Speaker 1: Eagles Mini camp is underway. Hi everyone, Alex Smith here
Speaker 1: with your three sixty update, presented by Sports Authority. The
Speaker 1: Eagles were back out on the practice field this afternoon
Speaker 1: for their first day of a three day mini camp
Speaker 1: here at the Novacare Complex. Today was Eagles head coach
Speaker 1: Chip Kelly kicking things off with his pre practice press conference,
Speaker 1: and Kelly was asked early and often about the state
Speaker 1: of the Eagles offensive line. Of course, with the release
Speaker 1: of Pro Bowl guard Evan Mathis, and according to Kelly,
Speaker 1: it's still a group that he is very confident in. Well,
Speaker 1: I think Alan Barbar's an outstanding football part. He just
Speaker 1: got hurt at the beginning of the year last year.
Speaker 1: Whenever he's had to play for us, he's played extremely
Speaker 1: well for us, and I know we're excited about moving
Speaker 1: forward with him, and then we'll see what happens at
Speaker 1: the other position. While there are a number of questions
Speaker 1: about the Eagles offensive line, questions still remain about the
Speaker 1: Eagles starting quarterback position. Sam Bradford was out throwing seven
Speaker 1: on seven today, but he's not quite ready for eleven
Speaker 1: on eleven action just yet. But according to Bradford, he's
Speaker 1: feeling stronger, he's trusting his knee and he's hopeful that
Speaker 1: he'll be a full go come training camp. Yeah. I
Speaker 1: think you guys have probably seen, you know, the progress,
Speaker 1: you know, just from the time that you've been out here.
Speaker 1: But I just feel more comfortable dropping back. I feel like,
Speaker 1: you know, when I first got out here, you know,
Speaker 1: I was about a half count slow, you know. And
Speaker 1: I feel like I've kind of worked myself back into
Speaker 1: you know, as close to its game speed as I
Speaker 1: can get it right now, you know. But I think overall,
Speaker 1: I just feel more comfortable with my I trusted more,
Speaker 1: you know, it's not a sore, it feels better. Overall,
Speaker 1: I just feel better. While Bradford has been on the end,
Speaker 1: it's been Mark Sanchez taking most of the reps with
Speaker 1: the Eagles first team offense, and today's Sanchez spoke about
Speaker 1: being ready if and when he's called upon. I know
Speaker 1: I can do it, and I'm I feel like I'm
Speaker 1: showing it on the field now. And you know, coach,
Speaker 1: if it's a competition, the best player is going to play.
Speaker 1: So that's that's how you gotta be. And uh, and
Speaker 1: I'm not worried about just like Sam's not worried about
Speaker 1: what I do, or what Sam does, or what Matt
Speaker 1: and Tim and GJ and all those guys do. You
Speaker 1: just got to play against the defense, move your team down,
Speaker 1: the focus on you, focus on your fundamentals. Switching to
Speaker 1: the defensive side of the ball. It was linebacker Connor
Speaker 1: Barrow and talking about the Eagles finishing Mini camp strong,
Speaker 1: going home and getting some rest and then coming back
Speaker 1: ready to attack when training camp begins, Well, you just
Speaker 1: try to build on the OTAs I thought, we had
Speaker 1: ten ten really good otash and then these are these
Speaker 1: are really not that much different. But you just try
Speaker 1: to finish strong, go into camp as a unit feeling
Speaker 1: feeling confident, and go into the next five weeks off
Speaker 1: healthy and ready to ready to really get in shape,
Speaker 1: come back ready to go. And a couple of injury
Speaker 1: updates here from the Novocare Complex. It was a pair
Speaker 1: of defensive backs Earl Wolf and Randall Evans who were
Speaker 1: limited today in practice. They worked off to the side
Speaker 1: during team drills, but a good sign for the Eagles
Speaker 1: was that linebacker Marcus Smith was back out on the field.
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