Philadelphia Eagles: Training Camp Update (July 23)

Day Two of Eagles' training camp has come and gone without much fanfare. The real question will be whether Brian Westbrook and Lito Sheppard report Thursday night. For now, here are a few notes from today's practice.

• It's good to see not only a healthy McNabb, but a happy one. Cracking a few jokes throughout the morning's practice, he kept things light and played in his usual top form. This guy really is the natural leader of this team.

• Trevor Laws and Bryan Smith trained in the practice fields with medicine balls today, getting conditioned to join the other guys sometime next week.

• The Eagles moved Jackson around a lot behind the line of scrimmage, the purpose being that the press coverage would be slightly lighter on the other side of the line, therefore allowing Jackson to run his route more effectively.

• Brent Celek is now the only tight end in camp, so the attention was focused on him as he caught a good many passes in tight spaces.

• Therrian Fontenot was clearly trying to get himself noticed. Signed as a rookie CB, Fontenot has been playing aggressively throughout the whole camp. Today, he tangled with Michael Gasperson, and made some good plays at the line of scrimmage.

• Donovan McNabb didn't play in the afternoon, and won't be playing tomorrow morning either. It isn't because of the new "30-And-Over Club," but rather because he traditionally gets this time off.

• CB Kyle Arrington was physical and had a good day, mostly focusing on pressure at the line of scrimmage. DeSean Jackson and Frantz Hardy were two of his victims.

• Quintin Demps had another nice day today, picking off two passes from Kevin Kolb. Those were his second and third of this training camp, after picking off 17 during his college career. Two of his college interceptions, by the way, were off Kevin Kolb.

• Kolb consistently passed to Brent Celek for completions during red zone drills.
  

• Ryan Moats is looking good on the short screens, getting upfield quickly and effortlessly. He will have to consistently perform this well to make the 53-man roster.

• Overall, all three QBs passed to DeSean Jackson often, giving him an opportunity for him to try out all different sorts of routes—fly routes, curls, slants, flats, you name it.

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