Mornhinweg on the young guys
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Mornhinweg on the young guys
Daily News staff
On a day dedicated to Jim Johnson at Lehigh on Wednesday, offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg made his first appearance in the media tent.
“He was a classy guy," Mornhinweg said of Johnson. "He had great class, great character and then, as everybody knows, he was one of the creative, aggressive-type defensive coordinators in the league. I loved it as an offensive coordinator because with his mentality and his style, there were several years where you just got a boatload of turnovers and opponents’ offenses were off the field very quickly in some cases.”
Mornhinweg also addressed a few issues related to the rookies in minicamp and the offense.
On the first few days of camp: “Five practices in three days, mostly rookies, we did have Kevin Curtis in and then the three quarterbacks and Stacy [Andrews]. Those men were coming back from injuries, with exception to the quarterbacks. A lot of learning. A lot of installation. The fellows that got all of these reps really got ahead of the game a little bit because many of these plays will be what we install here when the veterans get in. [It is] an excellent opportunity to get these extra reps.”
On first-round pick Jeremy Maclin missing the first few practices: “I’d normally talk about the players that are here however, in general, it’s my experience with rookies that help a ball club - or helped the club that I’ve been on - they’ve missed very, very little. It’s just a big advantage to be at every practice.”
On LeSean McCoy's retaining of the offense from the minicamps: “Almost all of it, he’s a pretty sharp guy. Now we ask the running back position to do an awful lot. He’s still working through some things, but he’s really a bright young man. I do think that by, lets say the middle of training camp, he should be pretty comfortable. It appears that, that is the way it’s going.”
On what the coaches want to see from McCoy: “There are a few things. The first one would be pass protection. Then there are one or two other things I’d like to see as well.”
The Eagles have one practice that is closed to the fans at 3 p.m. today and then Andy Reid will address the media. The team has its first full-squad workout Friday morning.
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As the tributes and memories of Jim Johnson continue to pour in, former Indiana linebacker Mark Deal was among those who weighed in. Deal, now a member of the athletics staff at IU, played center when Johnson was the linebackers coach under Lee Corso for the Hoosiers from 1973-76.
Deal and Johnson remained close after Deal's playing days ended as he became a coach at Wabash College.
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Whatever u say lone. Hey, should be an exciting season for the birds irregardless of their record this season!!!— DJ- Don't use his name without knowing how his success of teaching has rubbed off some of the assistant coaches under JJ wing. (For example Spagnola and Rivera) You must be depressed or just don't know.— jazzyg50
- Ladies, let's get 2 things straight: #1. McDermott is NO Johnson. #2. McFlabb had Johnson and Bdawk's defense keep him in games. Now you will see the eagles/McNabb "dynasty" completely fall off the rails without the defense that kept them in so many games that they should of lost because of McFlabb. McDermott is not going to win games for them.— morvak
- lonewuss - there you go again - sneaking on the p.c. while your Mom's getting pumped by trash collector...— mebphila
- Yea hopefully McDermott is pretty good, obviously no one is Jim Johnson. He did such a great job of utilizing a players strength and hiding their weaknesses. Hopefully the players took all JJ had to say and will use that knowledge and his passing as motivation to bring it to another level this year. Time will tell.— jwood
- This is rediculous.— craig123
- Some of you dudes don't have a clue. Just blabbing off like you'd rather get some attention as opposed to talking "football". If you don't bleed EAGLE green, and you're not really a fan... save the ranting, raving, and idiot , moronic comments for your son's pop warner league games!!! If we had just one SB ring to represent the Andy Reid era, you guys would be singing the fight song everyday all day. Fly by night, bandwagoneers are what you dudes are. You have a team that has been in the Super Bowl picture for 10yrs. Id rather that, then the Bengals or Lions. Grow up. Calling no.#5 McFlabb???!!! He's the same guy who played on a broken leg and torched them. You'd more than likely call outta work for a broken fingernail. "LET'S TALK REAL FOOTBALL, LIKE REAL MEN, OR JUST DON'T SAY ANYTHING AT ALL!!! 8- 8 season... you must be kidding me!— Aaron
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- nice post aaron, but dont let these idiots get a rise out of you, thats what they're looking to do. The offensive pieces are all there this year, for the first time since 2004, let's see if they can gel - quickly.— ag
- I'm sorry but I still can't take Mornhinweg seriously after he won the coin toss in overtime when he was coaching the Lions and chose to kick— eagles84
- wow lonewolf made a remark about mcnabb, no way!???— ramp5757
