Speaker 1: At Eagles fans. I'm Chris McPherson and welcome to the
Speaker 1: practice update here on Philadelphia Eagles dot Com. I'm alongside
Speaker 1: Fran Duffy and look, it's over thirty six thousand fans
Speaker 1: attended today's Kids Day theme practice, the last open practice
Speaker 1: here of the nofecare Complex. So as you can see
Speaker 1: offessive atmosphere, but a lot of great football in the field,
Speaker 1: and the first position I'm going to start with your
Speaker 1: Fran is going to be the wide receiver spot. I
Speaker 1: want to look specifically at mccollands. Look, I understand that
Speaker 1: alshon Jeffrey, who was back on the field today, very promising.
Speaker 1: From that standpoint, you have Tory Smith, and I think
Speaker 1: mccollins is a guy we wants he developed down the road.
Speaker 1: But I'm improved at how much better his route running
Speaker 1: has been and the way that he catches the ball
Speaker 1: so cleanly away from his body. I feel like one
Speaker 1: of the toughest things for especially rookies, is to not
Speaker 1: body catch the ball. And I know he's rowing a
Speaker 1: lot of areas, but I've been thoroughly impressed with how
Speaker 1: he uses that body. So hopefully he can develop and
Speaker 1: almost become like Alshan down the line, not right now,
Speaker 1: but down the line at utilizing his body to be
Speaker 1: an even bigger wide receiver as a six four two
Speaker 1: twenty plus pound frame. Yeah, no doubt. And mac Collins
Speaker 1: has been consistent from day one up until this point.
Speaker 1: One guy who has not been as consistent is his
Speaker 1: fellow rookie classmate, Shelton Gibson from West Virginia. Had his
Speaker 1: share of issues in the beginning of camp, and I'll
Speaker 1: tell you what, he ran the best route I've seen
Speaker 1: him run all summer, last week at the end of practice,
Speaker 1: and then this week today on Sunday, I thought he
Speaker 1: had his best day in one on ones. He went
Speaker 1: up and over a defensive back early in the drill
Speaker 1: and then came back and made a great diving catch
Speaker 1: towards the sideline. You saw that ability to make plays
Speaker 1: in the open field. And he's looking more and more
Speaker 1: comfortable and all the little things to the wide receiver position.
Speaker 1: I just hope mentally he can keep himself in check.
Speaker 1: I think he's fighting a lot of things right now,
Speaker 1: having to learn the expanded playbook, you know, battling his hands.
Speaker 1: I just hope he'll be able to settle down in
Speaker 1: due time. Here, I'm gonna go defense, and I'm not
Speaker 1: gonna go with a rookie. Everyone's all about the cornerbacks.
Speaker 1: I want to focus on second year man Jail and Mills.
Speaker 1: I just love his route recognition. It is truly impressive.
Speaker 1: I'm watching one on one receiver dB Drills, and he
Speaker 1: is like White on Rice following these wide receivers, able
Speaker 1: to keep very much in tune with them. It's just
Speaker 1: very impressient that he basically sees the receiver coming out
Speaker 1: of the break and he's able to get after the ball.
Speaker 1: So by far, and I think we've said this before,
Speaker 1: he has been the best corner in camp. I know
Speaker 1: Jim Schwartz said earlier on Sunday that he's not ready
Speaker 1: to name any starters at this point, nor should he,
Speaker 1: but to me, Mills is clearly the best corner on
Speaker 1: the roster right now. Yeah, you were right there for
Speaker 1: his big interception that he hadn't won on ones where
Speaker 1: he went up and climbed the ladder against Tory Smith
Speaker 1: with a huge interception right at the pylon about six
Speaker 1: feet away from where we're standing right now. Although with
Speaker 1: another corner Kazul Douglas, I thought had had one of
Speaker 1: his best days, had an interception in team drills, also
Speaker 1: had a pass break up earlier in the day. I
Speaker 1: think Rasul Douglas slowly, but Charley coming into his own.
Speaker 1: You're starting to see some of that consistency that he
Speaker 1: lacked earlier in camps. Such promise, such promise there at
Speaker 1: the cornerback position. Now it just needs to floors. That's
Speaker 1: gonna do it. For our practice report for fran Duffy,
Speaker 1: I'm Chris McPherson. Thanks for joining us. We will see
Speaker 1: are you on Monday m HM.