Speaker 1: A crowd of more than eighteen thousand on hand on
Speaker 1: Sunday as the Eagles held their first open practice at
Speaker 1: Lincoln Financial Field, and we were there and we're going
Speaker 1: to talk about it right here on Inside Training Camp
Speaker 1: presented by Vicfinity. Hello everyone on Dave Spidero, Eagles Insider
Speaker 1: along with Chris McPherson. Fun times in South Philadelphia on
Speaker 1: Sunday as the weather cleared and the Eagles had their
Speaker 1: first of two public practices and a good time a
Speaker 1: Chris practice and the crowd really really enjoyed it. The
Speaker 1: football gods shine on Philadelphia on Sunday afternoon allowing the
Speaker 1: Eagles to get this practice in. It was great because
Speaker 1: on Saturday we were talking about the connection to the
Speaker 1: past with the organization by bringing back Brian Dawkins. It
Speaker 1: was a kids run the show day at the novacare
Speaker 1: alright Lincoln Financial Field, I should say, And with that
Speaker 1: in mind, it really gave the kids a chance to
Speaker 1: be a part of the action and allowed to build
Speaker 1: that bridge to the future generation of Eagles fans to come.
Speaker 1: One little beef that I have, though, Dave, is the
Speaker 1: fact that a lot of media reports are saying how
Speaker 1: there was a decline in the attendance at the open practice. Yes,
Speaker 1: the second practice last year did have forty two thousand fans,
Speaker 1: but the first one a year ago had sixteen thousand.
Speaker 1: As you said, Dave, almost eighteen over eighteen thousand today,
Speaker 1: So a little discrepancy there. Yeah, and I just want
Speaker 1: to put that out. In a couple of weeks it's
Speaker 1: Military Appreciation Day, which drew the big crowd of more
Speaker 1: than forty thousand fans last year. Of course, the Eagles
Speaker 1: have some business to get to before August fourteenth, including
Speaker 1: and August eleventh preseason opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Speaker 1: Hard to believe we're less than two weeks away from that.
Speaker 1: Let's talk a little football for the Philadelphia Eagle now.
Speaker 1: Two players missing from practice on Sunday still. Brandon Brooks,
Speaker 1: offensive guard remains out along with running back Ryan Matthews.
Speaker 1: Both expected back in the lineup on the field within
Speaker 1: the next week, so we welcome them back. And prior
Speaker 1: to practice, head coach Doug Peterson talked a little bit
Speaker 1: about the offensive structure, particularly the tight end position. The
Speaker 1: Eagles think they're deep end talented there and they should
Speaker 1: get a lot of work, and we're talking about Zach
Speaker 1: Ertz and Brent Selleck, Trey Burton and maybe Chris Pantel.
Speaker 1: Could the Eagles keep four tight ends? Peterson talks about
Speaker 1: that position right here. Yeah, Zach, you know, he's a
Speaker 1: great tight end, number one, a great team player, a
Speaker 1: good leader on the football team. He's really sort of
Speaker 1: coming into his own now. He had a good spring
Speaker 1: and and you know, I love our all of our
Speaker 1: tight ends, but in his case, he can definitely create
Speaker 1: some some opportunities for us. The one thing that I
Speaker 1: would say with Zach is and really with any tight end,
Speaker 1: is just the physicality of blocking and being on the
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage. You know, with Brent Selleck sort of
Speaker 1: taking taking that lead, you know, he's one that's going
Speaker 1: to have to U sort of, you know, be that
Speaker 1: second guy for us. You know as we go throughout
Speaker 1: training camp and the regular season. Is Chris is a
Speaker 1: versatile tight end for me. We can also put him
Speaker 1: into backfield and use him as a fullback position. And
Speaker 1: he also has some value on teams, as do all
Speaker 1: the really the three tight ends you know, Selik maybe
Speaker 1: not as much, but the other three, um, you know,
Speaker 1: have some core value they're on special teams, Crisp being
Speaker 1: one of them, So definitely would like to see see
Speaker 1: four potentially up. So what to make of this Eagles offense?
Speaker 1: While we're a week into training camp and you kind
Speaker 1: of look at the scheme and you look at the
Speaker 1: personnel and you see that the Eagles are going to
Speaker 1: have a much more expansive offense from a scheme standpoint.
Speaker 1: Do they have the power of the personnel to get
Speaker 1: the ball down the field? I believe Chris said They're
Speaker 1: gonna win games and score points with matchups, with personnel groupings,
Speaker 1: and with getting the football into the hands of their
Speaker 1: tight ends. And I think in a big way zach
Speaker 1: Ertz is going to bust out in his third NFL
Speaker 1: season because I just think that he is the kind
Speaker 1: of tight end that you move around the formation and
Speaker 1: it becomes really a wide receiver dresses a tight end. Certainly,
Speaker 1: you look at the end of the last season, he
Speaker 1: had the four hundred and fifty yards in those final
Speaker 1: four games, and you're hoping, can he carry that over
Speaker 1: to the start of this season. The other thing I'm
Speaker 1: looking for from zach Ertz is can he be a
Speaker 1: force down in the red zone. I asked Doug Pearson
Speaker 1: today that he hasn't had a ton of production in
Speaker 1: his first few NFL seasons inside the twenty yard line.
Speaker 1: What can be done differently, and Pearson said that it's
Speaker 1: on them as the coaches to scheme him open so
Speaker 1: that he can use that athleticism, that basketball type ability
Speaker 1: to box out would be defenders, whether it's linebackers or
Speaker 1: defensive backs to score down there in the red zone.
Speaker 1: So they definitely see as an area where they can
Speaker 1: expand his offense and help him and the entire offense
Speaker 1: grow in two sixteen. So what I'm learning here when
Speaker 1: I talk to coaches is that they look at Chip
Speaker 1: Kelly's offense. It was a scheme based offense and it
Speaker 1: didn't really rely on matchups here Frank Reig, Doug Peterson,
Speaker 1: They're gonna look at the field. They're gonna work really
Speaker 1: hard in the game plan sessions prior to each week's
Speaker 1: game and find the best matchups that they can exploit.
Speaker 1: And that's how the Eagles are going to score points,
Speaker 1: keep the touch, the turnovers, down efficiency in the red zone,
Speaker 1: minimize the penalties, and just put the ball in the
Speaker 1: right hands at the right time, and zach Ertz should
Speaker 1: be a huge weapon for this Eagles team. It's interesting
Speaker 1: also seeing how involved Trey Burton has been in these
Speaker 1: early training camp practices, doing a great job of catching
Speaker 1: the football whenever it's thrown in his direction. You've seen
Speaker 1: a number of three tight end sets and that's something
Speaker 1: else from the Chip Kelly art that I thought we
Speaker 1: would see more of those multiple tight end sets where
Speaker 1: we would get selic and earth on the field at
Speaker 1: the same time. And Dave, you talk about matchups, it
Speaker 1: seems like the Eagles love what the Eagles can do
Speaker 1: with the tight end position of how deep it is,
Speaker 1: so expect to see Burton out there on the field more.
Speaker 1: I know he's just sort of scratching the surface as
Speaker 1: an offensive player, not a lot of snaps. He's been
Speaker 1: primarily a special team's weapon his first couple of seasons,
Speaker 1: but it looks like that he's gonna be a much
Speaker 1: bigger part of the offense here in two dozen six. Well,
Speaker 1: we shall see. We've got a lot to talk about
Speaker 1: with this Eagle's offense as we careem through the month
Speaker 1: of August, of course that starts tomorrow. We've got a
Speaker 1: lot to get to here on Inside Training Camp presented
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Speaker 1: He's one of the quarterbacks. He's a newcomer to Philadelphia.
Speaker 1: We're talking about backup quarterback Chase Daniel. I got tickets,
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Speaker 1: presented by Extrinity Dave Spidero along with Chris McPherson. Time
Speaker 1: now to take a look at one of the Eagles quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: They feel really good about this situation here with Sam
Speaker 1: Bradford the starter, Chase Daniel the backup, Carson Wentz to
Speaker 1: the future. Well, let's go into the middle. Let's talk
Speaker 1: about Chase Daniel, who played in Kansas City sparingly, but
Speaker 1: the Eagles felt like they had to have him in
Speaker 1: free agency a three year deal reportedly worth twenty one
Speaker 1: million dollars to be the backup. Here, He's our Eagle
Speaker 1: and focus with Abbyatwater. Thanks guys. Chase Daniel joins us
Speaker 1: after spending the last three seasons as backup quarterback for
Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chiefs, where he played under current Eagles
Speaker 1: head coach Doug Peterson. Daniel explains why Philadelphia was a
Speaker 1: perfect fit for him. Well, I signed to help the
Speaker 1: Philadelphi Eagles won a Super Bowl. I mean that that
Speaker 1: is first and foremost of the goal. I think that
Speaker 1: Howie that mister Laurie that Doug have laid out and
Speaker 1: that's been the ultimate goal of the entire time. Now
Speaker 1: there's steps you have to take to get to obtain
Speaker 1: that goal. And that was one of the reasons I
Speaker 1: signed here to help the Philadelphia Eagles win football games.
Speaker 1: There were offers on the table, but at the end
Speaker 1: of the day, like I said, I felt that this organization,
Speaker 1: along with the leadership that was here, provided me the
Speaker 1: best opportunity to play in football. Peterson says Daniel is
Speaker 1: very comfortable in the offense and will be a key
Speaker 1: in helping the other quarterbacks learned this system. He also
Speaker 1: expresses his faith in Daniel as a strong backup. Having
Speaker 1: a guy like Chase Daniel h who's very familiar with
Speaker 1: the system that I'm bringing um, having an opportunity to compete,
Speaker 1: having an opportunity to be a solid number two, very fortunate,
Speaker 1: very fortunate. Just like we had in Kansas City. And
Speaker 1: I don't like to keep going back to that, but
Speaker 1: with an Alex Smith and Chase Daniel, what a great
Speaker 1: tandem we had every every you know, confident level, whatever
Speaker 1: you call it. With the opportunity that we had there,
Speaker 1: there's something were to happen to the to the starter
Speaker 1: that that that Chase could go in and do the
Speaker 1: job for us, and I felt that way going forward.
Speaker 1: Daniel took a leadership role as a backup in Kansas
Speaker 1: City and plans to continue doing so in Philadelphia. You
Speaker 1: have to show how hard you work to your teammates.
Speaker 1: That's that's the number one thing to me is how
Speaker 1: my teammates perceived me, um and that they know that
Speaker 1: I'm a hard worker, that I'm a great leader, and
Speaker 1: I promise you I'm gonna lead you to the right places.
Speaker 1: I've been here, I've done it. And along with that,
Speaker 1: with Doug and with my flavor, I feel like there's
Speaker 1: a there's a really good mix here. It's not every
Speaker 1: day that you get to play in an offense under
Speaker 1: Doug Peterson, coach Frank and coach John Flip that have
Speaker 1: all played in the NFL, that have all called plays
Speaker 1: in the NFL. So that SHB pedigree really excited me
Speaker 1: about what's going on here in Philadelphia. Daniel will see
Speaker 1: his first live action at Lincoln Financial Field on August
Speaker 1: eleventh against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. I'm abby atwater. Back
Speaker 1: to you guys, in the studio. Thanks so much. Abby.
Speaker 1: When we return to Inside Training Camp presented by Exfinity,
Speaker 1: we go back in time prior to Sunday's practice. There
Speaker 1: was a spotlight for him with Vince Papali Harold Carmichael.
Speaker 1: They were long shots back in the nineteen seventies to
Speaker 1: make this football team. They made it and more their
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Speaker 1: we swapped jerseys. I got tickets, Metro tickets. You need
Speaker 1: a Metro ticket. Talk to me, please, I don't even
Speaker 1: know these real tickets. If you know, didn't touch it.
Speaker 1: Leg this leather legit. I mean, how do we really know?
Speaker 1: It looks good? Right? The Metro pay no, I'm paying myself.
Speaker 1: I gotta make Does a baby need a Metro ticket,
Speaker 1: I'll give her one on me. These tickets, they're not
Speaker 1: stealing your soul. You can look at them. May nobody
Speaker 1: wants to buy tickets from a guy on the street.
Speaker 1: I don't understand. We're back. It's Dave and Chris here
Speaker 1: on Inside Training Camp presented by Exfinity. And you know,
Speaker 1: before the practice began on Sunday, I was able to
Speaker 1: host a spotlight for him at the Touchdown Club in
Speaker 1: Lincoln Financial Field. We had a sold out crowd, lots
Speaker 1: of fans there, a great time with Harold Chromic or
Speaker 1: with Vince Papali. The theme was long shots and how
Speaker 1: they made it in the NFL back in the nineteen seventies.
Speaker 1: And during the panel conversation, Papali talked about his moniker.
Speaker 1: He was the whose Nuts guy had the T shirt
Speaker 1: Whose Nuts? He talks about the origin of that, saying
Speaker 1: one thing, I know you people up there, and I
Speaker 1: get asked this question all the time. There's at one highlight,
Speaker 1: I K and when you see that whose Nuts? We're
Speaker 1: pulling a shirt up and and and a lot of
Speaker 1: people ask me, and what's the whose Nuts all about? Now. See,
Speaker 1: Harold was always a guy out there. He was getting
Speaker 1: the touchdowns and doing the greatest windmill spike in the will.
Speaker 1: You have to tell him how he came up with
Speaker 1: that one. H But on the big windmill spike to
Speaker 1: whose Nuts thing. We had this great coach Kenny Iman,
Speaker 1: God bless his soul, that was a coach with the
Speaker 1: Eagles back then. He played I don't know how many
Speaker 1: eighteen nineteen years in the NFL, mostly with the Cardinals,
Speaker 1: and he was our special team's coach. And he came
Speaker 1: up with this award called the whose Nuts Award, and
Speaker 1: it was a game ball that was given to us
Speaker 1: special teamers. Because one thing that you had to understand,
Speaker 1: you know how knew implicitly with Dick form Meal exactly
Speaker 1: what his role was. My role was not to catch passes.
Speaker 1: My role was to make sure that I got this
Speaker 1: guy ready and also guys like Herman Edwards ready because
Speaker 1: I played mostly in the scout on fence. My role
Speaker 1: was a knock guys silly and special teams. And we
Speaker 1: were to have this t shirt to be given out
Speaker 1: if you want a game called to whose Nuts Award,
Speaker 1: and it was a really big thing, and that's what
Speaker 1: whose nuts is? So a lot of times with my
Speaker 1: buddies they did the old Vinnie, what's happening man? Whose nuts? Baby?
Speaker 1: That's what the whose nuts is? So there you go,
Speaker 1: in case you were wondering. By the way, we have
Speaker 1: another spotlight for him, prior to the August fourteenth practice
Speaker 1: of Lincoln Financial Field. The time is five thirty. The
Speaker 1: theme is defense. William Thomas Darwin Walker on the panel
Speaker 1: talking about the defense, the way they played it under
Speaker 1: Andy Reid and the way this Eagles defense should play
Speaker 1: it under Jim Schwartz. If you'd like tickets, there are
Speaker 1: still a few remaining. The information is available on Philadelphia
Speaker 1: Eagles dot com. It's interesting watching the clip of Papali there.
Speaker 1: It's forty years ago. Yep, since he made the teams.
Speaker 1: That's an amazing story, which was turned into a Hollywood
Speaker 1: movie by Disney. That's right. How long ago is that?
Speaker 1: Is it? Ten ten years ago? Chris Ready? Ten years amazing?
Speaker 1: Isn't it? So? Who played him in the movie? It
Speaker 1: was well, let's see it was either it wasn't Burt Reynolds.
Speaker 1: That was the longest yard. I'm gonna say Mark Walbert.
Speaker 1: The first second there, Mark Walbert. It's interesting because you
Speaker 1: see how big Papali is these football players side six
Speaker 1: foot two. I met Mark Wahlberg at the Red Carpet
Speaker 1: in Philadelphia for that premiere ten years ago, and he
Speaker 1: may be listed at five eight, but I think that's
Speaker 1: stretching it just a little bit. But you know when
Speaker 1: he stands on his wallet, he's like sixty tens. That's
Speaker 1: the difference, much different than say very least so. So
Speaker 1: enough of what happened on the field today, let's take
Speaker 1: a look ahead to what we have for you coming
Speaker 1: up tomorrow our Eagle and Focus with Chase Daniel that
Speaker 1: will be available on demand. And speaking of the quarterbacks,
Speaker 1: how about the offensive coordinator Frank Reich. He will address
Speaker 1: the media following Monday's practice is a light ten ten
Speaker 1: ten session. Practice begins tomorrow at nine o five am,
Speaker 1: So once practice is over, you can watch Reich's press
Speaker 1: conference online or on the Eagles app. That little Spotlight
Speaker 1: forum short you saw just there with Papali Carmichael that
Speaker 1: will also be available on demand. And as Dave said,
Speaker 1: tickets are still available for the one that's coming up
Speaker 1: on August fourteenth, and last, but not least, the debut
Speaker 1: of one of our best features here that we do
Speaker 1: through our Eagles Network, the Journy Journey, and you're gonna
Speaker 1: want to see it. It's the story of the rookies
Speaker 1: and the journey of the first round pick Carson Wentz
Speaker 1: and late round selection Blake Countess. So two players, two
Speaker 1: different stories, all coming together in the Journey. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: really must watch stuff because training camp, the first time
Speaker 1: you go through it, it's a total blur and it
Speaker 1: is really really tough on these young players. So there
Speaker 1: you go. That's tomorrow. For today, we thank you for
Speaker 1: joining us here on Inside Training Camp presented by Xfinity
Speaker 1: for Chris McPherson, I'm Dave SPIDERO. Have yourselves a great
Speaker 1: Eagles Day.