical and tough. But
Speaker 1: my whole thing is how good you get on defense.
Speaker 1: And what I saw today, I think the corners and
Speaker 1: the safeties are more athletic. I think the front seven
Speaker 1: is going to be outstanding, and you can't afford any
Speaker 1: injuries with your outside linebacker. Let's talk about the wide receivers.
Speaker 1: It looks like Jordan Matthews primarily in the slot. Still
Speaker 1: whether that remains, but what are the advantages of lining
Speaker 1: Jordan Matthews inside rather than having him go outside? And
Speaker 1: then maybe when you want to selectively move him inside.
Speaker 1: I like his size inside, and you know, it doesn't
Speaker 1: really matter whether he's a four or five guy or
Speaker 1: a four six guy inside. You look at the Julian
Speaker 1: Edelman's and the West Welkers. They weren't real fast, but
Speaker 1: they were real quick. They use quickness to create separation.
Speaker 1: I think Matthews using size to create separation. And I
Speaker 1: think the advantage for a quarterback is you need somebody
Speaker 1: who's gonna win quickly in the slot. And I think
Speaker 1: with that big body, it's like a basketball rebound. You
Speaker 1: get you know, you get low post position. And that's
Speaker 1: for Sam Bradford at shooting artists. Yeah, and for Sam Bradford,
Speaker 1: let's talk about him, he's getting all the reps as
Speaker 1: the number one quarterback. We don't know how much you'll
Speaker 1: play in the preseason. You want to get them ready
Speaker 1: for September fourteenth in Atlanta. How many reps does he
Speaker 1: need to get all the rust knocked off in a
Speaker 1: game situation. I don't know the answer to that. I
Speaker 1: do know that what I look forward to for your
Speaker 1: entire team, but especially Sam Bradford, are the joint practices
Speaker 1: with the Ravens, Because when you go against another team
Speaker 1: in practice, not not a game, but in practice, you
Speaker 1: get the advantage of all the looks, all the sub packages,
Speaker 1: working with your guys in a quas a live situation
Speaker 1: where nobody's gonna be around your feet, they stay away
Speaker 1: from the quarterback. So I think those joint practices the
Speaker 1: quarterbacks get all the benefits of first team reps against
Speaker 1: a different defense, and it minimizes people rolling into your
Speaker 1: legs and getting hurt. In a preseason game, you're a
Speaker 1: dB guy. You know the Eagles have gone out and
Speaker 1: added six defensive backs, traded Brandon Boyke, a whole new
Speaker 1: look and approach that they want to be physical, they
Speaker 1: want to be at the line of scrimmage in press coverage.
Speaker 1: Your thoughts on what will need to be done to
Speaker 1: make this successful I mentioned earlier if the Eagles want
Speaker 1: to win a division and make a dent in the playoff,
Speaker 1: the key is getting better on defense and on the
Speaker 1: back end, especially so you look at the corner situation.
Speaker 1: He's spend an awful lot of money on Maxwell. He
Speaker 1: looks like the real deal. Eric Rowe a second round pick.
Speaker 1: I'm very familiar with him. He's the real deal. I
Speaker 1: think the key is who's the other safety? Can it
Speaker 1: be Thurman? If you play with him, it's like a
Speaker 1: safety with corner feet. So I think they've significantly upgraded
Speaker 1: the talent on the back end. Many many things to
Speaker 1: watch as the Eagles getting ready for the preseason opener
Speaker 1: one week from Sunday, one o'clock kickoff at Lincoln Financial Field.
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Speaker 1: the twenty fifteen season. And to look ahead at that matchup,
Speaker 1: we go behind Enemy Lined with Rich Sumini, who covers
Speaker 1: the New York Jets for ESPN. Now, Rachel, the first
Speaker 1: thing I want to ask you is how different is
Speaker 1: the atmosphere up there in North Jersey? Now the Todd
Speaker 1: Bowls at a head coach and not Rex Ryan. It's
Speaker 1: one end of the spectrum to the other. As you
Speaker 1: could imagine, everybody knows what kind of character. Rex Ryan
Speaker 1: is just kind of a bastic guy. You know, free
Speaker 1: free speech for the players, you know, they had that
Speaker 1: swagger permeated the entire facility. But that Bowls is a
Speaker 1: man of few words. He doesn't make bold predictions. He's
Speaker 1: not going to guarantee a Super Bowl. And the players
Speaker 1: have kind of followed suit with that button down approach.
Speaker 1: So it is a dramatically different culture. It makes your
Speaker 1: job a little bit tougher, I would imagine, Rich. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I kind of liked it the old way just from
Speaker 1: a journalistic standpoint. It was a lot of a lot
Speaker 1: of great sound bite and tremendous fodder. But you know,
Speaker 1: but the Jets are always interesting. They have actually a
Speaker 1: pretty interesting cast of characters on this team, so I
Speaker 1: think more of the more of the stories will be
Speaker 1: coming from the locker room, whereas of the past, most
Speaker 1: of it came from Rex's press conferences. Rich get back
Speaker 1: to the actually on the field. Sheldon Richardson, one of
Speaker 1: the league's best defensive linement, was suspended for the first
Speaker 1: four games of the regular season, so he will miss
Speaker 1: this matchup. How does that impact the Jets run defense
Speaker 1: when they're gonna see a Chip Kelly team that loves
Speaker 1: to run the football and has two Pro Bowl, three
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl running backs. When you look at DeMarco Murray,
Speaker 1: Ryan Matthews, and Darren Sprowls, Yeah, that's that's how you
Speaker 1: would expect Chip to attack the Jets. Sheldon is a
Speaker 1: very good defensive lineman and unlike a lot of other
Speaker 1: d lineman, he prides himself on being a two way player,
Speaker 1: not just a guy who accumulates sacks for the guy
Speaker 1: who does play the run, and so they will miss
Speaker 1: that element in their defense. I still think there'll be
Speaker 1: a good run defense without him. You know, good defensive line,
Speaker 1: you know. And I think probably the guy who's going
Speaker 1: to replace Sheldon is Leonard Williams, who was a sixth
Speaker 1: pick in the draft, and you know, a young just
Speaker 1: turned twenty one, but has a ton of talents, so
Speaker 1: he'll be green, but I think he's got a lot
Speaker 1: of talent. And they have some veteran guys on the
Speaker 1: bench and they'll rotate guys in, so I think they're
Speaker 1: still going to have a pretty decent on defense, but
Speaker 1: it's not going to be what it would have been
Speaker 1: would Sheldon in there. Rich Let's go to the quarterback position.
Speaker 1: It's always a hot topic here in Philadelphia, and certainly
Speaker 1: all eyes are on the quarterback position with the Jets
Speaker 1: as well. Who do you think will be under center
Speaker 1: come Week one? I think it'll be Geno Smith, and
Speaker 1: I think when the Jets play the Eagles, it'll still
Speaker 1: be Geno Smith. You know, Geno's gonna be in the
Speaker 1: with the first team when they when they practice for
Speaker 1: the first time, He's going to get the majority of
Speaker 1: the reps. Todd Bolts has set that on a number
Speaker 1: of occasions, so really, what would have to happen in
Speaker 1: the prew Gino would just have to have an awful preseason.
Speaker 1: I mean, he would really have to stick it up
Speaker 1: for the first two games, opening the door for Ryan Fitzpatrick.
Speaker 1: The team. You know, Geno has a higher ceiling I
Speaker 1: think in the eyes of the organization, and they want
Speaker 1: to see this. Rude this because this is Geno's last shot.
Speaker 1: Let's face it, He's had two years. You know this
Speaker 1: is going to be his last shot. If he doesn't,
Speaker 1: you know, solidify the position this year, then they'll move
Speaker 1: on to someone else. So I think it will be
Speaker 1: Gino in Week one and probably still in there when
Speaker 1: they play the Eagles. Rich, do you think there's anything
Speaker 1: that Chan Gailey, the new offensive coordinator who came in
Speaker 1: with bowls, can do anything to maximize Smith's talent or
Speaker 1: try to take advantage of that upside. Yeah, well, I
Speaker 1: think Chan's going to try to do and easier said
Speaker 1: them done. I think you know they're going to run
Speaker 1: a spread offense. You know, they're gonna spread it out
Speaker 1: or a lot of wide receivers and they're gonna have
Speaker 1: Gino and shotgun a lot. But he was last year
Speaker 1: two and Marty morning rack system. But I think the
Speaker 1: idea or what Chan wants to do is just try
Speaker 1: to you know, quick quick drops, quick release, get the
Speaker 1: ball out quickly. They want to kind of minimize Gino's
Speaker 1: having to read the defense. I think Gino probably doesn't
Speaker 1: process information quickly in terms of reading coverage, so they
Speaker 1: want to try to simplify that as much as possible
Speaker 1: and get the ball out quickly. It all sounds good
Speaker 1: on paper, you know, when they talk about it, but
Speaker 1: actually doing it as another things. So I'm curious to
Speaker 1: see how that works out. Rich Do you think that
Speaker 1: they realized they're probably not going to get elite level
Speaker 1: quarterback play from that position, so they went out there
Speaker 1: and trade for Brandon Marshall. They drafted Devin Smith in
Speaker 1: the second round, they signed Stephen Really. Do you think
Speaker 1: that the front office realized that and said we gotta
Speaker 1: get as may pieces around Doo to try to make
Speaker 1: him successful, to try to get something out of him. Yeah,
Speaker 1: no question. I mean the Jeff No, they're not going
Speaker 1: to have an elite quarterback this year or next year.
Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's the hand they're working with right now.
Speaker 1: So you know, I think Brandon Marshall will help. He's
Speaker 1: you know supposedly in great shape. He's thirty one. I
Speaker 1: don't know. I don't know if he'll be the player
Speaker 1: he was a couple of years ago. But I still
Speaker 1: think he's a proven of what they had. So now
Speaker 1: you're talking about a pretty decent receiving corps with Marshall
Speaker 1: and Eric Decker. You mentioned Devin Smith coming along. They
Speaker 1: still have Jeremy Curley, so they actually this is probably
Speaker 1: their best supporting cat asked for a quarterback since two
Speaker 1: thousand and ten, and so it'll help Gino. Will it
Speaker 1: turn him into a top ten quarterback? Now, that's not
Speaker 1: going to happen. I don't think that'll ever happen. But
Speaker 1: it gives he gives defense is something to think about,
Speaker 1: that's for sure. Richard meaning he covers the New York
Speaker 1: Jets for ESPN. Rich thank you very much for taking
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Speaker 1: about the offense in today's show, let's chat about the defense,
Speaker 1: particularly Chris the secondary looking at a lot of young players,
Speaker 1: and we're looking at players at safety that are trying
Speaker 1: to form a good tandem with Malcolm Jenkins. Yes, Malcolm
Speaker 1: Jenkins is the lock there, but the question is who
Speaker 1: is going to be the person to start alongside him.
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Speaker 1: players like or a Wolf who's a veteran. Here, you
Speaker 1: have Christophercinski who started the league, Chris Marikos, who's a
Speaker 1: demon on special teams. But how about one player who
Speaker 1: didn't play safety before this season. That's one Walter Thurman.
Speaker 1: Walter Thurman making the transition from cornerback to safety and
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Speaker 1: narrow our focus from everything that is going on in
Speaker 1: training camp to talk about one individual Eagle. And today
Speaker 1: we're going to talk about one of the big time
Speaker 1: free agent signings for the Eagles this offseason. But it's
Speaker 1: not Byron Maxwell, it's not DeMarco Murray, and it's not
Speaker 1: Ryan Matthews. Instead, it is the player who preceded Byron
Speaker 1: Maxwell as the nickel cornerback for the Seattle Seahawks. He
Speaker 1: was the nickel for that championship team two years ago.
Speaker 1: And that's Walter Thurman, who was reunited with Chip Kelly
Speaker 1: by joining the Eagles this offseason. Thurman signing a one
Speaker 1: year deal with the New York Giants last year to
Speaker 1: his pectoral in the second game of the season. But
Speaker 1: Thurmand is not joining the Eagles necessarily to play the
Speaker 1: nickel cornerback position, where he spent his career in the NFL. Instead,
Speaker 1: the Eagles approached Thurmant about a possible position change, and
Speaker 1: that's where we stand now, with Thurman looking to win
Speaker 1: a starting job at safety alongside Malcolm Jenkins. Back in
Speaker 1: the spring, when the Eagles made this switch, Chip Kelly
Speaker 1: explained why Thurman's experience at nickel prepares him well for safe.
Speaker 1: You know, I think Waltz has experience in there because
Speaker 1: a lot of his time in the natural Football League
Speaker 1: has been as a nickel. So if you're a nickel,
Speaker 1: you're an inside player, and that's really what you know.
Speaker 1: You're another safety. You're kind of playing down safety, but
Speaker 1: you're playing a lot of match coverage on open number
Speaker 1: two receivers. And Walt's fit in his real smart pick
Speaker 1: things up very quickly, and I think he's really not
Speaker 1: a really nice jout there at the other states this point. Well,
Speaker 1: Thurman's transition to safety will not be easy, of course,
Speaker 1: not only does he have to learn a brand new position,
Speaker 1: but he has to learn a brand new defensive scheme
Speaker 1: and know what everybody in front of him is doing
Speaker 1: from the safety position. Of course, if Thurman is successful
Speaker 1: and proves that he can be a quality starting safety
Speaker 1: alongside Malcolm Jenkins, he will solve an issue the Eagles
Speaker 1: have had for the past few season. For Eagle and
Speaker 1: focus on bobom Well, thank you very much. Bo. We
Speaker 1: move into the weekend practice. Of course, on Saturday, Chip
Speaker 1: Kelly meets the media before training and then Damiko Ryan's
Speaker 1: after training. Both of those press conferences live on Philadelphia
Speaker 1: Eagles dot Com. Will also have Eric Rowe Eagles defensive back,
Speaker 1: a rookie trying to make his mark, maybe be a starter.
Speaker 1: He'll be in studio and Chris We're gonna debut a
Speaker 1: special show. It's back for another year. Yes, the journey,
Speaker 1: find out what it's like to try and make the
Speaker 1: final fifty three man roster. But it's a little different spin.
Speaker 1: This year is going to be centered around the linebackers.
Speaker 1: So a lot of veterans you have Connor Barwin, Damiko
Speaker 1: Ryans whom he just mentioned, but players like Jordan Hicks,
Speaker 1: whose diary you can read actually right now in Philadelphia
Speaker 1: Eagles dot Com. He's gonna be a feature in as well,
Speaker 1: so a little behind the scenes perspective of what it's
Speaker 1: like to try to survive training camp and make the
Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles. So maybe your weekend day off and days off,
Speaker 1: but we're gonna keep on getting bits here with the
Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles. And a reminder on Sunday, open practice at
Speaker 1: Lincoln Financial Field gates open at ten am. Get over.
Speaker 1: There should be a beautiful day and the Eagles in
Speaker 1: pads once again, free parking, free practice, and a lot
Speaker 1: of fun. So we'll see you there on Sunday. For
Speaker 1: Chris McPherson, I'm Dave Spidero. We thank you for joining
Speaker 1: us in this our training camp presented by an Axfinity.
Speaker 1: Have yourselves a great Eagles Day.