Speaker 1: The Pads were a pop in once again on Friday
Speaker 1: at an opencare complex. Hello everyone and welcomed inside training
Speaker 1: camp presented by Extinity, Dave Spidero and Chris McPherson. The
Speaker 1: Eagles holding another very physical practice on Friday. We're gonna
Speaker 1: get into that a little bit here, Christ. The theme
Speaker 1: of this practice session here, this training camp is let's
Speaker 1: get physical, and Olivia Newton John is not here. You
Speaker 1: go a little bit more more time with that reference there,
Speaker 1: But nonetheless, Doug Pierson said that he wanted a physical
Speaker 1: training camp and he has lived up to those expectations
Speaker 1: thus far. Is really important for the players to get
Speaker 1: into the mindset, the mentality of getting physical, tackling, practicing it,
Speaker 1: and for the offensive players getting adjusted to it. So
Speaker 1: when you get to the first preseason game, it's not
Speaker 1: new again. You're not shaking off russ. You can hit
Speaker 1: the season running, so to speak. And the biggest thing
Speaker 1: for Doug Peterson is he wants his team to be
Speaker 1: physically and mentally tough in the fourth quarters of games
Speaker 1: and in the second half of the season, which is
Speaker 1: something that we have not seen from this team the
Speaker 1: last couple of seasons. Coincidence with the way training camp
Speaker 1: was held before. We'll wait and find out. We'll see
Speaker 1: what kind of impact it has on this two thousand
Speaker 1: and sixteen season. Let's get you caught up with some
Speaker 1: of the injuries, players coming back, players missing practice, and
Speaker 1: players leaving practice on this Friday. Okay, back at practice
Speaker 1: on Friday, running back Ryan Matthews and offensive guard Brandon Brooks.
Speaker 1: They took part in some individual drills and some group
Speaker 1: installed drills. Will get to some sound from Brandon Brooks
Speaker 1: talking about his return from injury. Leaving practice today, Ertz
Speaker 1: who is cleared of any concussion problems, Marcus Smith treated
Speaker 1: and evaluated for a concussion, Jordan Matthews a knee injury
Speaker 1: that will keep him out for a couple of days,
Speaker 1: nothing serious though, and Mike Martin, defensive tackle, also leading
Speaker 1: practice with a knee injury. Among those players missing practice,
Speaker 1: Jason Peters continues to miss practice with that quad injury,
Speaker 1: when Dale Smallwood out with a quad injury, Knowing Carroll
Speaker 1: out with a maintenance day, and then Malcolm Jenkins out
Speaker 1: with his hamstring injury. Again because none of these injuries
Speaker 1: considered serious, and again the Eagles holding as physical to
Speaker 1: training camp as they have obviously since the Andy Read days.
Speaker 1: You're gonna bumps and bruises along the way. But again
Speaker 1: we mentioned this on yesterday's show. You need to learn
Speaker 1: about some of the deaf guys, and yes, you want
Speaker 1: to develop some chemistry along the way, get some continuity
Speaker 1: at these positions. But when you look at the safety
Speaker 1: position in particular, you're set with Malcolm Jenkins at Rodney
Speaker 1: McLeod was out today due to a family excuse absence.
Speaker 1: But nonetheless, though, you need to find out who are
Speaker 1: going to be the backup guys at those positions. Jason
Speaker 1: Peters out again from practice today. You know Matt Tobin
Speaker 1: goes into left tackle. You need to learn about those
Speaker 1: guys who might be called into emergency action. Because players
Speaker 1: aren't going to all make it through a sixteen game
Speaker 1: rigorous schedule. You're gonna have to have backups who are
Speaker 1: going to step into starting roles at one point or another.
Speaker 1: So learn about those guys now. Put him those situations
Speaker 1: now so when the time comes during the season, they'll
Speaker 1: be fully prepared. So Brandon Brooks, the prize free agent
Speaker 1: acquisition in pads today important for him to get out
Speaker 1: there and after practice, he talked about his return from
Speaker 1: injury and where he feels he is in terms of
Speaker 1: mental preparation for the preseason game on Thursday. It feels good.
Speaker 1: Do you get back out here? You know, I never
Speaker 1: want to not be out here with your teammates when
Speaker 1: they're grinding. So, I mean, the biggest thing is, you know,
Speaker 1: when you're sitting in there, you know, watching guys out
Speaker 1: here practicing. You know, you're sitting from trying to ride
Speaker 1: the biker, running on a tread mill or something, wishing
Speaker 1: you're out there, but at the same time makes you,
Speaker 1: you know, more hungry when you come out from a
Speaker 1: mental standpoint, I mean, I know what I'm doing. No,
Speaker 1: it's not a big deal. It's just you know, conditioning
Speaker 1: yourself to you know, hitting hitting people every day, you know,
Speaker 1: things of that nature. Um, you know. Luckily for me,
Speaker 1: it's not like I'm necessarily like a young guy more
Speaker 1: of a middle in the road guys, So you don't
Speaker 1: know what it takes. So you know, a little bit
Speaker 1: more time just to keep progressing each and every day.
Speaker 1: The Eagles have still not had all five projected starters
Speaker 1: along the offensive line out on the field at the
Speaker 1: same time in training camp. But having Brooks back really
Speaker 1: huge for the Eagles. They want to make sure that
Speaker 1: he and Lane Johnson and right tackle Jason Kelsey at
Speaker 1: the center position build some chemistry, some continuity. And we
Speaker 1: can't overstate Chris how important it is that Brandon Brooks
Speaker 1: gets into this system and plays dominating football, which the
Speaker 1: Eagles expect him to do well. They need him to
Speaker 1: do it. That's why they added him as a Day
Speaker 1: one free agent acquisition. They want to make the offensive
Speaker 1: line a strength for this football team once again. It
Speaker 1: obviously struggle had its ups and downs in twenty fifteen.
Speaker 1: For the Eagles offense to run as smoothly as Doug
Speaker 1: Peerson if Frank Reich want to be, they are going
Speaker 1: to need the offensive line to carry the way. You
Speaker 1: look at Kansas, say last season with Doug Peerson, they
Speaker 1: lost their best player in Jamal Charles, but thanks to
Speaker 1: the strong offensive line, they were able to put in
Speaker 1: rotational backs like Charke, Hendrick West and Spencer were and
Speaker 1: still have success on the ground and have that key
Speaker 1: ten game win streak to carry them through the end
Speaker 1: of the regular season and into the playoffs. So Pierson
Speaker 1: believes in the same Andy Raid mentality that you win
Speaker 1: in the trenches. So he wants to get that refined
Speaker 1: as quickly as possible today. And he also wants to
Speaker 1: have a training camp that is nasty, that is physical,
Speaker 1: that is demanding, and he's having that. He's also very
Speaker 1: pleased on Friday to get Brooks back along with Ryan Matthews,
Speaker 1: who reported to training camp with a bum ankle. He's
Speaker 1: getting better, He's okay, He's going to be ready to go,
Speaker 1: and Peterson talked about the return of Brooks and Matthews
Speaker 1: to this Eagles offense that still is searching for its identity.
Speaker 1: He's good, He's good, you know again, he's another one's
Speaker 1: day to day. It was good to see him and
Speaker 1: Ryan both out here get some individual works and group
Speaker 1: install stuff and and we'll just kind of keep keep
Speaker 1: progressing with both of those guys. It's valuable anytime, anytime
Speaker 1: you missed, especially the first part of camp when when
Speaker 1: he hasn't had the exposure to pads. He had to
Speaker 1: get him out here and run around. And it was
Speaker 1: good too, good to see him put the ball in
Speaker 1: his hands a little bit, see how he was running around,
Speaker 1: and and I thought, I thought He did a nice
Speaker 1: job when he was in there, and and I we'll
Speaker 1: just keep giving him more and more every every day.
Speaker 1: Now as Matthews has been recovering from his injury, Kenyan
Speaker 1: Barner has stepped up and I think it's had a
Speaker 1: really fine training camp, running with more quickness, with more power.
Speaker 1: But clearly Matthews is the feature back here as the
Speaker 1: Eagles look to rotate things. Give me a realistic expectation,
Speaker 1: Chris from Matthews average carries per game, average carric per game,
Speaker 1: that's a good one. I think you're probably looking in
Speaker 1: the teens, I'm gonna say for this football team in
Speaker 1: two and sixteen. I mean, he was very effective with
Speaker 1: the ball his hands last season, but the Eagles felt
Speaker 1: they had to give him Marco Murray his touches to
Speaker 1: try and get him more involved in the game. But
Speaker 1: it seemed like every time Matthews had the ball in
Speaker 1: his hands something was happening. Over five yards per carry
Speaker 1: last season. He did miss a couple of games due
Speaker 1: to a concussion, and that's the biggest question mark with him,
Speaker 1: is Kenny remained healthy through the course of the entire season.
Speaker 1: He's done it in the past and having that running
Speaker 1: back by committee approach behind him, having guys like Barner
Speaker 1: and Darren S browsing and get his touches, and you
Speaker 1: figure Wendell Smallwood will factor into the mix, hopefully that
Speaker 1: they'll be able to take some of the burden off
Speaker 1: of Matthews so that he doesn't have to be a
Speaker 1: foundation back where you're asking him for twenty to twenty
Speaker 1: five touches each and every game. Yeah, he's alway been
Speaker 1: healthy one year in his NFL career, a Pro Bowl
Speaker 1: season with the San Diego Chargers. So that is our
Speaker 1: conversation about the offense. We've got more to get to here.
Speaker 1: When Inside Training Camp presented by Xfinity returns, we're going
Speaker 1: to talk about the defense. Connor Barwin a linebacker in
Speaker 1: the three four, a defensive end now with Jim Schwartz
Speaker 1: in his four three defense. He's our guest on the
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Speaker 1: Welcome back at the Overcare Complex. Dave Spidarow, Chris McPherson.
Speaker 1: It's inside Training Camp presented by Axfinity, and in block
Speaker 1: number one, we talked about the offense and some of
Speaker 1: the players coming back and kind of the Eagles offense
Speaker 1: trying to find itself here early in training camp. Now
Speaker 1: we want to focus on the defense and one of
Speaker 1: the players who's really have to make the big transition
Speaker 1: from the three four to the four three Connor Barwin.
Speaker 1: He was a stand up linebacker. Chris outstanding coming off
Speaker 1: the edge of the question is putting his hand in
Speaker 1: the dirt getting to the quarterback. Does he have that
Speaker 1: skill set? I definitely think he has a skill set,
Speaker 1: and he showed it very early on in his career.
Speaker 1: He was originally drafted by the Houston Texans as a
Speaker 1: four three end, so he's actually made the conversion from
Speaker 1: four to three to three four. He goes back to
Speaker 1: his roots as a four three defensive end. He's got
Speaker 1: Gray Athlezism, tremendous length to get off the edge. Is
Speaker 1: going to be a great fit for Jim Schwartz's scheme.
Speaker 1: And well, he's so good at Dave. We've seen this
Speaker 1: in the last couple of years. Is the ability to
Speaker 1: get in the quarterback's face to knock down the ball,
Speaker 1: to make like difficult for quarterbacks, not just from a
Speaker 1: sack standpoint, but just to get the ball into the
Speaker 1: possible through the pass lane, so to speak. So if
Speaker 1: Barwin can kinto do that, I think he's gonna be
Speaker 1: tremendously a great fit here. The key for him and
Speaker 1: for the entire defensive end group is the rotation. Make
Speaker 1: sure you have the depth there. So Marcus Smith going
Speaker 1: down with the concussion, he'll be out for a little
Speaker 1: bit as he goes through the protocol. So it's gonna
Speaker 1: be interesting for guys like Stephen Means, you know, guys
Speaker 1: who are trying to fight Alex mccaliser to prove themselves
Speaker 1: with the extra opportunity because Chris Wilson and Jim Schwartz
Speaker 1: they need the death there at the end position. Yeah,
Speaker 1: So the focus here is Connor Barwin. Alex Smith sits
Speaker 1: down with Connor Barwin talking defense under Jim Schwartz, our
Speaker 1: Eagles fans. I'm Alex Smith back here at the Novacare
Speaker 1: Complex and I'm very pleased to be joined today by
Speaker 1: Eagles defensive end Connor Barwin. Connor, first of all, thanks
Speaker 1: for coming on. Fourth training camp for you here with
Speaker 1: the Eagles already, I'm sure this one feels a little
Speaker 1: bit different. New coaching, I have new people inside the building.
Speaker 1: What's been the biggest difference from your perspective? The biggest difference, Alex,
Speaker 1: is probably the amount of time in between snaps. Obviously,
Speaker 1: with Chip it was just about getting as many plays
Speaker 1: ran during practice as we could. Now with Doug, it's
Speaker 1: about running as many kind of high quality plays as
Speaker 1: we can and getting them right defensively and getting them
Speaker 1: right on offense. And what does that do for you
Speaker 1: as a player? Instead of waiting to see when the
Speaker 1: film comes out, you get to be you know, things
Speaker 1: get corrected right away. Well, you know, you still go
Speaker 1: into the film room and correct things. But I think
Speaker 1: it's it's more it carries over more to what happens
Speaker 1: in the game. You know, you run a play, and
Speaker 1: then you get a little bit of a break, then
Speaker 1: you run a play. Now, obviously if we play San Francisco,
Speaker 1: it'll be a little bit different, but for right now,
Speaker 1: the majority of the NFL runs a play, have a break,
Speaker 1: and then run your best play. So we're just trying
Speaker 1: to put our best effort, our best technique forward every
Speaker 1: single rep we get out here. We're also seeing some
Speaker 1: of the live tackling periods which we haven't seen around
Speaker 1: here last couple of years. How much does that make
Speaker 1: a difference for you to get that in early in camp,
Speaker 1: to get that physicality kind of amped up a little bit. Well,
Speaker 1: I think you know, at this point a lot of
Speaker 1: us know how to tackle, obviously, but it's fun to
Speaker 1: sprinkle in some live tackle drills just because it kind
Speaker 1: of builds up some energy. Obviously, you know, it increases
Speaker 1: the competition level and kind of gets everybody excited when
Speaker 1: you kind of throw those in a couple periods during practice,
Speaker 1: so it's fun. Does the trash talking kind of go
Speaker 1: up to with those Well, everybody, everybody just gets on
Speaker 1: high alert. You know when it's when it's live tackling.
Speaker 1: That's when when the bullets are flying and you better
Speaker 1: be ready to play. Let's talk about this defensive scheme
Speaker 1: for a little bit. Obviously we've talked a lot about
Speaker 1: the attack mentality of it, but Jim Schwartz also has
Speaker 1: said that he doesn't like to blitz too much. He
Speaker 1: likes to rely on the front four to get pressure.
Speaker 1: What does it mean to have your coach kind of
Speaker 1: put that faith in the d line to get pressure
Speaker 1: on the quarterback? Well, you love it. I mean, you
Speaker 1: know he he depends on us four to get pressure.
Speaker 1: Every once in a while. He wants to blitz a
Speaker 1: little bit, but again, like you said, he wants to
Speaker 1: get pressure there with the top four guys. He's gonna
Speaker 1: rotate us up front to make sure we're fresh all
Speaker 1: game long, and it's on us to help the dbs,
Speaker 1: you know, and get teams off the field. As you
Speaker 1: make that transition back to defensive end. You've talked about
Speaker 1: how it's more of a natural position for you. But
Speaker 1: what's one thing that you're maybe working on as you
Speaker 1: transition back to that spot. Well, I think the one
Speaker 1: thing is there's some movement coming out of a three
Speaker 1: point stance that I'm working on. I mean, when I
Speaker 1: would get into a three point stance last year or
Speaker 1: the last couple of years, it's usually on nickel and
Speaker 1: I'm rushing off the rushing off the edge. Now maybe
Speaker 1: on first second down, I'm on the edge a lot.
Speaker 1: But sometimes you gotta slant in, you gotta angle down
Speaker 1: two gaps. So I think working on that movement in
Speaker 1: those steps out of a three point stance is something
Speaker 1: I'm working on right now. And we hear a lot
Speaker 1: about the wide nine technique for fans who maybe aren't
Speaker 1: aware of what that means. What does that mean to
Speaker 1: you to set up as like wide nine. Well, you know,
Speaker 1: we don't even really talk about it that much. I
Speaker 1: haven't heard people really say wide nine that much. But
Speaker 1: we get in a nine technique. We don't want to
Speaker 1: get too wide, but we're really our job is to
Speaker 1: just crush that tight end, you know, and not even
Speaker 1: really pretend he's there, just kind of run through him
Speaker 1: and set the edge right through him. My final question
Speaker 1: here for you, Connor, this defensive line with yourself, Fletcher, Benny, Brandon, Vinnie.
Speaker 1: I mean, this is a really talented group. What do
Speaker 1: you think the ceiling is for this defensive line? Well,
Speaker 1: I think I think it's a good group. Again, like
Speaker 1: I said, you know, there's gonna be six to eight
Speaker 1: of us that are playing in rotating all game long,
Speaker 1: and that's gonna make all of us better. You know,
Speaker 1: I don't know where our ceiling is yet, but I know,
Speaker 1: you know, our goals is to be one of the
Speaker 1: you know, a disruptive group and be one of the
Speaker 1: most effective groups in the league. Eagles Defense, Van Connor, Barwin,
Speaker 1: thank you very much for your time. Thank you, and
Speaker 1: thank you all for joining us right here on Philadelphia
Speaker 1: Eagles dot Com. Can't stated enough just how important it
Speaker 1: is for the Eagles to generate the pass rush pressure.
Speaker 1: We heard from Jim Schwartz yesterday. He wants the four
Speaker 1: man pass rush to get to the quarterback and not
Speaker 1: sacrifice coverage with the blitz. As the Eagles continue their
Speaker 1: work in progress on the defensive side. More to come
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Speaker 1: Beagles hold a ten ten ten practice on Saturday. Chris,
Speaker 1: We've got a lot to get to as the weekend
Speaker 1: begins again. Yes, indeed, so we'll go a little throwback
Speaker 1: from what you just saw a few moments ago. The
Speaker 1: on demand interview with Alex Smith and defensive end Connor
Speaker 1: Barwin will be available first thing on Saturday morning. Offensive
Speaker 1: cordiner Frank Reich will meet the media. We will broadcast
Speaker 1: that live online here on Philadelphiagles dot Com as well
Speaker 1: as our mobile app. He'll give us a state of
Speaker 1: the offense, let us know how the quarterbacks are progressing,
Speaker 1: and what is he seeing out the offensive line and
Speaker 1: the running back positions with Brandon Brooks coming back in
Speaker 1: Ryan Matthews as well. In terms of our Eagle in Focus,
Speaker 1: one of the big free agent acquisitions who may have
Speaker 1: you know, might be a home run threat so to
Speaker 1: speak for the offense this year. Wide receiver Chris Gibbons,
Speaker 1: he wants to be known as a thoroughbread said that
Speaker 1: on the sidelines are in practice. He said, if you
Speaker 1: if you gotta take a picture of me out here
Speaker 1: on the field, if you're gonna caption it, make sure
Speaker 1: you'll tell everyone. Now, I'm a thoroughbread so but Greg
Speaker 1: Lewi has been working on making a better underneath and
Speaker 1: over the middle receiver so that he kind of can
Speaker 1: throw defenses. Of course, we all know the wide receivers
Speaker 1: are big in focus and again next Thursday, the Eagles
Speaker 1: take on Tampa Bay preseason opener at Lincoln Financial Field.
Speaker 1: Make sure you tune in seven o'clock. We have our
Speaker 1: kickoff show here at six thirty on Philadelphia Eagles dot
Speaker 1: Com and our digital network. So the Eagles get into
Speaker 1: game action in less than a week. Should be fun.
Speaker 1: By the way, Frank Reich gave me the great line
Speaker 1: today talking about the message from Doug Peterson that he
Speaker 1: continues to tell his players fear nothing and attack everything.
Speaker 1: That's kind of the mantra for this football team this season.
Speaker 1: I'd like it. Let's get after all right for Christma Pherson,
Speaker 1: Dave Spidero, thanks for joining us, have yourselves a great
Speaker 1: Eagles Day.