Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and welcome to Inside Training Camp presented by Xfinity.
Speaker 1: I'm Eagles insider Dave spread Arrow along with Chris McPherson,
Speaker 1: and we welcome you today one of Eagles Training Camp
Speaker 1: twenty sixteen. You know, I wish I had dyed in
Speaker 1: my hair green like Jail Mills. Yeah, we're not really
Speaker 1: in that we could do, but still just to get
Speaker 1: into the festive spirit. Yeah, he made a very good
Speaker 1: first impression today amid the heat ninety degree plus temperatures, humidity,
Speaker 1: just a lot of energy at the Novacare Complex in
Speaker 1: the shadow of the Democratic Now Convention, South Philadelphia is
Speaker 1: the place to be and we are the place to
Speaker 1: be here at the Novacare Complex. It's Inside Training Camp.
Speaker 1: We're live every day that the Eagles have practice here
Speaker 1: this summer of twenty sixteen. A lot to get to
Speaker 1: Chris as the day was dominated, of course by the
Speaker 1: quarterback talk, no question about it. I mean these first
Speaker 1: few days of the rookie and selective at practices allows
Speaker 1: the coaches to get adjusted to the schedule. It gives
Speaker 1: the rookies a chance to get their feet wet before
Speaker 1: the veterans come in. And last but not least you
Speaker 1: have all four quarterbacks, yes, four quarterbacks on the roster.
Speaker 1: Allows them to get their arms warmed up and ready
Speaker 1: for when the veterans come in and the real practices
Speaker 1: get going. The pads go on starting Saturday, so allows
Speaker 1: the quarterbacks time to get raised. So of course with
Speaker 1: the names there, they've dominated the headlines here on day one,
Speaker 1: day thirty eight players in camp. No wild proclamations, just
Speaker 1: some quarterback talk to get to and we'll do that
Speaker 1: right now in our sounds of the day. You know,
Speaker 1: we will focus on the twos and three's probably a
Speaker 1: little bit more early in camp, probably give them the
Speaker 1: bulk of the reps and then and then ramp the
Speaker 1: guys up who who we think are going to be
Speaker 1: the starters opening day. We'll get them more reps towards
Speaker 1: the end of camp. A little different scenario than we
Speaker 1: had in nineteen ninety nine. You know, Donovan really came
Speaker 1: in as the number two. Different scenario this year, so
Speaker 1: you know, right now, we're just gonna get Carson as
Speaker 1: many reps as we can, get him caught up, get
Speaker 1: him to where he needs to be. I'm very comfortable
Speaker 1: with and excited where where Sam left OTAs where he
Speaker 1: came in this year. Right now, Chase as a solid tube.
Speaker 1: So you know, we're gonna have to wait and see
Speaker 1: what happens down the road. You know, even in Kansas
Speaker 1: City with Eric Fisher who was injury injury and then
Speaker 1: had a full offseason healthy going into the Caesars is
Speaker 1: tremendous boost mentally, physically, the whole thing. And I know
Speaker 1: that's you know, I know that's where Sam's at. I
Speaker 1: know that's the mindset coming into this this camp, is
Speaker 1: the fact that he had an entire offseason, could get
Speaker 1: stronger're getting away do all the things that the guys
Speaker 1: were doing, and just give you a boost a confidence
Speaker 1: going into the season. I mean, I think you guys
Speaker 1: expect like a big like raw raw, like someone who's
Speaker 1: like yelling at people every play, and that's just not me. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, I think there's a lot of subtle things
Speaker 1: that you guys probably you know aren't privy two or
Speaker 1: can't hear from where you guys are at. But um,
Speaker 1: you know, like I said, I just try to be
Speaker 1: myself and take control when I need to. I think
Speaker 1: obviously going through it before, you know, having seen so
Speaker 1: many offenses. Now, you know, I've seen a little bit
Speaker 1: of everything. Um, you know, so even though there's some
Speaker 1: new plays in this offense, I would say a lot
Speaker 1: of the concepts I've run before, you know, the verbiage
Speaker 1: is different, the way we call things is different, you know,
Speaker 1: so kind of reprogramming your brain to the way we
Speaker 1: do that. It's the tough part. But you know a
Speaker 1: lot of the concepts are are fairly similar to concepts
Speaker 1: that I've run either last year in the past. So
Speaker 1: there's a lot of Doug and there's a lot of
Speaker 1: Sam and how much more clear can we be here?
Speaker 1: Sam Bradford, the starting quarterback, Chris will all of this
Speaker 1: quarterback chatter eventually fade away. No, of course it's not
Speaker 1: going to. You know, Doug made it clear that Sam
Speaker 1: is number one, Chase is number two, and Carson is
Speaker 1: number three. But still because Doug is being asked about
Speaker 1: how he's going to break up the reps during training camp,
Speaker 1: and he said, well, the backups will get the early
Speaker 1: reps and then later on in camp, when the regular
Speaker 1: season gets closer, the stars will get more of the action.
Speaker 1: Then all of a sudden, it's like, well, you didn't
Speaker 1: say Sam in that instant. So it's like any opportunity
Speaker 1: that Doug doesn't flower, say, Sam is a guy, someone
Speaker 1: in the media contingent is going to try to take
Speaker 1: that and mean, oh, there's a possible opening, there's a
Speaker 1: crack there that Carson might be able to win a
Speaker 1: starting job at some point here. But the thing is,
Speaker 1: we're gonna have this time here and then what happens
Speaker 1: in the preseason game. If Carson Wentz lights up on, well,
Speaker 1: that's what we're going to talk about, and that's why
Speaker 1: you're gonna watch. And the Eagles have made it very
Speaker 1: clear from day one. Sam Bradford the quarterback, Chase Daniel
Speaker 1: number two, and Carson Wentz the developmental future of this
Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles franchise. Speaking of Carson Wentz, we will hear
Speaker 1: from the second overall draft pick in the two thousand
Speaker 1: and sixteen NFL Draft when we return to Inside training
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Speaker 1: Chris McPherson. It's inside training Camp presented by Exfinity, and
Speaker 1: we've been talking a lot about the quarterbacks and of
Speaker 1: course Carson Wentz, the second pick in the twenty sixteen
Speaker 1: NFL Draft. You wonder how the young man is handling
Speaker 1: all the attention, all the questions, all the pressure. What
Speaker 1: We've got an answer for you. Our Alex Smith sat
Speaker 1: down with Wentz after Monday morning's practice, a little one
Speaker 1: on one on Smitty and Carson Wentz. Higels, fans and
Speaker 1: welcome here to the Novacare Complex. It is day number
Speaker 1: one of Eagles twenty and sixteen training camp. I am
Speaker 1: Alex Smith, and I'm very pleased to be joined today
Speaker 1: by the number two overall selection in this year's NFL draft,
Speaker 1: quarterback Carson Wentz Carson. Before we get into anything on
Speaker 1: the field today, you had that six week break in
Speaker 1: between Mini camp and today. Did you go into that
Speaker 1: with a game plan? I'm sure it had to be
Speaker 1: a little bit different for you being your first year. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it was a different offseason for me. Was kind of
Speaker 1: I was back home time, I was out here some
Speaker 1: we had that week in San Diego getting together, so
Speaker 1: it was kind of still a whirlwind. I was kind
Speaker 1: of all over the place. I'm excited to finally kind
Speaker 1: of start getting into a routine. But it was a
Speaker 1: really good, really good break. You know, I used it
Speaker 1: quite a bit to just get better and refine some
Speaker 1: of my mechanics and my footwork especially, you know, even
Speaker 1: though I was traveling a lot, I still emphasize that.
Speaker 1: So overall, it was a good offseason. You talked about
Speaker 1: going back to San Diego going out there with the guys.
Speaker 1: What was that experience like for you just just to
Speaker 1: kind of stettle linning and get to know these guys.
Speaker 1: It was really good. You know, it was good to finally, um,
Speaker 1: you know, get to know these guys a little more
Speaker 1: so off the field, um, and then obviously on the field,
Speaker 1: gain some timing down and uh and everything. So um,
Speaker 1: overall was definitely a success. It was good to be
Speaker 1: out there with those guys and I enjoyed it. Do
Speaker 1: you find yourself itching to get back to football during
Speaker 1: that break or do you need that downtime? I think
Speaker 1: you need some But you know, I'm I've I've been
Speaker 1: chompling at the bit for a little bit. It went fast,
Speaker 1: but you know, as the summer was winding down, I
Speaker 1: was I was pretty excited to finally just get into
Speaker 1: the routine and get back to football. I have to
Speaker 1: believe that the last few months have been a blur
Speaker 1: for you. Have you had time to enjoy any of it?
Speaker 1: Or has it just been go go go all the time? Um?
Speaker 1: I've had some time, but it's it's been a lot
Speaker 1: of go go go. Um. Still trying to get used
Speaker 1: to used to all this, and UM kind of been
Speaker 1: still been, like I said, traveling all over so UM,
Speaker 1: I haven't had a ton of time to really just
Speaker 1: let it sink in and enjoy it. But you know
Speaker 1: I wouldn't. I'm not complaining about it at all either,
Speaker 1: that's for sure. So now camp is here. You report
Speaker 1: it yesterday with the other rookies quarterbacks, some of the
Speaker 1: selected vets. What was the message from the coaching staff
Speaker 1: upon the start of camp here? Yeah, you know what,
Speaker 1: the young guys, the biggest thing is like, just get
Speaker 1: better every day. A lot to learn, you know, a
Speaker 1: lot of us have you know, went through the spring
Speaker 1: workouts and everything, and now over the summer had some
Speaker 1: time off to let it soak in and um, now
Speaker 1: it's just really just executing on the field and just
Speaker 1: keep learning every day. UM has been the best message.
Speaker 1: And the biggest thing is competing. You know, we got
Speaker 1: a roster of ninety guys now and obviously you guys
Speaker 1: know we got to cut it down. UM, So competition
Speaker 1: is huge and the coach has done a really good
Speaker 1: job and instilling that in all of us. You mentioned
Speaker 1: executing out on the field here first day back, any
Speaker 1: rust or did you did? Were you happy with how
Speaker 1: things went today? You know, I felt pretty good. You know,
Speaker 1: there was a limited number of reps and everything for
Speaker 1: for everybody. You know, we didn't have a lot of
Speaker 1: guys out there. Um, but you know, I felt pretty good,
Speaker 1: felt pretty confident, and I enjoyed it. Are there specific
Speaker 1: things in your game you're trying to work on after
Speaker 1: you got feedback from the coaches after Mini camp and
Speaker 1: all that. Specific things we're trying to work on here. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's just some mechanical things and footwork things that I
Speaker 1: really emphasized over the summer um, and I do think
Speaker 1: I got better in those areas, and um, now I'm
Speaker 1: just gonna continue refining those as the season goes. And
Speaker 1: but no, I feel pretty good with that. Did you
Speaker 1: set any personal goals going into this camp? I know
Speaker 1: it's your first one, not really str exactly what to expect,
Speaker 1: but any personal goals of what you want to accomplish
Speaker 1: in the next few weeks here? You know, nothing really specific.
Speaker 1: I just want to get better every day. My biggest
Speaker 1: thing is, um, you're never finished product, you know, physically, mentally,
Speaker 1: none of that. So there's there's a lot to learn.
Speaker 1: You know, you can never watch enough tape, you can
Speaker 1: never study enough, and I just want to come out
Speaker 1: every day and just learn a little bit more, learn
Speaker 1: a little bit more, and get a little bit better.
Speaker 1: And at the end of camp, I think I'll like
Speaker 1: where I'm at. It's kind of hard to believe, but
Speaker 1: that first preseason game is getting closer and closer. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Is that going to be a major hurdle for you
Speaker 1: or is that a date that you've had circling your
Speaker 1: calendar for a long time. Um, you know, it's exciting,
Speaker 1: but I've always been big and just taking it one
Speaker 1: day at a time, So obviously I'm aware that it's
Speaker 1: it's right around the corner and coming quick m So
Speaker 1: it is exciting, But at the same time, you know,
Speaker 1: we got a long way to go, even just to
Speaker 1: get to that point, so I'm trying not to get
Speaker 1: ahead of myself. Carson Wentz, thank you very much for
Speaker 1: joining me here. Thank you, enjoy the rest of training camp.
Speaker 1: Thank you, and thank all of you for joining us
Speaker 1: right here on Philadelphia Eagles dot com and on our
Speaker 1: official Eagles mobile app. Thank you so much, Alex. Just
Speaker 1: a few months ago, Carson Wentz was all the way
Speaker 1: in Fargo, North Dakota, and now he's here in the cauldron,
Speaker 1: both literally and favorably, here in Philadelphia, the backdrop of
Speaker 1: the Democratic National Convention Training camp kicking off here, Dave,
Speaker 1: what are you looking for from the first round pick
Speaker 1: in his first camp? Yeah. I think Doug Peterson really
Speaker 1: made that point clear today when he talked about making
Speaker 1: progress and preparing to be a starter should something happen
Speaker 1: with Sam Bradford and with Chase Daniel, and that's really
Speaker 1: what you want to get to, slow, steady progress. They're
Speaker 1: working on the nuances of the game with Carson Wentz,
Speaker 1: the footwork, the eyes, reading defenses, making defenders go away
Speaker 1: from where you actually want to throw the football, things
Speaker 1: that Carson didn't do so naturally in college. So this
Speaker 1: is the NFL. The defenses are going to be very,
Speaker 1: very complicated when the regular season comes, and I think
Speaker 1: he's just want to see regular their progress, hard work,
Speaker 1: and if he's called upon this year, he's got to
Speaker 1: be ready to go. All right. So after this quick
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Speaker 1: back to Inside Training Camp, Present it bikes, Fanny so Dave.
Speaker 1: Day one is in the books. We talked a lot
Speaker 1: about the quarterbacks. Maybe we'll move on to some of
Speaker 1: the other positions. Well, I can tell you this inside
Speaker 1: story here. Nobody want a starting job on day one
Speaker 1: of training camp. Okay, that's about it. Nobody got hurt
Speaker 1: thirty eight players here. Everyone who was expected to be
Speaker 1: here was here, and I think everybody pretty pleased with
Speaker 1: day one. As we move into day two, Jim Schwartz
Speaker 1: takes the microphone as the Eagles defensive coordinator discusses his
Speaker 1: plans for that side of the football. I've got a
Speaker 1: column that I'm working on that I'm putting up, Chris.
Speaker 1: It's about the Eagles rookie class. I know Carson Wentz
Speaker 1: likely not to play this year, but the rest of
Speaker 1: this rookie class I think can make quite an impact.
Speaker 1: Who are you leading off with, sayamalo A Wendale Smallwood?
Speaker 1: And how about seventh round draft pick Jalen Mills. He's
Speaker 1: more than a great hairstyle, he's also got a chance
Speaker 1: to earn some very serious playing time. And of course
Speaker 1: you and I will be back tomorrow pursue more inside
Speaker 1: training and that Carson Wentz interview available on demand on
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Speaker 1: We thank you very much for joining us today. For
Speaker 1: Chris McPherson, I'm Dave Spiderow. Have yourselves a great Eagles day.
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