Eagles Focus On Red Zone And Time Management In Morning Workout

The Eagles got in another workout this morning under some dark clouds which held the rain.  The Birds spent a lot of time working on the end of the half and end of the game situations. They were working on calling timeouts at the right time.

The horn went off on the first team offense one-time.  They worked on getting the punt and field goal goal teams in there with the clock ticking. They worked on the offense getting off the field in those situations.

You could see that they’re legs are tired and they’re laboring through the workouts.

Tired legs, live full go drills and unemotional workouts always equaled injuries in my recollection.  If I were Andy Reid, I would shut down the hitting now, because some guys are going full speed and others aren’t.  That’s a bad formula.

They went full go a few times on red zone drills.   The first-string offense was able to get in the end zone a couple of times, once on a screen and again on a running play up the middle.  Michael Vick scrambled in for a score in much the same way he did during the game

After practice tight end Brent Celek said he had no problem with Ernie Sims laying him out in the full go red zone drill.  He took a while to get up but said it’s just part of the game after practice.  I’ve heard some grumblings about Sims popping his offensive teammates at practice.

Defensive coordinator Sean McDermott straddled the fence a bit on Sims’ hit.  He said they want to learn how to protect each other but to also play aggressively.

Todd Herremans got in more reps which is a good thing.

Kevin Kolb connected with Jeremy Maclin on a couple of slant routes and he got it deep to DeSean Jackson on a deep pass.  He lets the deep throw go much more quickly than McNabb.

Some of the guys look like they’re mentally already on the Northeast Extension on their way back home.

Starting running back LeSean McCoy missed this morning’s practice due to a quad contusion.  Mike Bell was out with a calf injury as well, so Eldra Buckley had his time to shine.  He didn’t shine, he stunk the place up by dropping pass after pass.  You have to be a pass catcher if you’re going to play running back for Andy Reid.

I know it’s early but McCoy needs to show everybody that he can stay healthy if he’s the starter.  I also noticed that rookie Charles Scott is solely a fullback and likely on his way out of here.

On one play I saw young tight ends, Clay Harbor and Cornelius Ingram both line up on the line on a formation, which makes the inside guy ineligible.  They need to get aware enough, so that one of them backs off the line of scrimmage.