Speaker 1: A big day for the little guy. Hello everyone, Welcome
Speaker 1: to Inside Training Camp, presented by Xfinity Eagles insider Dave
Speaker 1: Spennarrow along with Chris McPherson, and on this Friday, the
Speaker 1: big news of the day is that the little guy,
Speaker 1: running back Darren Sprowles, has a new deal with the
Speaker 1: Eagles that keeps him in Philadelphia through twenty seventeen. What's funny,
Speaker 1: Dave as you talk to the players and get their
Speaker 1: reaction to the deal, and wide receiver Jordan Matthews said
Speaker 1: on Friday that the guy that we look up to
Speaker 1: in the locker room is a guy who only comes
Speaker 1: up to our knees. He's five foot six. We scored
Speaker 1: fourteen touchdowns over the last two seasons with the Eagles,
Speaker 1: four of them by punt return. When he was traded
Speaker 1: from Neuros of Philadelphia, the Saints thought that he was
Speaker 1: done well. Obviously that's not the case, and even though
Speaker 1: he's entering his twelfth NFL season, the Eagles called comp
Speaker 1: end up in his ability in terms of what he
Speaker 1: does both on and off the field to extend his
Speaker 1: contract through twenty seventeen. And so yet another Eagles core
Speaker 1: players signed by the Eagles will talk to Howie Roseman
Speaker 1: about that. In just one moment and four Sprowles. Look,
Speaker 1: it's another opportunity to be in this offense, Chris, and
Speaker 1: to be a big part of what Doug Peterson and
Speaker 1: Frank Reich are putting together. If there's one drawback to
Speaker 1: the way the Eagles have used Sprowls in the offense
Speaker 1: these past couple of seasons, it's been in the receiving game.
Speaker 1: Look for Darren Sproles to be heavily involved in this
Speaker 1: screen game as the Eagles also look to get him
Speaker 1: in space and get him the football. Now. The man
Speaker 1: who coaches Sprowles, former Eagles great running back Deuce Staley,
Speaker 1: had nothing but glowing things to say about the little
Speaker 1: big man in this Eagles offense. It's the things that
Speaker 1: he do off the field in the classroom, the type
Speaker 1: of person he is. It's very professional. He just brings
Speaker 1: us a lot to the table. You know, a lot
Speaker 1: of the fans they see what's happening on Sunday and
Speaker 1: Monday night. I get a chance to see him all
Speaker 1: during the week, and he's special. It's hard to find him.
Speaker 1: It's hard to find him behind lineman, you know, you
Speaker 1: got linemen that are six five sixty six, six to seven,
Speaker 1: and here comes Spros who's five whatever. I know, he's
Speaker 1: short and you can't find him. So he's been using
Speaker 1: that as a strength his whole career and it's been working.
Speaker 1: And it's amazing for him to be in his twelfth
Speaker 1: year too. In my opinion, I don't think he's lost
Speaker 1: a step, and he takes care of his body. He
Speaker 1: does everything right. He's very routine and you're able to
Speaker 1: see that also on the field. I tell you, man,
Speaker 1: he's one of them. He's one of the ones that's
Speaker 1: gonna go down to history as one of the best
Speaker 1: to play the position at that size, height and weight.
Speaker 1: An extraordinary player in every way. You wonder just how
Speaker 1: much use he'll get in this Eagles offense or backfield.
Speaker 1: That's got a lot of questions. Ryan Matthews still not
Speaker 1: able to practice, Kenyon Barner really hasn't proven himself in
Speaker 1: the NFL, and of course, fifth round draft pick wen
Speaker 1: Dale Smallwood a player with promise and a player who's
Speaker 1: got to get onto the field and do it in
Speaker 1: the NFL. Chris, how much work do you think Darren
Speaker 1: Sprowles gets touching the football this year, it seems like
Speaker 1: the coaches really want to expand his workload because you
Speaker 1: mentioned earlier, what's the one complaint that Eagles fans might
Speaker 1: have about the waste Sprowles has been used the last
Speaker 1: couple of seasons, and you said it's in the receiving game.
Speaker 1: And certainly when he was first acquired from New Orleans,
Speaker 1: I thought he was going to be the perfect perimeter
Speaker 1: space weapon for this Eagles offense. And I think Doug
Speaker 1: Pearson and Frank right look at a skill set, You
Speaker 1: look at what Doug Pearson has done during his time
Speaker 1: in Kansas City and feel like they need to get
Speaker 1: the ball in his hands more. But keep note he
Speaker 1: has been one of the most prolific punt return over
Speaker 1: the last couple of seasons and he still wants to
Speaker 1: keep that role. Dave here in twenty sixteen. So following
Speaker 1: the practice on Friday, the Eagles indoors again because of
Speaker 1: the weather. Both Doug Peterson and Howie Roseman talked to
Speaker 1: the media about the deal about keeping Darren Sproles an
Speaker 1: Eagle and his Sprowles says for the rest of his career.
Speaker 1: When you talk about leadership work ethic, character, and then production.
Speaker 1: He's made the last two Pro Bowls. He just exemplifies
Speaker 1: everything that we want to be and as we look
Speaker 1: at it, and he's so important to this team on
Speaker 1: and off the field, it was a no brainers from
Speaker 1: our perspective. Darren Sprowles is a pros pro. He knows
Speaker 1: how to take care of his body in the offseason.
Speaker 1: He's very, very intelligent running back. He's been around this
Speaker 1: game a long time. It's guys like that you don't
Speaker 1: worry about. He's gonna he does everything right. He does
Speaker 1: what you what you coach him to do. And again
Speaker 1: it's just the way he prepares and the way he
Speaker 1: attacks every day gives you the confidence that he's going
Speaker 1: to be around fifteen more years. So we expect Sprowles
Speaker 1: to get his touches as a running back, as a
Speaker 1: receiver Chris as well as a punt returner. What about
Speaker 1: the rest of this backfield with Matthews, with Barner and
Speaker 1: with Smallwood. The Eagles want to run the football, how
Speaker 1: do they mix up these carries? To me, Ryan Matthews
Speaker 1: is still the lead guy. And I know fans may
Speaker 1: not want to hear that right now because he opened
Speaker 1: training camp on the non football injury list. Now it's
Speaker 1: an ankle injury. He'd expected to be back next week,
Speaker 1: so it's not a serious issue for him to deal with. Nonetheless,
Speaker 1: he was so effective last season nearly five point one
Speaker 1: yards per carry, super athletic. The key is going to
Speaker 1: be can they feed him the football and can he
Speaker 1: hold up throughout the course of the season. We've talked
Speaker 1: about Wendell Smallwood and once the pads go on Saturday,
Speaker 1: will he be able to hold up in pass protection?
Speaker 1: That's a question with him. Kenyon Barner, he may be unproven.
Speaker 1: He got some snaps there in two fifteen toward the
Speaker 1: end of the season, but he attacked the offseason hard. Physically,
Speaker 1: he looks like he's in great shape. Now can he
Speaker 1: carry that workover from the spraying to the summertime? And
Speaker 1: remember this last year in Kansas City, Doug Peterson, the
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator Jamal Charles, their Pro Bowl running back goes down,
Speaker 1: They lose the next week, and then proceed to rip
Speaker 1: off eleven consecutive wins on their way to a Divisional
Speaker 1: playoff round game and ultimately a loss to the New
Speaker 1: England Patriots. So we will find out. As Chris said,
Speaker 1: the pad's going on Saturday, and some of these spring
Speaker 1: and early summer football players, they kind of become a
Speaker 1: mirage when when the pads go on, the contact begins
Speaker 1: at the Novacare Complex on Saturday, and we will have
Speaker 1: full coverage of that. Now we're going to return here
Speaker 1: to Inside Training Camp presented by ex Affinity, talking about
Speaker 1: the offense. Sam Bradford, Eagles quarterback in studio. What's going
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Speaker 1: welcome you into the studio Eagles insider Dave Spidero along
Speaker 1: with Eagles quarterbacks Sam Bradford. Please to have you in here. Sam,
Speaker 1: Welcome to training camp. Thanks for having me. How are
Speaker 1: you feeling physically and mentally? Uh, you know, I feel
Speaker 1: really good. Obviously. This is kind of the first year
Speaker 1: that I haven't had the rehab. You know, I've really
Speaker 1: been able to train and just kind of get my
Speaker 1: body back to where it was before the injury. So
Speaker 1: physically I feel great. Mentally, you know, the beginning of
Speaker 1: camp it's always a really exciting time and so you know,
Speaker 1: to just get back around the guys start playing football again.
Speaker 1: You know, I feel pretty good right now. What is
Speaker 1: the camaraderie like, what's the chemistry like on this team?
Speaker 1: It's really good, you know, I think you know, we've
Speaker 1: got a pretty tight locker room. You know, there's a
Speaker 1: lot of good guys in the locker room, a lot
Speaker 1: of guys that I really enjoy spending time around. And
Speaker 1: I think that's that's key to any team. You know,
Speaker 1: I think we all enjoy working together. I think we
Speaker 1: all enjoy spending time together. You know, when we come
Speaker 1: to work, we have a blast. That's a lot of fun.
Speaker 1: You know, it's not a grind. It's uh yeah. Obviously
Speaker 1: the training camp can get tough at times, but you know,
Speaker 1: with this group of guys, there's always something happening. It's
Speaker 1: always exciting, you know, it's always a good time. It's interesting, Sam.
Speaker 1: You know, the locker room changes every year for every team,
Speaker 1: and this year there's also a change in the coaching staff.
Speaker 1: So how does how does chemistry develop? How does leadership
Speaker 1: Developes it just organic or I mean, how does it happen? Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, I think it is organic. I think it
Speaker 1: just kind of happens over time, you know. I think, um, yeah, obviously,
Speaker 1: some of the better and some of the guys who
Speaker 1: have been through change before and who have seen this process,
Speaker 1: you know, you know, they can kind of step up,
Speaker 1: you know, in the beginning stages of it and kind
Speaker 1: of take control. But you know, I think as training
Speaker 1: camp goes along, as the season goes along, as everyone
Speaker 1: gets comfortable with each other, um, you know, I think
Speaker 1: the natural leaders just kind of be merge and for
Speaker 1: you year two, does that make you feel more natural
Speaker 1: as a leader. Knowing more the guys. Yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: it really helps, you know, Especially last year, it was
Speaker 1: tough for me just you know, not being able to
Speaker 1: practice in the spring, not really knowing anyone. You know.
Speaker 1: I felt like I still had to prove myself to
Speaker 1: everyone in the locker room, you know, and I wasn't
Speaker 1: able to do that in the spring, and so it
Speaker 1: was really hard for me to step up and be
Speaker 1: vocal and try to take a leadership role, you know.
Speaker 1: But I felt like as the season went along, you know,
Speaker 1: it's something that you know, I felt more comfortable with.
Speaker 1: I took more of a leadership role, and being in
Speaker 1: year two, you know, I think it makes it a
Speaker 1: lot easier knowing everyone in the locker room. Now. I
Speaker 1: know it's very early, but the training camp just starting.
Speaker 1: There's a preseason game in two weeks. Do you have
Speaker 1: a sense what this offense can be? You know, I
Speaker 1: hope it can be a great offense, you know. Obviously,
Speaker 1: I think we had a really good spring. You know,
Speaker 1: We've got a lot of work to do, obviously, with
Speaker 1: it being a new system, you know, we're still kind
Speaker 1: of ironing out some of the kinks. But you know,
Speaker 1: I think we had a great spring. I think if
Speaker 1: we can work together, you know, in training camp these
Speaker 1: next two three weeks, you know, really get after it,
Speaker 1: you know, get better focus each day, I think we've
Speaker 1: got a chance to be a special group. Is the
Speaker 1: verbiage the difficult part to learn? Uh? Yeah, you know
Speaker 1: with the verbiage being different, you know, the communication, you know,
Speaker 1: from me to Kelsey, from me to the receivers, you know,
Speaker 1: the offensive line those guys, everything's a little bit different,
Speaker 1: you know, and learning to commu unicate in any offense
Speaker 1: is key. And so I think that's really what's important
Speaker 1: for us these next couple of weeks is going out there,
Speaker 1: you know, just speaking the language, learning to communicate, learning
Speaker 1: to come off to the sideline after set, talk about
Speaker 1: what we saw, how we want to make adjustments, and
Speaker 1: then the next time go back out there and make
Speaker 1: those adjustments from a personal standpoint. And what kind of
Speaker 1: goals do you have for training camp? Yeah, I really
Speaker 1: just gain a better grasp on this offense. You know,
Speaker 1: I felt like, you know, the spring was great. I
Speaker 1: felt like I learned a lot about it. But you know,
Speaker 1: I think this is really the time of year where
Speaker 1: you take that next step in learning an offense, you know,
Speaker 1: And like I said on Monday, I think the really
Speaker 1: important thing is me and Kelsey. I think this year,
Speaker 1: me and him have to be on the same page.
Speaker 1: We have to be seeing the same thing and be
Speaker 1: speaking the same language at all times. So these next
Speaker 1: couple of weeks, you know, one of my goals has
Speaker 1: really just spent a lot of time with him and
Speaker 1: make sure we're seeing the same things. How about preseason games?
Speaker 1: Do you have a certain number of plays you'd like
Speaker 1: to take, reps, you'd like to have, throws you'd like
Speaker 1: to make. Yeah, I don't know. Yeah, obviously I'm not
Speaker 1: sure how coach Peterson handles the preseason. Obviously you're always
Speaker 1: looking for as much work as you can get. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, you can simulate game speed a little bit
Speaker 1: in practice, but it's hard, you know. I think those
Speaker 1: preseason games are really, you know, a good opportunity to
Speaker 1: really see where you're at. And I think those will
Speaker 1: be great challenges, uh, you know, great learning opportunities for
Speaker 1: this offense this year. Sam, What is the part of
Speaker 1: training camp you like the most? The practice for sure? Yeah, Okay,
Speaker 1: that's the fun part um. You know, sitting in meetings
Speaker 1: for the other ten hours a day. That gets a
Speaker 1: little tough at times. How do you stay awake during
Speaker 1: these meetings? Um? And not fall asleep? But we hear
Speaker 1: you know, you know, the old throwing the racer at
Speaker 1: the guy who's falling a suit. What is it like
Speaker 1: inside inside of meeting room? Um? You know, sometimes, especially
Speaker 1: after a couple of weeks, they can get a little monotonous.
Speaker 1: But you know, a lot of sunflower seeds, a lot
Speaker 1: of caffeine, a lot of bubblegum, you know, pretty much
Speaker 1: anything that kind of keep you stimulating. He is flipping
Speaker 1: entertaining guy. He is an entertaining Yeah, yeah, I mean him,
Speaker 1: Him and coach right, they've got some great stories, so
Speaker 1: they'll Throllo's in there to kind of break it up
Speaker 1: every now and then. For us, Well, I'm glad you
Speaker 1: came in so much. Thank you so much, and keep
Speaker 1: up the great work. Let's go to the field. Sam Bradsher,
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Speaker 1: back to Inside Training Camp presented by Xfinity, Dave Spidero
Speaker 1: and Chris McPherson. A super busy week in South Philadelphia
Speaker 1: This week the Eagle's opening training camp. The Democratic National
Speaker 1: Convention going on for four days across the streets, so
Speaker 1: a lot of restrictions, a lot of traffic, and a
Speaker 1: lot of fun for the Eagles on the field and
Speaker 1: off the field long snapper John Doranboss continuing to amaze
Speaker 1: viewers for the TV show America's Got Talent on NBC,
Speaker 1: and this week he was voted into the semi finals
Speaker 1: of that show. Took the Red Eye back to Philadelphia
Speaker 1: in time for Thursday's conditioning test, and then in the
Speaker 1: locker room, Chris, the Secret Service agents coming to Philadelphia,
Speaker 1: stopped by to check out some action here in Philadelphia
Speaker 1: with the Eagles. They went into the locker room and
Speaker 1: John Doran Boss the magic Man, put on a show. Kay,
Speaker 1: We'll make this super simple. Just say stop stop, Okay,
Speaker 1: take it, look at it. I don't want to see it,
Speaker 1: but show everybody else here. And I know you guys
Speaker 1: gonna bounce here. So does everybody know what it is?
Speaker 1: Yes or no? Yeah? Um, so I'll try to disc
Speaker 1: everybody can see. You're gonna take it and you're gonna
Speaker 1: push it in somewhere in the center, but you're gonna
Speaker 1: leave it, stick it out. Does that make sense to it?
Speaker 1: And then so put it in there in the middle. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm perfect. Okay, screw the sea, don't don't screw you
Speaker 1: guys will see that. You guys see us not in
Speaker 1: the middle. Yeah, and then that's it right, excited this
Speaker 1: up high so you guys can see, I'm gonna go
Speaker 1: down this way and just push it all the way
Speaker 1: in the center. So just take your finger, just keep
Speaker 1: pushing it in. This is sick, okay. So when we
Speaker 1: riffle it this way, it's a ripple like this and
Speaker 1: we can get your card to jump to the top. Perfect. Yeah,
Speaker 1: was it the three of hearts? The three of hearts up?
Speaker 1: Familiar but no perfect? Okay, of course it's not the
Speaker 1: three hearts. Let me see that hat and uh okay,
Speaker 1: last time, okay, uh, put your hand flat. I messed up.
Speaker 1: What was it? Two club? Two of clubs? Put your
Speaker 1: hand on top of the three will quick? Uh oh wow, Okay,
Speaker 1: this is called a trick on bad and we're gonna
Speaker 1: try and get out of it. So it was it
Speaker 1: was the two. If you tap this way and snap,
Speaker 1: that's when I get that three. I ripped up from
Speaker 1: one piece. Putch things, hold on, name your card on
Speaker 1: that to look at the pieces in your hand. We
Speaker 1: get those pieces of change. Yeah, which if you can't
Speaker 1: see that, the hold on, hold on, put your hand
Speaker 1: on flat, hold and hold the pieces your other hand
Speaker 1: on top. Here's a really cool I'll try this one
Speaker 1: hundred left your hand up. Some people can see pick
Speaker 1: that hand up, open your head one hand. What a
Speaker 1: phenomenal act there by John Dornbost. It's amazing watching the
Speaker 1: players in the background because Cody park is sitting there
Speaker 1: at his locker and he's like, I've seen his trick
Speaker 1: one hundred times before. Carson Wentz is completely enraptured and
Speaker 1: everything that's going following from beginning to end. But it's
Speaker 1: just so great to see Dornbost, the longest tenured Eagle,
Speaker 1: and the way that he's representing the Eagles organization and
Speaker 1: the city of Philadelphia on America's Got Town. A true showman,
Speaker 1: to say the very least. So we're about to wrap
Speaker 1: things up here on inside Training Campers and bikes Face,
Speaker 1: But first a look at what's coming up tomorrow. Dave's
Speaker 1: one on one interview with quarterback Sam Bradford will be
Speaker 1: available on demand. Following the team's practice in the morning,
Speaker 1: defensive coordinat Jim Schwartz meets the media. You'll be able
Speaker 1: to watch that live right here on Philadelphia Eagles dot
Speaker 1: Com as well as Eagles Mobile app. As we said,
Speaker 1: it's the first padded practice. Unlike the past couple of
Speaker 1: years with Chip Kelly, you will see tackling and players
Speaker 1: going down to the ground. Doug Peterson Jim Schwartz believe
Speaker 1: in a physical training camp, that's where you learn about
Speaker 1: the players being able to take it to the next level.
Speaker 1: So we'll get to see it live and up close tomorrow.
Speaker 1: All right, name the one player you're looking at the
Speaker 1: most tomorrow. I've got my guy, my guys cornerback Jalen
Speaker 1: Mills to go. Seventh round draft pick who's played really
Speaker 1: well throughout the spring, and in these first couple of
Speaker 1: days of training camp, Jalen Mills looks like he's the
Speaker 1: real deal without the pads. Does his game go up
Speaker 1: or does he struggle when the pads go on. Jalen
Speaker 1: Mills is my player to watch on Saturday. I will
Speaker 1: say on the defensive side of the football, I'll even
Speaker 1: stay there in the back. I'm gonna go at the
Speaker 1: linebacker position. Jordan Hicks has looked very fluid coming off
Speaker 1: injury in the first couple full team practices. Remember you
Speaker 1: missed a second half of last year due to that
Speaker 1: pectoral injury. How does he hold up in the tackling
Speaker 1: Kenny get physical? Are there any setbacks whatsoever that's going
Speaker 1: to be looking at, because he's such a key to
Speaker 1: that Eagles defense right there in the middle of all
Speaker 1: the actions. So we find out a whole lot more
Speaker 1: about the Eagles starting Saturday, when the pads go on
Speaker 1: and the tempo increases, we'll have full coverage for you
Speaker 1: here on Philadelphia Eagles dot com. And remember on Sunday,
Speaker 1: the first of two open practices at Lincoln Financial Field,
Speaker 1: completely free of charge. Get down to the link and
Speaker 1: the gates open at eight am. Practice begins at ten am.
Speaker 1: A good day of football and fun, Eagle style in
Speaker 1: South Philadelphy. We hope to see you then. For Chris McPherson,
Speaker 1: I'm Dave Spidero. Thanks so much for joining us on
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