Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and welcomed Inside Training Camp presented by Xfinity.
Speaker 1: I'm Eagles Insider Day SPIDERO along with Chris McPherson. Day
Speaker 1: two of the Eagles training camp in the books, and
Speaker 1: we're going to get defensive in this show today. After
Speaker 1: speaking about the quarterbacks on Monday, we want to take
Speaker 1: a different approach today and really hone in on Jim
Speaker 1: Schwartz and also take a look at the other side
Speaker 1: of the ball. We have very important things to talk
Speaker 1: about here, Christ McPherson, no question about it. You know,
Speaker 1: everyone talked about the quarterbacks yesterday, but there are thirty
Speaker 1: four other players here on the training camp roster and
Speaker 1: now we get to talk about some of those guys
Speaker 1: on the defensive side of the football. A lot of
Speaker 1: changes on that side of the football this offseason. You
Speaker 1: mentioned Jim Schwartz as the new coordinator. Scheme change going
Speaker 1: from the three to four the past three seasons to
Speaker 1: the four to three. How will that impact the players
Speaker 1: on the roster and what about some of the new additions.
Speaker 1: How will they be able to contribute this season? And
Speaker 1: everybody wants answers from Jim Schwartz, who's got a proven
Speaker 1: track record as one of the top defensive minds in
Speaker 1: the NFL. So Schwartz meets the media on Tuesday, what
Speaker 1: does he have to say. Well, he's talking defense, of course,
Speaker 1: but he's not going to go so far as to
Speaker 1: put some evaluations down in front of everyone to hear.
Speaker 1: Not until the pads go on. You know, I think
Speaker 1: that you can you can make mistakes if you do that,
Speaker 1: because let's be honest, we haven't had pads on yet,
Speaker 1: you know, and the football is meant to be played
Speaker 1: with pads, and you know, you can have a guy
Speaker 1: in the right position and it look good out here,
Speaker 1: but if he can't make that tackle, and scheme didn't
Speaker 1: mean anything. So you know, it's a cliche, but it
Speaker 1: does come down to blocking and tackling and you know,
Speaker 1: those kind of things, and that's stuff that you know,
Speaker 1: we'll be determined over the next six weeks. That's the
Speaker 1: stuff that you know, training camps about. We've done with
Speaker 1: a little different flavor each stop along the way. You know,
Speaker 1: it looked a little bit different with Javon Curse and
Speaker 1: Kevin Carter when I was in Tennessee, and I looked
Speaker 1: a little bit different with Kyle Van Deenbosch and Antoine Odam.
Speaker 1: When we got to Detroit. It looked a little different
Speaker 1: with Cliff Avril, you know, it looked a little different
Speaker 1: with zigy Onza. Buffalo, looked a little bit different with
Speaker 1: Mario Williams and a guy like Jerry Hughes. All those
Speaker 1: guys have different skill sets, and you know, it's all
Speaker 1: about trying to put them in a position that you know,
Speaker 1: they can execute the scheme, but within the scheme they
Speaker 1: can technique wise execute. I think it's some things that
Speaker 1: probably fly below the radar from just an alignment standpoint,
Speaker 1: But there's there's a lot of differences between what we're
Speaker 1: doing right now. You know, we try to match the
Speaker 1: talent that we had to the techniques that we're asking
Speaker 1: guys to play. And even here, you know, some of
Speaker 1: the stuff that um, you know, Brandon is doing is
Speaker 1: a little different than what Vinnie's doing. You know, I
Speaker 1: think that's you know, that's that's up to the coaches,
Speaker 1: and Chris has done a really good job. They're trying
Speaker 1: to tailor package for each guy. That is Jim Schwartz
Speaker 1: from earlier today, Chris, it's interesting, I think we kind
Speaker 1: of take for just granted the idea that Jim is
Speaker 1: going to come in here and transform this Eagles defense.
Speaker 1: So the question I have for you is how far
Speaker 1: along is the Eagles defense now and what do you
Speaker 1: expect come September. So right now, it remains to be
Speaker 1: seen because, as everyone knows, the pads don't go on
Speaker 1: until Saturday. Some guys look great in T shirts and shorts.
Speaker 1: They fly around the football, they can make plays, but
Speaker 1: it's different when you have to get there in the trenches.
Speaker 1: You have to plug in the gaps and be able
Speaker 1: to bring down the ball. Character. So that's gonna be
Speaker 1: what we have to see over the next month. And
Speaker 1: that's one of the reasons why Jim Schwartz and Doug
Speaker 1: pearson't want a physical, take the ball, carry to the
Speaker 1: ground type of training camp. It's not gonna be just
Speaker 1: drills like we've seen the last couple of years. These
Speaker 1: guys want to know what it's like when the pads
Speaker 1: are on, when the pressure is on, the heat is on,
Speaker 1: can you make the tackle in the key situation? So
Speaker 1: over the next month we will see the defensive line,
Speaker 1: which is the strength of this football team, has always
Speaker 1: been the key to Jim Schwartz's defense is over the
Speaker 1: years flourish, but I'm interested to see that back seven
Speaker 1: of how they come together. Are they able to make
Speaker 1: those plays? Are they able to fill the gaps? You know,
Speaker 1: everything starts upfront, but you need those guys in the
Speaker 1: back seven to fill it everything else. Players most on
Speaker 1: the spot I'll go with Vinny Curry, who signs the
Speaker 1: big contract in the off season, now a full time
Speaker 1: starter at the defensive end position. Can he produce with
Speaker 1: the additional playing time and how does that rotation work
Speaker 1: with Connor barrowin with Brandon Graham and Vinny Curry in
Speaker 1: an increased role. Then who's that fourth defensive end? Who's
Speaker 1: your player on the spot spot. I'm going to go
Speaker 1: to a second level of the the defense. I'm gonna look
Speaker 1: at Michael Hendricks, a down two fifteen season, has been
Speaker 1: plagued by injury a little bit the last couple of seasons,
Speaker 1: but I think he's going to be rejuvenated being in
Speaker 1: this scheme. He played on this side the week side
Speaker 1: back in twenty twelve his rookie season when he was
Speaker 1: inserted immediately as a star on the defense, and he's
Speaker 1: a free flowing type of player and athletic playmaker who
Speaker 1: likes to get to the football. There's gonna be so
Speaker 1: much havoc breaked by the defensive line. Kendricks is going
Speaker 1: to be able to come in from behind, clean everything
Speaker 1: up and make plays. So I'm definitely looking forward to
Speaker 1: seeing Hendricks unleashed in this new scheme. In two thousand
Speaker 1: and sixteen, Yeah, I had an interesting conversation with Corey Unglin,
Speaker 1: the defensive backs coach. You can listen to that in
Speaker 1: our Eagles Live podcast which will come out on Wednesday.
Speaker 1: Is there a star at cornerback for the Eagles or
Speaker 1: do they need to have one after the failed experiment
Speaker 1: last year with Byron Maxwell. So that is our look
Speaker 1: on the defensive side of the ball. We're going to
Speaker 1: turn things over to the offensive line when we return
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Speaker 1: we swapped jerseys. Welcome back to Inside Training Camp presented
Speaker 1: by Xfinity Dave Spidero along with Chris McPherson. We talked
Speaker 1: about the defense on the first side of this show.
Speaker 1: Now we're going to talk about the offensive line, and
Speaker 1: the Eagles made a big time investment in the offensive
Speaker 1: line after a really tough two and fifteen season, specifically
Speaker 1: in free agency. On Day one and free agency, they
Speaker 1: went out and they signed the player they coveted the
Speaker 1: most Brandon Brooks. They plug him in at right guard.
Speaker 1: We'll see how he does over there, and our abbey
Speaker 1: at water takes a look at Brandon Brooks. He is
Speaker 1: our Eagle in focus. Thanks guys. Originally a third round
Speaker 1: pick of the Houston Texans in two twelve, Brandon Brooks
Speaker 1: signed a five year deal with the Eagles back in March.
Speaker 1: For Brooks, he said the decision came easy. It was
Speaker 1: a chance for him to match his skill sets with
Speaker 1: the demands of the new Eagles offense. In the grastium
Speaker 1: of things, for me, I felt the most war here
Speaker 1: and I want to go somewhere where I felt, you know,
Speaker 1: really wanted where I felt, you know, I could fit
Speaker 1: in good with the guys, felt you know, fitting good
Speaker 1: with the scheme. It was no dragging of the feet.
Speaker 1: It was no well we're gonna see kind of high
Speaker 1: it works out, shakes out. It was we want you
Speaker 1: you know, that type of nature, and it felt good
Speaker 1: to be wanting, you know. Jason Peter was the first
Speaker 1: guy to uh, you know, text me, and then from
Speaker 1: there it was Kelsey, and then from there it was
Speaker 1: Lane Johnson. So h you know, talking to all those
Speaker 1: guys and um, you know i'd say for some time,
Speaker 1: you know, the Eagles on the top of my list
Speaker 1: and a place that I wanted to be. And uh,
Speaker 1: as soon as it was free agency officially opened, um,
Speaker 1: let's do it. That was the first thing Coach Peterson
Speaker 1: had a lot to say when asked about Brooks skill
Speaker 1: set fitting imperfectly with the offensive line. Man, I'll tell
Speaker 1: you what, big, strong, athletic road greader type, nasty mentality, demeanor,
Speaker 1: guy that can get out on the perimeter and run. Um,
Speaker 1: he's smart. Um, you know all the things that you
Speaker 1: look for in a guard. That that that that we need,
Speaker 1: you know right now on this offensive line. A leader,
Speaker 1: a guy that's got a lot of games under his belt,
Speaker 1: so you know, gonna be a good fit for far line.
Speaker 1: You know, I guess the prototype wouldn't say six to five,
Speaker 1: but you know what, you take the best available, and
Speaker 1: he was the best available. He was the number one
Speaker 1: guy that we targeted free agency at offensive line and
Speaker 1: we were able to get him. Sometimes you can't control
Speaker 1: how big a guy is. You know, the Lord blessed
Speaker 1: us with different heights and weights and and uh, you
Speaker 1: know we use them to our best of our ability.
Speaker 1: So Brooks will see his first live action at Lincoln
Speaker 1: Financial Field on August eleventh against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Speaker 1: I'm Abby Atwater. Back to you guys in the studio.
Speaker 1: Thanks so much, Abby, and welcome to the team, Chris.
Speaker 1: Brandon Brooks somebody that people don't really talk too much about,
Speaker 1: but I think the Eagles looking at him as a
Speaker 1: huge and potentially kind of landscape altering right guard. No question,
Speaker 1: what was the last time the Eagles had this type
Speaker 1: of talent at the right guard position. You got to
Speaker 1: go back to Sean Andrews. Yep, you would say it
Speaker 1: was an all Pro type player at that position. The
Speaker 1: Eagles invested heavily because it had a domino effect on
Speaker 1: this team last season, the weakness at the guard positions.
Speaker 1: You saw Jason Kelsey have his struggles. Lane Johnson was
Speaker 1: up and down. You put Brandon Brooks in their right guard,
Speaker 1: you submit him as your starter from day one, and
Speaker 1: give yourself that type of firepower there. You're gonna make
Speaker 1: not just the right guard position better overall, but the
Speaker 1: line from Lane Johnson to Jason Kelsey all the way
Speaker 1: on down. The Eagles need the offensive line to be
Speaker 1: a strength here in twenty sixteen in Doug Peterson's offense,
Speaker 1: Brandon Brooks was a key move and helping make that
Speaker 1: come to fruition. So we got more to go here
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Speaker 1: The veterans are coming. The veterans are coming. What does
Speaker 1: that all mean? As the Novacare complex suddenly gets very,
Speaker 1: very crowded, no question about. The veterans arrive on Wednesday. Now,
Speaker 1: the rookies and selective vets, they do have one final
Speaker 1: practice together just themselves on Wednesday morning, and we'll be
Speaker 1: by to recap that tomorrow evening and also on Philadelphia
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Speaker 1: You can check out the Eagle and Focus with Brandon
Speaker 1: Brooks if you happen to miss that earlier in the
Speaker 1: show our Press Pass, we'll be quarterback Sam Bradford. He
Speaker 1: will meet the media once again. He'll kind of recap
Speaker 1: what's happened the last couple of days while so here
Speaker 1: from the head coach himself, your column on the state
Speaker 1: of the cornerback position. You caught up with position coach,
Speaker 1: defensive backs coach corps on them to get the latest
Speaker 1: due to Eagles need to start. Yeah. Look, I mean
Speaker 1: last year didn't work with Byron Maxwell, didn't work with
Speaker 1: Namdi Assiwa before that. The Eagles have Leotis McKelvin from
Speaker 1: a first round draft pick, Ron Brooks who couldn't get
Speaker 1: playing time in Buffalo, and then a cast of characters
Speaker 1: competing for playing time. I think it's going to be
Speaker 1: fun to watch. And of course, as we talked about earlier,
Speaker 1: it will work in concert with the front. The Eagles
Speaker 1: have to get pressure on the quarterback, as does every
Speaker 1: defense for Jim Schwartz's system to work. So mentioned McKelvin
Speaker 1: and Brooks, and these former Jim Schwartz guys just rave
Speaker 1: about playing in Jim Schwartz's scheme and also playing for
Speaker 1: the coach himself. And these guys had their career years
Speaker 1: in Schwartz's scheme and they want to feel that once again.
Speaker 1: They want to have that success. And these guys had
Speaker 1: that one year with him in Buffalo in two fourteen
Speaker 1: and never got to carry that over to year two.
Speaker 1: So they feel like they can come here to Philadelphia
Speaker 1: and all build something special here together. Also on tomorrow
Speaker 1: show you go one on one with the head coach
Speaker 1: himself Peterson coming into the studio here, I'll try to
Speaker 1: ask him some questions that maybe he won't hear from
Speaker 1: the rest of the media. It's not going to be
Speaker 1: all about the quarterbacks, although I'm sure we will touch
Speaker 1: on that because everybody wants to hear about the quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: As the entire team reports to then Novicare Complex on
Speaker 1: Thursday morning a conditioning test, and then on Thursday afternoon
Speaker 1: the first full team workouts in this two thousand and
Speaker 1: sixteen Eagles training camp. So we're getting heated up here
Speaker 1: in South Philadelphia. We thank you for joining us here
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