Happy Friday Eagles fans. I'm Chris McPherson alongside fran Duffy for our practice report now today. It was a light ten ten ten session, so Doug Pierson easing up off the guys because they had live hitting on Tuesday and Thursday. So we'll recaptase practice very briefly before doing a week in review because the players have off on Saturday before
the open practice at the Link on Sunday. So it was a fun practice because they had Fletcher Cox and Jason Peters field punts to give the guys some extra time off on Friday evening, and the guys came through in the clutch. Jason Pierce went first, and look, he was a tight end in Arkansas, so you figure he would be able to come through, no doubt. But Fletcher Cox, I mean you felt the pressure was on when he went under the Cameron Johnson punt, but he feelded it cleanly.
The guys were celebrating. It was a great morale boost to end the week. The fact that both those guys at six foot four, six foot five, three hundred ten, three hundred twenty pounds whatever they are, if you or I out there, if you'd lined up the entire Eagles media contention and put us in the end zone, maybe two out of the forty people would catch puns. But the fact that those guys went two for two on their first try no practice, speaks to their athletic ability.
All right, So let's get to the real action on the field again. Two live hitting sessions this week. Who stood out to you throughout the course of weeks big picture here for Yeah, no doubt that you look at the receiver position. Marcus Johnson has been outstanding. He's made big plays each and every day out of practice six one, two hundred and five pounds. His ability to go downfield and make plays has been prevalent throughout every single day
at practice. Nelson Agilare has been outstanding. But on the on the offensive line, we know the five starters have looked really strong upfront, But how about big v Halla Pulavati Vitai, the second year tackle out of TCU, has looked outstanding. He's looked more explosive, he's looked quick, and he's got those heavy hands. I saw him punch Brandon Graham on one play and on one on one drill earlier this week, where he almost knocked Graham to the ground. So you talk about big v a guy taking the
next step this year in training camp. All right, I'm gonna go to the defensive side of the Balmas start a line back. Great encouraging signs that Jordan Hicks was a full participant in Thursday's live hitting session, diving for the ball, flying around, showing no words for wear with that broken pinkie. So he'll be good once the season begins. Nigel Brown just a nice compliment to Hicks in that nickel package, which I think we're gonna see a ton of this season. But to me, the heart and soul
the defense is the defensive tackle position. You look at Fletcher Cox, who had a dominant day on Thursday. Earlier in the week, there was one rep that stood out where Carson Wentz took this snap and rolled to his right and Fletcher Cox is just running stride for stride with him and be like, big boy, if you want to go, I'll be able to come and get you.
And then Tim Jurney again, you know everyone that has talked about the addition that he's made here for this defense, for the passwords that he's gonna bring never played in this type of scheme before. I just think he is exactly what this Eagles defensive front needs. You need someone who could take the pressure off Fletcher Cox so that if they're gonna put Fletcher Cox in a one on one situation, he'll win. If you have Tim jurnagain a one on one situation, I think he'll win. They are
gonna cause a lot of problems for offensive line. So these defensive line defensive line one on one bouts have been tremendous and I think it's going to make the two units extremely better come the time of the regular season. So that's gonna do it. For our practice report for fran Duffy, I'm Chris McPherson again. The players are off Saturday. The last open practice is this Sunday at the Link. We hope to see you there. Until then, have a great day everyone,