Hear from the Eagles new rookies

As the Eagles latest draft picks prepare to start rookie minicamp, they spent a few minutes with reporters to talk about their experience up to this point, where they see themselves within the new system, and how they plan to learn a whole new offense or Lemon talks DeVonta Smith, getting Nick Foles' blessing to wear No.9Here's some of the notable moments from Thursday's press conferences:Eli StowersThe rookie tight end spoke about where the starting point is to learning a whole new offense. I think you just start from the , you know, the formations, the terminology, how did they identify fronts, you know, how did they identify combos in the run game, things like you learn the formations, the motions, and then you just build upon Mahaffey been doing a good job with me and Dae'Quan [Wright, just kind of giving us the foundation of it and then we're going to continue to learn over the next however long.e later credited TE coach Ryan Mahaffey for having a good understanding of the offensive scheme and breaking it down and teaching it in easily understandable rookie couldn't talk about specifically what he's seen of the Eagles offensive scheme Brandon Hayes Jersey, but has a lot of confidence that there will be a lot of opportunities to make plays. know that [Sean Mannion's going to be really good for this 's a really smart like just learning the offense in the in the few days that I have, I can tell that it's going to be a really good scheme and that we're going to be able to make some really good plays, and our offense is going to be powerful because of him and so I'm really excited to work with confirmed that he views himself as a tight end, but being considered a big wide receiver just speaks to his ability as a pass , though, he wants to be used in the offense as tight end, and do whatever he's asked to do, including was one of the bigger parts of his game he had to develop after moving from QB to TE, but he has the want to thing that you just have to learn the most is like you really got to get your technique down and a lot of it is reps and so you get the muscle memory down, and the other side of it is just the will to want to block and I have that and I want to be the best, you know, blocker that I can be from that 's just, you know, learning my techniques and really practicing Bellust first getting the phone call, was a was a dream come true, but I obviously just been getting my mind ready to come in and just 's the work starts said that he talked to both Lane Johnson and Jordan Mailata, with both veterans reaching out on draft rookie said that he's ready to get into that room and be a sponge and learn everything he can from the may be big like Mailata, but he noted they are each their own players and will do different things 're 're the 're the 're the best, man.I mean, it's really not much too much I can say to that question.I mean, I watch a lot of good guys, but them two for just for me to have them at my leisure, man, it's a also confirmed that he was crosstraining both the right and left side of the line at Miami, so if the Eagles want him at right tackle, he's ready to PaytonThe QB spoke a little about reuniting with safety Cole Wisniewski and having a familiar face around.t's been 's the only is he a great football player, but he's a really good so, you know, when he got picked in the seventh round, that was so we've been able to hang out a little bit it's just going to be fun to have a familiar face around the building.e's only run into one quarterback so far in his short time in Philadelphia https://www.philadelphiafootballshop.com/collections/darius-cooper-jersey, but did hear from the whole room after being drafted. I have yet to meet any of the quarterbacks except Andy [Dalton I ran into him today just in the , Jalen [Hurts and Tanner [McKee both texted me after the draft and congratulated so excited to get to learn from them, work, work and expressed willingness to get on the field in a role other than at quarterback while he's developing on the depth said that he'll do whatever the team wants or needs from rookie QB also revealed that he was used in some unique ways in college, including getting reps at running back, tight end, and was doing special teams drills his junior year.'m the ultimate competitor.I love love the game of football like I keep saying and I'm a great character's, you know, I think at a premium and just being able to support and do whatever the team needs, and just be one of those , super excited for this also pointed out that he and Carson Wentz didn't actually cross paths as North Dakota State, but they are with the same agency, so they trained at the same facility in Southern California for a little MorrisMorris was able to see all of his former Georgia teammates as soon as he got to the Eagles noted that he was much younger than guys like Jordan Davis, Jalen Carter, and Nolan Smith, but reuniting felt like no time had passed and he was excited to be back with his familiar faces, the rookie admitted how impressive it was to be in the team facility.'m in awe.I mean, it's an amazing place.I'm just so blessed and so happy to be from the moment I landed, just I felt the love in the city.I really did.I mean, people in the airport like just knew me and were just happy, were willing to take was just amazing just the love that the city has for the football talked a bit about what he learned from his seasons not being a starter, but rather being a depth explained that having to go through that will help him as he goes through life in general, in addition to football, but it's about trusting the process and continuing to learn and when he's not preparing to play every week, it's important for him to dive into film. would definitely say taking advantage of the practice reps and mental know, you can't watch enough film film film because that's your game reps in a take advantage of the opportunities you get during practice and film, make sure that you're locked in and learning from your mistakes that you WisniewskiThe rookie safety had similar things to say about his former and now current teammate Cole explained that the duo was able to meet up for breakfast before their first day at the team facility, and had nothing but laudatory things to say about the rookie QB. mean, I think everyone in the country knows about how passionate both this media market and fan base is.I think all the fans for all the professional sports team in the area, but specifically the Eagles.I mean, you see it in movies, too, and it shows up also explained how his experience as a linebacker has helped him with the run support aspect of the safety position. think one thing that it really helped me with is you have such an idea of where the ball is going to hit based on the run scheme that you're getting and so being able to understand where the ball is going to where the offense wants the ball to hit coming from the second level, it really helps you not take take poor angles to get to where the ball is going to go.e also talked about Vic Fangio being the godfather of the twohigh and the shell system, which he played in his entire college , Wisniewski is excited to get to learn the ins and outs from Fangio, and how he there's tons of teams across the country who are doing this now and so being able to come to the source is JamesNewbyThe rookie talked about how playing at several different schools helped him grow and develop as a player as he worked his way up.'m a speedy guy.I like to use my speed to my advantage and I'm going to continue to do that.e said that he's liked working with Coach Washburn up to this point https://www.philadelphiafootballshop.com/collections/will-shipley-jersey, and Washburn has been able to get JamesNewby to open up, which the rookie edge rusher talked a little about growing up in Idaho and Montana, and how he loved those experiences, but it was harder to get noticed by a college , he said that scouts will find you wherever you are, and he was just focused on putting in the work. like Philly.I looked at it as I was flying was a beautiful city from what I've seen and I'm excited to learn more about it.

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