Speaker 1: A bit of a transition day here at an Ovidcare complex.
Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and welcome to Inside training Camp presented by Xfinity.
Speaker 1: I'm Eagles in Sidurday Spinner along with Chris McPherson and
Speaker 1: the Eagles have completed three days of practice, mostly rookies,
Speaker 1: a few veterans. Those veterans including Sam Bradford, Chase Daniel, Nolan, Carol.
Speaker 1: They had the day off on Wednesday and Chris the
Speaker 1: final day for the rookie class and a lot of
Speaker 1: hopefuls to make that impression they get the coaches thinking
Speaker 1: that they deserve some more playing times. Certainly, the rookies
Speaker 1: have enjoyed the last couple of days of a chance
Speaker 1: to show the coaches whether or not they deserve more
Speaker 1: playing time moving forward. The veterans report today Wednesday. The
Speaker 1: first full team practice will be Thursday afternoon after a
Speaker 1: conditioning test in the morning, and the veterans, most of
Speaker 1: them the starters, are going to dominate the reps from
Speaker 1: here on out. So those hopefuls who want to make
Speaker 1: the final fifty three man roster hopefully with us, a
Speaker 1: couple of days have shown to the coaches whether or
Speaker 1: not they should be able to crack in there and
Speaker 1: be able to get some extra time on the field
Speaker 1: during practice. So a ten ten ten practice on Thursday afternoon,
Speaker 1: the team on the practice field Friday morning, and then
Speaker 1: on Saturday the pads go on, the tempo gets ratcheted up,
Speaker 1: and there will be some tackling, something we haven't seen
Speaker 1: here in Eagles training camp since the Andy Reid era.
Speaker 1: Now the Eagles making some news. Nigel Browden, Eagles linebacker
Speaker 1: arrested in Miami. It's a topic that head coach Doug
Speaker 1: Peterson addressed when he met the media on Wednesday. Well,
Speaker 1: I can't speculate. It's an ongoing investigation, just like Nelson's
Speaker 1: situation a few weeks back. I did have a great
Speaker 1: conversation with him last night, laid out my expectations for him.
Speaker 1: You know, again, those are private conversations. I'm not gonna
Speaker 1: get into a bunch of detail on that. But he's obviously,
Speaker 1: you know, humbled by it, and he understands, you know,
Speaker 1: the situation, the magnitude. But you know, until we get
Speaker 1: further details from the authorities, I can't I can't speculate
Speaker 1: any further. Radham reported on Wednesday he'll be on the
Speaker 1: field on Thursday, and he's expected to play a huge
Speaker 1: part in this Eagles defense as a strong side linebacker. Now,
Speaker 1: Chris who stood out for these three days of practice
Speaker 1: really hard to tell without pads, right, certainly, Yeah, if
Speaker 1: you look at the quarterbacks, you at the cornerbacks, the
Speaker 1: wide receivers. But two guys really caught the media's attention.
Speaker 1: Those two players. Fifth round draft pick running back Wendelle
Speaker 1: Smallwood seventh round draft pick quarterback Jalen Mills, not just
Speaker 1: because he's got green hair, but because he's been around
Speaker 1: the football a lot. And Coach Peterson talked about those
Speaker 1: two players and how they've opened some eyes in these
Speaker 1: first three days of camp. You know, I was excited
Speaker 1: when we drafted him. I was excited during rookie camp
Speaker 1: when we had him in here, uh, the entire offseason program.
Speaker 1: And he came back ready to go in a great
Speaker 1: frame of mind, and and um, you know he's gonna
Speaker 1: put himself in a position I'm hoping to help us
Speaker 1: this season. I think he's I think he's that good
Speaker 1: and um, excellent route runner, good hands, you know, uh,
Speaker 1: patient runner, and I love the fact that he's he's
Speaker 1: kind of a one cut, no nonsense type guy. He's
Speaker 1: a downhill guy, but but fast enough to separate and
Speaker 1: create some you know, create some long runs. So I'm
Speaker 1: excited again once we getn't start getting into pads protection,
Speaker 1: how well can he protect? And and a lot of
Speaker 1: backs in college that come to this level, Um, that's
Speaker 1: something they've got to learn extremely fast. Doing a great job,
Speaker 1: doing a great job. He's he's he's a physical guy.
Speaker 1: He moves well, he's sharp, he's learning Coach Schwartz's system
Speaker 1: back there and and uh again he's he's put himself
Speaker 1: in a position to, um, you know, help us tremendously.
Speaker 1: And again once we you know, I love I love
Speaker 1: the work these guys do in there in shorts and helmets.
Speaker 1: But again sometimes and once you get the pads on,
Speaker 1: it becomes a different a different animal. And you know, two,
Speaker 1: once we get into camp a week or so and
Speaker 1: the volume starts to increase just a little bit, you know,
Speaker 1: we'll see exactly where these kids are. But right now,
Speaker 1: Love Love where he's at. Love is his attention to detail,
Speaker 1: his aggression, and he's making plays so smallwood and mills
Speaker 1: sure look good running around in shorts. The question is Chris,
Speaker 1: Are they for real? And how much can they contribute
Speaker 1: as rookies? I think they certainly both can have an
Speaker 1: impact as their rookie seasons progress. The key for Smallwood,
Speaker 1: first and foremost is going to be can he pass protect?
Speaker 1: You look at the running backs in the West Coast
Speaker 1: offense over the years, going back to running backs coach
Speaker 1: Do Staley himself, and in order to stay on the
Speaker 1: field all three downs, you have to be able to
Speaker 1: help the quarterback. It's great that he can run, it's
Speaker 1: great that he could catch the ball in the backfield,
Speaker 1: but Kenny block an opposing defensive end or a linebacker.
Speaker 1: And for Mills, look, he's smart, he's cerebral, has been
Speaker 1: around the football, He's athletic. He's a four year starter
Speaker 1: at LSU, so certainly he has the football chops. The
Speaker 1: key for him will be Kenny tackle. Is he gonna
Speaker 1: be physical enough? Will he be able to, you know,
Speaker 1: maintain that leverage and not allowed the deep plays down
Speaker 1: in this Jim Schwartz defense. So those are gonna be
Speaker 1: the things to watch for Smallwood. Can he pass block?
Speaker 1: For Mills, will the physical part of the game alter
Speaker 1: his playing style at all? Yeah? It's the little things,
Speaker 1: the technique that really makes the difference. And every time
Speaker 1: we talk about these spring and early summer sensations, the
Speaker 1: named Lorenzo Booker you brought here and we all remember
Speaker 1: what happened to Lorenzo Booker. That was a long, long
Speaker 1: time ago. So we got allowed to get to today,
Speaker 1: including Doug Peterson, who's coming into studio next. And when
Speaker 1: we return Inside training Camp presented by x Affinity, I
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Speaker 1: into the studio and Eagles insider Dave Spider with head
Speaker 1: coach Doug Peterson in his first training camp as an
Speaker 1: NFL head coach. How's it going so far? It's going well.
Speaker 1: It's going well. The weather's cooperating. You know, it's a
Speaker 1: little warm. I want it hot. I want it hot
Speaker 1: because it's gonna be a tough camp once we get
Speaker 1: the vets in here. But it's been going well for
Speaker 1: the last couple of days. Doug, what are you seeing
Speaker 1: from from the thirty eight players who've been here for
Speaker 1: three days? You know, you just want to see them.
Speaker 1: You want to just see them again how much they
Speaker 1: retained over the summer. Um. You want to get them
Speaker 1: used to the schedule, you know, because it's a little
Speaker 1: different than what we did during the OTAs in those
Speaker 1: ten weeks in the offseason and then and then you also,
Speaker 1: I guess from the veteran quarterback standpoint, you just want
Speaker 1: to get those guys loosened up and ready to go
Speaker 1: for when the Vets, dude get in here. But overall,
Speaker 1: you know, it's it's it's not about killing these guys
Speaker 1: right away. Get them back into football mode. And then
Speaker 1: and then when the Vets are here, they've got one
Speaker 1: leg up on them and they're ready to go. As well.
Speaker 1: You every time you meet the media, you sit there
Speaker 1: and you're very patient and accommodating in the media continues
Speaker 1: to ask questions about the quarterback position and the very
Speaker 1: specifics of it. And I want to ask you this,
Speaker 1: and maybe this is a different perspective, how do you
Speaker 1: see this as a winning situation for the Philadelphia Eagles. Well,
Speaker 1: it's winning because we got three great, great quarterbacks in
Speaker 1: my opinion. It's also a winning situation because we got
Speaker 1: a returning starter in Sam Bradford, who who played extremely
Speaker 1: well at the end of the season as we know
Speaker 1: last year and now moving forward, we want to keep
Speaker 1: that going with Sam Bradford. Secondly, I mean we've got
Speaker 1: a great backup quarterback. And it's again it's a win
Speaker 1: situation because in the National Football League, injuries take place,
Speaker 1: and even at the quarterback position. So having a solid
Speaker 1: backup that has had game reps and game you know,
Speaker 1: game experience is very, very valuable, much like we had
Speaker 1: in nineteen ninety nine and then and then having a
Speaker 1: young quarterback that we can develop and we can groom
Speaker 1: and grow. I mean, it's it's it's the best of
Speaker 1: all three worlds. And we're so excited to when I
Speaker 1: say we, it's it's Frank Reich and John D. Philippo,
Speaker 1: myself getting to work with these guys. That's the exciting
Speaker 1: part of May rookie camp and now training camp. So
Speaker 1: as the outside world wonders how it could possibly work,
Speaker 1: you look at it as a great position to be
Speaker 1: in because you've got all these assets here. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: you know what, and I'm focused on one guy. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm focused on Sam Bradford and getting him ready for
Speaker 1: September eleventh in Cleveland. The other two guys, you know,
Speaker 1: we're gonna get them ready to go. I mentioned the
Speaker 1: other day, I want them starter ready because if something happens,
Speaker 1: you want them to be just like the starter, just
Speaker 1: like Sam. So, you know, it is a great situation
Speaker 1: to be in. But in my opinion, it's it's a
Speaker 1: very easy situation right now because because Sam Bradford came back,
Speaker 1: he resigned as a guy that we wanted, guy that
Speaker 1: I want it, and you know, it's it's it's everything
Speaker 1: forward with with Sam Bradford. And since he's come back,
Speaker 1: Doug from the absence, what have you seen it from mentally, physically,
Speaker 1: just a whole the ways kind of comported himself. Number one,
Speaker 1: the fact that he was able to sort of put
Speaker 1: you know, by goles by Golls kind of we kind
Speaker 1: of brushed that behind him and come back. He came
Speaker 1: back eager, he came back a little more assertive, he
Speaker 1: came back with more confidence. The conversations that he and
Speaker 1: I had were basically, you know, Sam, you're the guy,
Speaker 1: You're my guy. I've got all the trust and the
Speaker 1: faith in you, and let's just go play football. Bottom line,
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, Let's go play football.
Speaker 1: Let's not worry about who's where, what's what. Let's just
Speaker 1: go let's just go win games together and let's do that.
Speaker 1: And and so from that standpoint, you know, his leadership
Speaker 1: ability in the huddle. You see him talking to players
Speaker 1: now as they come back after taking a rep, and
Speaker 1: those are the things you want from you from your
Speaker 1: starting quarterback. We're gonna move away from the quarterback position
Speaker 1: to talk about some other parts of this offensive offensive line,
Speaker 1: in particular, a lot invested in the offseason in that
Speaker 1: very important group. What do you think you've seen? What
Speaker 1: you feel about the offensive line right now? Felt real
Speaker 1: good coming off of OTAs. Brandon Brooks gives us a
Speaker 1: great depth, great starting right guard, a potential. Alan Barber
Speaker 1: is a guy that's a veteran guy that can can
Speaker 1: also play tackle for you, which which we you know,
Speaker 1: we've seen him do in the past, and he becomes
Speaker 1: a swing guy at left guard. Isaac sam allow me.
Speaker 1: He's a guy that I think is going to make
Speaker 1: a great competition at that spot. You know, Jason Kelsey,
Speaker 1: I think is one of the best centers in the
Speaker 1: national football He's so smart. He's on a quarterback level
Speaker 1: when it comes to smarts and thinking and anticipating on
Speaker 1: the fly. And then you got Lane Johnson sitting over there,
Speaker 1: who's one of our core players who we resigned in
Speaker 1: the offseason. We felt important that we, you know, have
Speaker 1: two of those nice book ends with he Ad Jason
Speaker 1: Peters and Jason coming coming in as a veteran guy.
Speaker 1: You know, I was really pleased where they where they
Speaker 1: left off, um, you know at OTA. So now once
Speaker 1: the pads come on, I really want to see their
Speaker 1: physicality takeover. I want to see them dominate and be
Speaker 1: able to move move the defensive line and then obviously
Speaker 1: protect the quarterback. If that'd be a great thing to
Speaker 1: watch in training camp? Will it be ones against one's
Speaker 1: offensive line defensive line? When when we get going and pads,
Speaker 1: it'll be ones versus one till we get into live
Speaker 1: situations and I typically go ones versus twos, twos versus ones,
Speaker 1: things like that. But but for most of the camp's
Speaker 1: I want good versus good. Have you a sense, Doug,
Speaker 1: of where the offense is just in terms of learning
Speaker 1: the concepts the exist and as being in the right
Speaker 1: place at the right time. I tell you what it's
Speaker 1: it's Uh, it's further along coming out of OTAs it was.
Speaker 1: It's further along than I had anticipated. We put so
Speaker 1: much football in this spring, uh, situational football that that
Speaker 1: a lot of times we as coaches, we don't get
Speaker 1: a chance to do. And one thing in Kansas City,
Speaker 1: I felt like we're further along this year my first
Speaker 1: year here than I was my first year in Ksey
Speaker 1: is offensive coordinator. We we've done more from a football standpoint.
Speaker 1: It's just a credit not only to the assistant coaches
Speaker 1: on offense, but to the players for retaining the information,
Speaker 1: taking it to the field, executing it and it puts
Speaker 1: them a leg up coming into camp. Is there a theme,
Speaker 1: Doug that you impart to these players each day? Is
Speaker 1: there a theme of this training camp? You know? Not really,
Speaker 1: I just want them to understand that that that you know.
Speaker 1: I want them to be smart football players. I want
Speaker 1: to be tough football players. We're gonna be a well
Speaker 1: conditioned team and and just have fun. Let your personalities show.
Speaker 1: I mean, that's a part of this game. If you
Speaker 1: don't love playing this game, we're in the wrong business,
Speaker 1: coaches and players. And so the theme really every day
Speaker 1: is just a we're gonna get better. We're gonna take
Speaker 1: one step whatever I can do as a coach to
Speaker 1: make to make you better as a player today. That's
Speaker 1: our theme, that's our goal, and that's what we strive
Speaker 1: to do. You have a big saying, iron sharpens, iron,
Speaker 1: competition at all positions. Do you feel like you've got
Speaker 1: that set up as camp and the pads go on here?
Speaker 1: I really do. I you know what how he's done
Speaker 1: in the offseason, his staff, bringing in, the bringing into players,
Speaker 1: the depth veteran players, free agents, even through the draft.
Speaker 1: I think we've we've really solidified some depth and a
Speaker 1: lot of positions. And so it's going to be exciting
Speaker 1: once we get into camp to really see the cream
Speaker 1: rise and to see who's going to be a part
Speaker 1: of the Philadelphi Eagles in twenty sixteen, two and a
Speaker 1: half weeks away and the preseason starts. I'm excited. I
Speaker 1: can't wait. I wish it was tomorrow. Doug, thanks so much.
Speaker 1: Dud Peterson in studio, the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles.
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Speaker 1: don't understand. Welcome back to Inside Training Camp presented by
Speaker 1: Extinity Dave SPIDERO Chris McPherson, as we get ready for
Speaker 1: the real bulk of training camp to start with the
Speaker 1: veterans here when the pads go on. Remarkably, Chris, the
Speaker 1: preseason begins in just over two weeks, so there's a
Speaker 1: lot to get done between now and when the Tampa
Speaker 1: Bay Buccaneers come to town. Well, it was nice that
Speaker 1: you had these first couple of days to kind of
Speaker 1: ease into the process. You can definitely tell was a
Speaker 1: different vibe over here at the Novocare Complex, building up
Speaker 1: from the OTAs when you're just kind of getting ready
Speaker 1: for the summer. You want training camp to get here.
Speaker 1: Finally it arrives and the players are here, but it's
Speaker 1: the rookies and the select the vests and the quarterbacks,
Speaker 1: and the rookies are They're just trying to get acclimated.
Speaker 1: They're trying to review the playbook and get a refresher
Speaker 1: on things that they learned in the summer that you know,
Speaker 1: time before they had the month away from the Novocare Complex.
Speaker 1: And now it really gets going. Like you said earlier, Dave,
Speaker 1: the tempo is gonna pick up. You know that preseason
Speaker 1: football is in the air, and it takes the game
Speaker 1: to a different level when you get to it was
Speaker 1: funny today after practice, I spoke to Isaac Sayomalo and
Speaker 1: I said, so, do you feel like you're caught up
Speaker 1: getting these three days of reps? He goes no, because
Speaker 1: he missed most of the spring as his Oregon State
Speaker 1: class graduated, and he knows now that he's gonna go
Speaker 1: against these defensive lineman who've been in the league for five, six,
Speaker 1: seven years, and he is way behind. And I still
Speaker 1: think that Sam Malo has a chance to start on
Speaker 1: September elect sting against the Cleveland Browns. That just much.
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Speaker 1: there'll be some commendation at the left guard position. I
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Speaker 1: the next couple of days here. And that Doug Peterson interview, well,
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Speaker 1: I thought he was great. He's been wonderful to work with,
Speaker 1: very accommodating as well. Yes, I mean it's a guy
Speaker 1: who again he played here in Philadelphia already coach here
Speaker 1: in Philadelphia as an assistant before, so he understands Philadelphia.
Speaker 1: He loves it here. You know, I remember about a
Speaker 1: month ago he was doing a roundtable session with reporters
Speaker 1: and he was asked about you know it, did fans
Speaker 1: ever throw beer at you or beer at you or
Speaker 1: things along those lines, and he was like, that's part
Speaker 1: of the job. It's not like it's something that's stuck
Speaker 1: in his mind. So he loves being in the Eagle,
Speaker 1: who loves being back with the organization, and he wants
Speaker 1: to help this team get to those days back in
Speaker 1: the two thousands when they were making those deep playoff
Speaker 1: runs year and year out. On Thursday, quarterback Sam Bradford,
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator Frank Reich, meet the media and we've got
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Speaker 1: these past three days were so important. All right, question,
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