Inside Training Camp: Episode 2

about here, Christ McPherson, no question about it. You know, everyone talked about the quarterbacks yesterday, but there are thirty four other players here on the training camp roster and now we get to talk about some of those guys on the defensive side of the football. A lot of changes on that side of the football this offseason. You mentioned Jim Schwartz as the new coordinator. Scheme change going from the three to four the past three seasons to

the four to three. How will that impact the players on the roster and what about some of the new additions. How will they be able to contribute this season? And everybody wants answers from Jim Schwartz, who's got a proven track record as one of the top defensive minds in the NFL. So Schwartz meets the media on Tuesday, what does he have to say. Well, he's talking defense, of course, but he's not going to go so far as to put some evaluations down in front of everyone to hear.

Not until the pads go on. You know, I think that you can you can make mistakes if you do that, because let's be honest, we haven't had pads on yet, you know, and the football is meant to be played with pads, and you know, you can have a guy in the right position and it look good out here, but if he can't make that tackle, and scheme didn't mean anything. So you know, it's a cliche, but it does come down to blocking and tackling and you know, those kind of things, and that's stuff that you know,

we'll be determined over the next six weeks. That's the stuff that you know, training camps about. We've done with a little different flavor each stop along the way. You know, it looked a little bit different with Javon Curse and Kevin Carter when I was in Tennessee, and I looked a little bit different with Kyle Van Deenbosch and Antoine Odam. When we got to Detroit. It looked a little different with Cliff Avril, you know, it looked a little different

with zigy Onza. Buffalo, looked a little bit different with Mario Williams and a guy like Jerry Hughes. All those guys have different skill sets, and you know, it's all about trying to put them in a position that you know, they can execute the scheme, but within the scheme they can technique wise execute. I think it's some things that probably fly below the radar from just an alignment standpoint, But there's there's a lot of differences between what we're

doing right now. You know, we try to match the talent that we had to the techniques that we're asking guys to play. And even here, you know, some of the stuff that um, you know, Brandon is doing is a little different than what Vinnie's doing. You know, I think that's you know, that's that's up to the coaches, and Chris has done a really good job. They're trying

to tailor package for each guy. That is Jim Schwartz from earlier today, Chris, it's interesting, I think we kind of take for just granted the idea that Jim is going to come in here and transform this Eagles defense. So the question I have for you is how far along is the Eagles defense now and what do you expect come September. So right now, it remains to be seen because, as everyone knows, the pads don't go on until Saturday. Some guys look great in T shirts and shorts.

They fly around the football, they can make plays, but it's different when you have to get there in the trenches. You have to plug in the gaps and be able to bring down the ball. Character. So that's gonna be what we have to see over the next month. And that's one of the reasons why Jim Schwartz and Doug pearson't want a physical, take the ball, carry to the ground type of training camp. It's not gonna be just

drills like we've seen the last couple of years. These guys want to know what it's like when the pads are on, when the pressure is on, the heat is on, can you make the tackle in the key situation? So over the next month we will see the defensive line, which is the strength of this football team, has always been the key to Jim Schwartz's defense is over the years flourish, but I'm interested to see that back seven of how they come together. Are they able to make

those plays? Are they able to fill the gaps? You know, everything starts upfront, but you need those guys in the back seven to fill it everything else. Players most on the spot I'll go with Vinny Curry, who signs the big contract in the off season, now a full time starter at the defensive end position. Can he produce with the additional playing time and how does that rotation work with Connor barrowin with Brandon Graham and Vinny Curry in

an increased role. Then who's that fourth defensive end? Who's your player on the spot spot. I'm going to go to a second level of the the defense. I'm gonna look at Michael Hendricks, a down two fifteen season, has been plagued by injury a little bit the last couple of seasons, but I think he's going to be rejuvenated being in

this scheme. He played on this side the week side back in twenty twelve his rookie season when he was inserted immediately as a star on the defense, and he's a free flowing type of player and athletic playmaker who likes to get to the football. There's gonna be so much havoc breaked by the defensive line. Kendricks is going to be able to come in from behind, clean everything up and make plays. So I'm definitely looking forward to

seeing Hendricks unleashed in this new scheme. In two thousand and sixteen, Yeah, I had an interesting conversation with Corey Unglin, the defensive backs coach. You can listen to that in our Eagles Live podcast which will come out on Wednesday. Is there a star at cornerback for the Eagles or do they need to have one after the failed experiment last year with Byron Maxwell. So that is our look on the defensive side of the ball. We're going to turn things over to the offensive line when we return

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we swapped jerseys. Welcome back to Inside Training Camp presented by Xfinity Dave Spidero along with Chris McPherson. We talked about the defense on the first side of this show. Now we're going to talk about the offensive line, and the Eagles made a big time investment in the offensive line after a really tough two and fifteen season, specifically in free agency. On Day one and free agency, they went out and they signed the player they coveted the

most Brandon Brooks. They plug him in at right guard. We'll see how he does over there, and our abbey at water takes a look at Brandon Brooks. He is our Eagle in focus. Thanks guys. Originally a third round pick of the Houston Texans in two twelve, Brandon Brooks signed a five year deal with the Eagles back in March. For Brooks, he said the decision came easy. It was a chance for him to match his skill sets with

the demands of the new Eagles offense. In the grastium of things, for me, I felt the most war here and I want to go somewhere where I felt, you know, really wanted where I felt, you know, I could fit in good with the guys, felt you know, fitting good with the scheme. It was no dragging of the feet. It was no well we're gonna see kind of high it works out, shakes out. It was we want you you know, that type of nature, and it felt good

to be wanting, you know. Jason Peter was the first guy to uh, you know, text me, and then from there it was Kelsey, and then from there it was Lane Johnson. So h you know, talking to all those guys and um, you know i'd say for some time, you know, the Eagles on the top of my list and a place that I wanted to be. And uh, as soon as it was free agency officially opened, um, let's do it. That was the first thing Coach Peterson had a lot to say when asked about Brooks skill

set fitting imperfectly with the offensive line. Man, I'll tell you what, big, strong, athletic road greader type, nasty mentality, demeanor, guy that can get out on the perimeter and run. Um, he's smart. Um, you know all the things that you look for in a guard. That that that that we need, you know right now on this offensive line. A leader, a guy that's got a lot of games under his belt, so you know, gonna be a good fit for far line.

You know, I guess the prototype wouldn't say six to five, but you know what, you take the best available, and he was the best available. He was the number one guy that we targeted free agency at offensive line and we were able to get him. Sometimes you can't control how big a guy is. You know, the Lord blessed us with different heights and weights and and uh, you know we use them to our best of our ability.

So Brooks will see his first live action at Lincoln Financial Field on August eleventh against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. I'm Abby Atwater. Back to you guys in the studio. Thanks so much, Abby, and welcome to the team, Chris. Brandon Brooks somebody that people don't really talk too much about, but I think the Eagles looking at him as a huge and potentially kind of landscape altering right guard. No question, what was the last time the Eagles had this type

of talent at the right guard position. You got to go back to Sean Andrews. Yep, you would say it was an all Pro type player at that position. The Eagles invested heavily because it had a domino effect on this team last season, the weakness at the guard positions. You saw Jason Kelsey have his struggles. Lane Johnson was up and down. You put Brandon Brooks in their right guard, you submit him as your starter from day one, and

give yourself that type of firepower there. You're gonna make not just the right guard position better overall, but the line from Lane Johnson to Jason Kelsey all the way on down. The Eagles need the offensive line to be a strength here in twenty sixteen in Doug Peterson's offense, Brandon Brooks was a key move and helping make that come to fruition. So we got more to go here on Inside Training Camp presented by Exfinity, Dave Spider and Chris McPherson. One more block to go. When we come back,

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very crowded, no question about. The veterans arrive on Wednesday. Now, the rookies and selective vets, they do have one final practice together just themselves on Wednesday morning, and we'll be by to recap that tomorrow evening and also on Philadelphia Eagles dot Com as well as the Eagles mobile app. You can check out the Eagle and Focus with Brandon Brooks if you happen to miss that earlier in the show our Press Pass, we'll be quarterback Sam Bradford. He

will meet the media once again. He'll kind of recap what's happened the last couple of days while so here from the head coach himself, your column on the state of the cornerback position. You caught up with position coach, defensive backs coach corps on them to get the latest due to Eagles need to start. Yeah. Look, I mean last year didn't work with Byron Maxwell, didn't work with

Namdi Assiwa before that. The Eagles have Leotis McKelvin from a first round draft pick, Ron Brooks who couldn't get playing time in Buffalo, and then a cast of characters competing for playing time. I think it's going to be fun to watch. And of course, as we talked about earlier, it will work in concert with the front. The Eagles have to get pressure on the quarterback, as does every

defense for Jim Schwartz's system to work. So mentioned McKelvin and Brooks, and these former Jim Schwartz guys just rave about playing in Jim Schwartz's scheme and also playing for the coach himself. And these guys had their career years in Schwartz's scheme and they want to feel that once again. They want to have that success. And these guys had that one year with him in Buffalo in two fourteen and never got to carry that over to year two. So they feel like they can come here to Philadelphia

and all build something special here together. Also on tomorrow show you go one on one with the head coach himself Peterson coming into the studio here, I'll try to ask him some questions that maybe he won't hear from the rest of the media. It's not going to be all about the quarterbacks, although I'm sure we will touch on that because everybody wants to hear about the quarterbacks.

As the entire team reports to then Novicare Complex on Thursday morning a conditioning test, and then on Thursday afternoon the first full team workouts in this two thousand and sixteen Eagles training camp. So we're getting heated up here in South Philadelphia. We thank you for joining us here on Inside Training Camp presented by Exfinity for Chris McPherson. I'm Dave Spidero. Thanks for joining us, and have yourselves a great Eagles dep