Speaker 1: The second day of Eagles Mini camp is in the books.
Speaker 1: Hi everyone, I'm Alex Smith with your three sixty update
Speaker 1: presented by Sports Authority. Yesterday was the Eagles offensive line.
Speaker 1: That was all the talk here at the Novacare Complex,
Speaker 1: but today that talk shifted to the other side of
Speaker 1: the ball, talking about the Eagles defensive line. It's a
Speaker 1: young group, it's a talented group led by names like
Speaker 1: Fletcher Cox, Benny Logan and Vinny Curry. And today Chip
Speaker 1: Kelly talked in his press conference about that young group
Speaker 1: and what he sees from them moving forward. Yeah, we're
Speaker 1: excited about that position. I think it was probably one
Speaker 1: of one of our strongest, if not our strongest position
Speaker 1: last year. As you go through the entire season, we've
Speaker 1: got we we think we provided a little bit more
Speaker 1: depth forward. But you know, all those guys in another
Speaker 1: year in the system. You know Fletch and and Vinny
Speaker 1: and said and those guys have been here for a
Speaker 1: couple of years. But then you throw Bo Allen and
Speaker 1: Taylor hard into the mix with those guys, and we
Speaker 1: think we'll have a good rotation and excited about where
Speaker 1: we are from the it's a line standpoint. Another interesting
Speaker 1: point made by Kelly about the defensive line is that
Speaker 1: Vinny Curry has been taking some reps at outside linebacker,
Speaker 1: and Kerry spoke after practice about taking those reps and
Speaker 1: doing whatever it takes to make this Eagles defense as
Speaker 1: strong as possible. We could, we could be really good,
Speaker 1: but we just gotta keep going. You know, we're not
Speaker 1: there yet. You know, we gotta have that mindset. You
Speaker 1: know that that that great with us and you know,
Speaker 1: just to keep going. And you know, every every every
Speaker 1: person in our in our meeting room got to feel
Speaker 1: that they wanted to be the best, you know, and
Speaker 1: like I said, at a carriote on the field and
Speaker 1: the rest of take care of yourself. And if Curry
Speaker 1: is to take more reps at outside linebacker as time progresses,
Speaker 1: he would be learning from one of the best in
Speaker 1: Connor Barwin. And we caught up with Barrow and after
Speaker 1: practice about what it is that makes Curry so relentless
Speaker 1: on the field. What does make any pass rusher good?
Speaker 1: And what makes him good is he just he's relentless
Speaker 1: and he plays fast and he's got one of the
Speaker 1: best kidoffs in the league. And that's what you I
Speaker 1: mean even to start, you need those, and he's got those.
Speaker 1: And so once he starts to grow to understand, you know,
Speaker 1: some of the more, you know, some of the different reads,
Speaker 1: understanding protections a little bit more, and he can play
Speaker 1: at that same speed. You know he's gonna even be
Speaker 1: even better. One of the up and coming stars on
Speaker 1: that defensive line is Fletcher Cox, who is quickly being
Speaker 1: regarded as one of the top young defensive players in
Speaker 1: the league. Today, Cox spoke about not having the sack
Speaker 1: numbers quite where he wants, but still being a disruptive
Speaker 1: force on the Eagles line. I mean, I don't know.
Speaker 1: I mean, we'll see. The thing is, you know, I'm
Speaker 1: doing whatever I can. You know, they have to team
Speaker 1: awain man. And if it's me getting four sax, then
Speaker 1: I did with four sacks. We make it to the playoffs,
Speaker 1: we get father. I feel like, I mean, even though
Speaker 1: you know I was with four sax, we didn't make
Speaker 1: it to the playoffs, and I feel like we've still
Speaker 1: got a lot of things approved switching from one position
Speaker 1: of strength to another. It was the Eagles running back
Speaker 1: position that was in the spotlight here on Wednesday, and
Speaker 1: while DeMarco Murray was the biggest name brought into that
Speaker 1: group via free agency. Chip, Kelly and Mary spoke about
Speaker 1: what Ryan Matthews can bring to the Eagles backfield. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Ryan's been a really good addition to us. Big, physical
Speaker 1: running back. You know, I don't think you really know
Speaker 1: how actually big he is to you kind of pull
Speaker 1: up next to him. You know, he's almost two hundred
Speaker 1: and thirty pounds, I mean, and he can really run.
Speaker 1: He's explosive. I think when he sees a hole he
Speaker 1: can change gears and accelerate through it. You know, we're
Speaker 1: using him a little bit on kickoff return I think
Speaker 1: because of taking advantage of that speed. There's not a
Speaker 1: lot of guys that have that speed that go along
Speaker 1: with that size. But we're really excited about having him.
Speaker 1: He's worked extremely hard here since we got him. He's
Speaker 1: a great player who's had a lot of success in
Speaker 1: this league. And Deuce knows running backs. He's played the positions,
Speaker 1: so he knows what it tasted to be the best.
Speaker 1: He knows what his taste to, you know, get get
Speaker 1: the best out of his players. So I think it
Speaker 1: was Sprowls back there, Matthews and myself and a couple
Speaker 1: young ago I think we have a great running back.
Speaker 1: Run back. And finally, an injury update here from the
Speaker 1: Novacare Complex. It was Earl Wolf and Randall Evans, a
Speaker 1: pair of defensive backs who are once again off to
Speaker 1: the side during team drills. They were limited in today's
Speaker 1: training session, and for continuing coverage of Eagles Mini camp,
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