Speaker 1: Hi everyone, I'm Alex Smith here with your three sixty update.
Speaker 1: It is a short week of work here for the
Speaker 1: Eagles at the Novicare Complex as they prepare for a
Speaker 1: Thursday nights preseason finale against the New York Jets. Now,
Speaker 1: while many of the starters won't play in that final
Speaker 1: tune up before the regular season opener against the Cleveland Browns,
Speaker 1: today head coach Doug Peterson explained what this last preseason
Speaker 1: game means to some of the fringe players who are
Speaker 1: trying to make their way onto the fifty three man roster. Really,
Speaker 1: this is a great challenge for all the players in
Speaker 1: this football game, you know, to get one last substantial
Speaker 1: amount of reps and to really put themselves on tape.
Speaker 1: And it's something that you know, I've made it known
Speaker 1: to the team that you know, it's not just our
Speaker 1: team that's watching, it's it's it's it's the rest of
Speaker 1: the National Football League that's also watching. And I want
Speaker 1: them just to go out there and play, play care free, play,
Speaker 1: you know, play fast and have fun doing it. And
Speaker 1: you know, at the end of the day they can
Speaker 1: hold their head up and said they gave everything that
Speaker 1: they that they had at that time. One of the
Speaker 1: biggest position battle questions revolves around the kickers, as both
Speaker 1: Caleb Sturgis and Cody Parkey are still fighting for that
Speaker 1: starting job. Inside the locker room, we heard from Sturgist
Speaker 1: today saying that throughout this entire battle, his mindset has
Speaker 1: stayed the same. I mean, well, we've done that the
Speaker 1: whole time, so it's the same thing. All you can
Speaker 1: focus on is going out there and trying to make
Speaker 1: every kick. I've had a good camp. I've concentrate on
Speaker 1: and focused on what i can do, and I've done
Speaker 1: my best of that. And also inside the locker room
Speaker 1: today we caught up with the newest member on the
Speaker 1: Eagles roster, that is Shippensberg, a lum and former member
Speaker 1: of the world champion Philadelphia Soul defensive end Jake Metz.
Speaker 1: Mets explained how excited he is to have an opportunity
Speaker 1: to prove himself here with the Eagles. It was it
Speaker 1: was awesome. You know, my family was excited. I got
Speaker 1: to call everybody in town. I'm getting the opportunity to
Speaker 1: try to become an Eagle and it's it's it's a blessing.
Speaker 1: I'm real excited. Your local kids. So yeah, yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: I had so many friends and family members reaching out
Speaker 1: to me last night. I couldn't even get back to everyone.
Speaker 1: It's pretty overwhelming, but you know, I'm just focused on
Speaker 1: trying to do what I can to make this team.
Speaker 1: And for complete coverage on everything that you need to
Speaker 1: know heading into thursday Nights preseason finale against New York,
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Speaker 1: game day coverage starting at six thirty with the Kickoff
Speaker 1: Show on Thursday night with your three sixty update, I'm
Speaker 1: Alex Smith