Speaker 1: Happy Friday Eagles fans. I'm Chris McPherson alongside fran Duffy
Speaker 1: for our practice report now today. It was a light
Speaker 1: ten ten ten session, so Doug Pierson easing up off
Speaker 1: the guys because they had live hitting on Tuesday and Thursday.
Speaker 1: So we'll recaptase practice very briefly before doing a week
Speaker 1: in review because the players have off on Saturday before
Speaker 1: the open practice at the Link on Sunday. So it
Speaker 1: was a fun practice because they had Fletcher Cox and
Speaker 1: Jason Peters field punts to give the guys some extra
Speaker 1: time off on Friday evening, and the guys came through
Speaker 1: in the clutch. Jason Pierce went first, and look, he
Speaker 1: was a tight end in Arkansas, so you figure he
Speaker 1: would be able to come through, no doubt. But Fletcher Cox,
Speaker 1: I mean you felt the pressure was on when he
Speaker 1: went under the Cameron Johnson punt, but he feelded it cleanly.
Speaker 1: The guys were celebrating. It was a great morale boost
Speaker 1: to end the week. The fact that both those guys
Speaker 1: at six foot four, six foot five, three hundred ten,
Speaker 1: three hundred twenty pounds whatever they are, if you or
Speaker 1: I out there, if you'd lined up the entire Eagles
Speaker 1: media contention and put us in the end zone, maybe
Speaker 1: two out of the forty people would catch puns. But
Speaker 1: the fact that those guys went two for two on
Speaker 1: their first try no practice, speaks to their athletic ability.
Speaker 1: All right, So let's get to the real action on
Speaker 1: the field again. Two live hitting sessions this week. Who
Speaker 1: stood out to you throughout the course of weeks big
Speaker 1: picture here for Yeah, no doubt that you look at
Speaker 1: the receiver position. Marcus Johnson has been outstanding. He's made
Speaker 1: big plays each and every day out of practice six one,
Speaker 1: two hundred and five pounds. His ability to go downfield
Speaker 1: and make plays has been prevalent throughout every single day
Speaker 1: at practice. Nelson Agilare has been outstanding. But on the
Speaker 1: on the offensive line, we know the five starters have
Speaker 1: looked really strong upfront, But how about big v Halla
Speaker 1: Pulavati Vitai, the second year tackle out of TCU, has
Speaker 1: looked outstanding. He's looked more explosive, he's looked quick, and
Speaker 1: he's got those heavy hands. I saw him punch Brandon
Speaker 1: Graham on one play and on one on one drill
Speaker 1: earlier this week, where he almost knocked Graham to the ground.
Speaker 1: So you talk about big v a guy taking the
Speaker 1: next step this year in training camp. All right, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna go to the defensive side of the Balmas start
Speaker 1: a line back. Great encouraging signs that Jordan Hicks was
Speaker 1: a full participant in Thursday's live hitting session, diving for
Speaker 1: the ball, flying around, showing no words for wear with
Speaker 1: that broken pinkie. So he'll be good once the season begins.
Speaker 1: Nigel Brown just a nice compliment to Hicks in that
Speaker 1: nickel package, which I think we're gonna see a ton
Speaker 1: of this season. But to me, the heart and soul
Speaker 1: the defense is the defensive tackle position. You look at
Speaker 1: Fletcher Cox, who had a dominant day on Thursday. Earlier
Speaker 1: in the week, there was one rep that stood out
Speaker 1: where Carson Wentz took this snap and rolled to his
Speaker 1: right and Fletcher Cox is just running stride for stride
Speaker 1: with him and be like, big boy, if you want
Speaker 1: to go, I'll be able to come and get you.
Speaker 1: And then Tim Jurney again, you know everyone that has
Speaker 1: talked about the addition that he's made here for this defense,
Speaker 1: for the passwords that he's gonna bring never played in
Speaker 1: this type of scheme before. I just think he is
Speaker 1: exactly what this Eagles defensive front needs. You need someone
Speaker 1: who could take the pressure off Fletcher Cox so that
Speaker 1: if they're gonna put Fletcher Cox in a one on
Speaker 1: one situation, he'll win. If you have Tim jurnagain a
Speaker 1: one on one situation, I think he'll win. They are
Speaker 1: gonna cause a lot of problems for offensive line. So
Speaker 1: these defensive line defensive line one on one bouts have
Speaker 1: been tremendous and I think it's going to make the
Speaker 1: two units extremely better come the time of the regular season.
Speaker 1: So that's gonna do it. For our practice report for
Speaker 1: fran Duffy, I'm Chris McPherson again. The players are off Saturday.
Speaker 1: The last open practice is this Sunday at the Link.
Speaker 1: We hope to see you there. Until then, have a
Speaker 1: great day everyone,