The Eagles had a normal afternoon practice in shorts-and-shells. There was no hitting – as usual for afternoon practices – and they ran positional drills and 7-on-7s. Here are some observations and notes from the 2nd practice:
The rookie free agent receiver caught a comeback pass over the middle in which had to dive back for. As he dove, his shorts dragged against the ground and came off, so he was down his tights. The women in the crowd cheered.
A few plays later, Collie caught a deep pass down the right sideline from Kevin Kolb.
Bloom looked sharp on the first day, showing speed and agility. But he’s doing it with no one pressing him or no one tackling. Once Bloom plays against contact, fans will have a better idea of whether Bloom is a viable NFL player.
“Basically it was just a cover 3, I was playing deep middle, the receiver ran a skinny post. Pretty much everyone else ran shorter routes, and there was pretty much nothing else to cover. I broke on it the best I could, and there came the ball.
“There’s only so much you can read. Once they drop back, you got to start playing the field.”
Missing those big plays hurt rookies because if they miss those plays in training camp in front of only a few thousand people in camp, they’ll have a difficult time doing it in Lincoln Financial Field in front of 10s of thousands.
Remember L.J. Smith missing those catches in the endzone in the opening game at Lincoln Financial Field in 2003?
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Check back tonight for a Day 2 wrap.
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