"This team hits more in camp than any team I've ever seen"
Well, now it's my turn to take up the mantle of Philly.com videographer-in-residence at Lehigh. And when I say I'll be here all week, I actually mean it.
(For better or for worse.)
But anyway, you might have seen me before on Philly.com's college sports blog and the Inquirer's Phillies podcast. Now I've been dispatched to my first ever Eagles training camp to continue Philly.com's daily video reports.
A few things struck me about this morning's session. First, that it wasn't excessively hot or humid. But that will change tomorrow, so I'll keep my mouth shut for fear of jinxing things further.
Second was the huge mass of Eagles fans that literally packed four football fields' worth of grandstands today. I don't have the official attendance number yet (though I'm sure Zach will post it later), but I figure it was somewhere around 12,000.
I have to think that the Eagles are at worst in the top three teams for average daily training camp attendance, with the Steelers (sorry) and Packers. I certainly can't imagine any other teams in the NFC East drawing crowds like this every day.
Anyway, it became clear to me in a hurry that the fans wanted to see two things: big-time touchdown passes and hard hits.
So I humbly present Philly.com's latest training camp video, featuring the best hits of the day and Daily News columnist Rich Hofmann's thoughts on why this Eagles team does more hitting in camp than any other team he's ever seen. Click on the photo below to watch.
