Inside Training Camp: Episode 4

We're gonna go inside the mind of a former NFL GM but first head coach Doug Pearson shows a certain side of himself during press conferences, but what does he really like as he commands the team on the field. We have exclusive access as we make them up during the practices in the spring. Let's take a listen, Oh, get loose man, Get loose eyes up, Matt eyes up, and the snap, Matt eyes up. Listen. These normally flatten anyway,

so just take it as a flat route. Try to keep your eyes focused a little bit on a defense down just a little bit. Okay, you're reading me right, you're reading me. Try to hit that one on the run theren. Let's get one hold on, Let's get one halfback read. There you go. There you go, good, nice, good timing, good timing. Set, throw with your eyes, throw with your eyes. Get up the field, stay inside. There we go. There we go. Hustle back, offense, hustle back,

find the ball. Everybody's jogging back light jog, just a light jog to the huddle. Oh wow, trick him. You're gonna trick him on this one. The play ball. Here we go. A snap count is our weapon. Now let's go focus, focus, focus on tight ends. We gotta go on a pop now anything anything, explode, pop buzz, let's go. Let's go. Gotta go fast. Clock's moving. Next play Here

we go, Clock's moving. Good job D that way, D good and then nice doesn't have to be a hard throw right because he's he's turning his head all the way back. You just want to locate. Keep it nice and high. Good choice, not bad and not bad. Might get a flag. We get little flag. Fifty two, we get a little flag. Oh he tripped and you're just happened to hold him up. I got I got I got I got I got I got seven on seven going this way? Here we go. What do Rasul Douglas

Danielle Pumphrey and Nate Gary all have in common. Yes, they are members of the Eagles twenty seventeen draft class, but he also played in the Reesa's Senior Bowl. Bill Savage is now the executive director of the Reesa's Senior Bowl, but he previously worked as an NFL GM and also

end time in the Eagles personnel department. He visited an Eagles training camp and talked with Dave Spadaro about Carso Webs, whom Savage called the poster boy other Reesa's Senior Bowl, to explain what do you see from the quarterback now? What impressed him a year ago down in Alabama. We

welcome you to Eagles training camp twenty seventeen. I'm Eagles insider Dave Spidaro, joined by Phil Savage, executive director of the Reese's Senior Bowl, former executive in the NFL, administrator in the NFL with the Eagles in twenty ten to twenty twelve. I'm just gonna call you mister football. You love the game. I'm a football guy. Yeah. Awesome, isn't it? Yeah? And so this week, as an example, I was at

Big ten media Days. Of course, trying to keep the Reesa's Senior Bowl relevant in front of the coaches and players from the deference very much. So then, of course we have a partnership with our friends in Hershey, So I spent a day there Wednesday, and then I'm here today with you guys, and I'll be down at another team in the division on Friday. When you go and watch practice, you say, oh, we had that guy at the Senior but we had him, We had him, We

had him. Yeah, yeah, definitely in how that game catapults players into the spotlight in the NFL. Yeah, the Rams drafted six recent Senior Bowl players this year. So I visited with them back in May, and it's awesome to go and see these players trying to fulfill their dream of being a professional athlete. But of course, the poster child, if you will, for our game right now is your

quarterback Carson Wentz. And you know, I was so impressed with him, not only at North Dakota State, but when he came to Mobile, he really took ownership of his side of the roster. And that was a team that included players from Stanford and Ohio State, Michigan because he was on the North of course, but just to see him out here. I mean, he's developing, He's turned into a grown man, and I think that the future is so exciting. I talked to Howie and a lot of

the guys that I know here. You know, there's just a there's a quiet confidence and there's a buzz of excitement about being able to build a team around a bona fide franchise quarter no doubt, and he's grown so much in the last year. When you see him now, I mean, did you feel that he was kind of going on on that upward trend to Phil Oh? Absolutely, yeah.

You know, some of the NFL guys called me probably in December before the game and said, hey, I think this quarterback from North Dakota State that he invited, he's probably top of the second round. Well, then by the time we got to early January, guys were concert well, I think he's probably more of a first rounder because more of the decision makers were then beginning to watch his tapes. Or by the time he got to Mobile, people are saying he might be a you know, twenty

to thirty type first rounder. By the time he left Mobile, he was top ten, And of course, by the time the spring rolled through he goes in the top two, and conceivably he could have been the number one. Sure, how did he handle the attention from the media, all of the attention from the teams, the grind of the schedule end. Oh, by the way, you have practices in a game to prepare for seamlessly. I mean he handled

it in such a mature way. As I said all along, he was an a plus off the field, then he was an a plus on the field in the practices because you see the arm strength, you see the athletic ability. But the way I described Carson all the way through the whole pre draft run up was that this was a big school prospect wrapped in a small school uniform. If he had been wearing the uniform of a major university, I think he clearly would have been the top choice overall. Phil,

You're a GM in Cleveland, right you were. You've been an administrator in the league for many years, Senior Bowl as your baby, you do Alabama football on the radio for those who don't know, and maybe you want to get into your world someday. How do you do it well? As I've always said, there's no formal school for player personnel or scouting. So really, what I try to suggest to young people that are in college is to try

to try to get an internship with a team. We actually offer a scout school for two days down at the Recas Senior Bowl in early January. We've had nine of our participants land jobs in the NFL, So that's a way to at least introduce yourself to the concept of going into professional football and you get a chance to find out more about it. You know, people have a perception of what scouting or player personnel is like,

but they really don't know the business. They don't know the details, and so it's an opportunity for us to try to teach some of the people. And it's not only guys. We've actually had a We had a young lady this past year from Tulane that participated, and I don't think it's too far off in the distant future that we will have a female scout in the National Football Seague. Hey, it's good to catch up with you. We haven't talked football since we were in the staff

law room twenty eleven. Draft. Yeah. I spend you know, two and a half years here and enjoyed my time and have a good relationship with Howie and a lot of the staff here. Joe Douglas one of my all time favorites, and you know, some of the coaches are here as well. I think, I think this organization has a group of tremendously great people. And when you walk into the four year of Ohio State football, there's a quote there from what he has said, you win with people.

Think the Eagles have a great chance to do that. You're feeling the buzz a little bit here, absolutely, Yeah, yeah, Phil Savage, thanks so much. All right, Dave, great seeing, all right, thank you, thanks for joining us here. It's our time at training camp. Eagles Training Camp twenty seventeen at the Novacare Complex. The pads have been popping the last few practices here at the Novacare Complex. Who has stood out well? I've highlights up to the break. Don't

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vote for this week's game of the Week. There are a series of milestones throughout the course of training camp. First you have the rival of the rookies, then the veterans, which marks the gang of the full squad practices. Tuesday was another one, as it was the first live hitting session of this year's training camp. Here's a look at some of the best players from the past two days.

We're back on Friday with a special one on one interview that you will not want to miss, and we will also preview the final open practice, which takes place this Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field. I'm Chris McPherson and thank you for joining us on this edition of Inside Training Camp presented by Fatty. Have a great day everyone,