Eagles work out WR; more practice notes
BETHLEHEM, Pa. -- The Eagles worked out wide receiver Travis Cobb, an undrafted rookie out of Arizona, on Monday after the morning walkthrough.
Eagles work out WR; more practice notes
Jeff McLane, Inquirer Staff Writer
BETHLEHEM, Pa. -- The Eagles worked out wide receiver Travis Cobb, an undrafted rookie out of Arizona, on Monday after the morning walkthrough.
The 5-foot-11, 180-pound Cobb caught 26 passes for 290 yards and one touchdown as a senior in 2010. He was the Wildcats’ primary kick returner in 2009 and 2010, and averaged 25.8 yards a return over two seasons.
He turns 25 on Aug. 5.
Andy Reid said on Sunday that he had no immediate plans to add a receiver after Riley Cooper broke his collarbone on Saturday. Cooper is expected to be out for six weeks. The Eagles were probably just kicking the tires on Cobb.
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Defensive end Jason Babin (calf strain) did not participate in the morning walkthrough, as expected. He is expected to have an MRI today. Safety Phillip Thomas (hamstring strain) was also not at the walkthrough.
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Reid had one of his toughest practices in some time on Sunday, with several live hitting periods in the hot Lehigh sun. Several players said after Monday's walkthrough that Reid has another doozy scheduled for this afternoon with more live hitting in full pads.
"There's going to be a two-minute live period at the end of practice," tackle King Dunlap said.
Several Eagles went to Twitter after Sunday's grueling practice.
-- “I never felt this tired and sore in my life,” defensive end Brandon Graham tweeted.
-- “Tough, hot, long practice today … #spent,” wrote wide receiver Jeremy Maclin.
The contact and heat got to some players as two fights broke out, once during a team drill and another time during one-on-ones between the offensive and defensive lines.
“Tempers are going to flare," quarterback Michael Vick said. "There’s a little attitude sometimes when you’re in the trenches.”
After the final one-on-one period, offensive line coach Howard Mudd pulled both lines together for a huddle. He wanted to ease the tensions and told the players to remember the bigger picture when they're practicing, according to Dunlap.
"He said he didn't like fights at camp because they want us to practice like we're playing in a game," Dunlap said. "And if we're fighting in practice than we'll be fighting in games and getting kicked out of those games."
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The Eagles threw a number of different blitz looks at Vick on Sunday. Last year, Vick had blitz pickup near the top of his list of areas in which he needed to improve upon entering camp. The results during the season were mixed, however.
He did well on Sunday. On one shortened three-play drive, he connected with Maclin for 20 or so yards over the middle, flipped a screen pass to LeSean McCoy that the running back took 10-plus yards and scored on a bootleg.
“Last year, this time I couldn’t have done that, couldn’t have had that type of success,” Vick said.
Great plays by Vick...saw all of them..keep it up Mike— teenwolf- im pumped for this season. I waing in italy, and wAS THERE FOLLOWING THE AFTER LOCK OUT SPENDING SPREE ON LINE, AND i WAS SCREAMING WITH JOY EVERY 23 MINUTES WITH EVERY SIGNING. SO MY FAMILY IN ITALY would ask about the eagles, were we going to be good this season(last season)..and my answer to them was. We just signed the best new players on the market, and we were already a good team. We had a whole new coaching staff basically, and no time to realistically gel. So my answer to them was: we would struggle alot early in the season, and during the end of the year we would get hot and sneak into the playoffs and make a mini run. But I told them that next year(This year) would be OUR YEAR! and the eagles had a better offseason this summer that I would have ever imagined last summer...so IM REALLY PUMPED for this year!— johnGiam
- oh gawd ....— ingy9
- sign old man plax igitz— defroe
- Travis Cobb is a poor man's Chad Hall. Why bother?— diamondd40
- Ya know, you'd probably be complaining if they weren't checking out options. let the Eagles run the team and you do - whatever it is you do. Travis Cobb is out there and they gave him a workout, so what?— carmendmv
When u "KICK TIRES" like they say at least try out WR OVER 6FT2 at least !!ALL we got is WR 6ft and under, only a 6th rnd pick like mcnutt is the only 1 over 6ft2!!I dont care how much IM PUMPED FOR THIS YEAR CUZ IF WE DONT SOLVE THE REDZONE THEN WE WONT WIN NO SB!!Why doesnt ROSEMAN kick the tires on6ft4 WILLIAMS or PLAX!— eaglhitz- Graham does not need to be whining about practice or anything else at this point. Can't believe he's running his mouth.— djlen
