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Eagles defensive coordinator Billy Davis is a student of the game and it’s why he studied the defenses of former Eagles defensive coordinator, Jim Johnson.
“Now he had some great dynamic pressures, and I’ve studied a lot of them,” Davis said today at the NovaCare Complex. “They were out-of-the-box thinking. But when you really break him [...]
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Eagles General Manager Howie Roseman says he likes what he seeing at Nova Care Complex as Chip Kelly and the Eagles go through their OTA’s. Roseman likes the uptempo, high energy workouts, which show a motivated and enthused football team.
“The most important thing we have is buy-in from our players. When you see how hard [...]
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I don’t remember exactly what music was playing when I walked into practice, but the music seemed to start kind of mellow then it built a tempo as the practice went on yesterday. It was a different selection to what we heard last week, more old school stuff. “You Dropped the Bomb On Me” [...]
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I was concerned about Eagles defensive end Trent Cole before the training camp because I didn’t see a place where he fit into the Eagles future plans. Cole is very strong for his size, but he’s a 4-3 defensive end, not a linebacker and he’s not a 3-4 defensive end.
“We’re trying different things,” Cole said [...]
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Eagles new head coach Chip Kelly believes in taking advantage of scientific knowledge to construct the best football team he can put together. That’s why the Eagles players are greeted by tables of granola bars, yogurt, fruit, and smoothies that have been prepared specifically for each player.
“They’ve got a lot of healthy things where once [...]
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With the Eagles making the transition to a 3-4 defense, they’ve got a number of players leftover from their 4-3 scheme that could have some trade value elsewhere. Right now the Eagles have too many 4-3 defensive ends. Trent Cole, Brandon Graham, Vinny Curry, and Phillip Hunt are all still on the roster, but it [...]
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The Eagles feel they already have some of the personnel needed to play defensive coordinator Bill Davis’ hybrid 3-4 defense. Team GM Howie Roseman spoke to a number of local media members, who had traveled Indianapolis and gave them a summation of what he thought about some of the team’s current defensive personnel. Here are [...]
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After doing some research and utilizing my 11-years of the playing numerous defenses in the NFL, I think I have a good idea how Billy Davis convinced Chip Kelly and the Eagles that he was the best option for them at the defensive coordinator position.
Don’t get me wrong. I don’t think he was the first [...]
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I’ve heard from numerous NFL sources here in Mobile, Alabama at the Senior Bowl, that the Eagles assistant coaches and scouts are talking about getting players for a 3-4 defense.
Specifically they’ve been asking and talking a great deal about big defensive linemen, who will play in this weekend’s Senior Bowl game.
I’ve also learned that the [...]
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Eagles wide receiver Jason Avant was brutely honest and the Eagles were humiliated by the Giants 42-7 in the final game of the Andy Reid era and the 2012 season.
“I’m not a GM, so I don’t know (what will happen),” Avant said to PhiladelphiaEagles.com. “But one thing I do know is that we need guys [...]
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