Eagles Press Conference: Brandon Graham, DeVonta Smith, and More | July 24, 2024

Brandon Graham last first day as a player okay you know I don't know what what the future holds next year in the organization um as as the next level but I know uh it'll be something but you always talked about how 15 years was a goal of yours now that you're here how does that feel I'm thankful man just trying to enjoy every day uh not no rush obviously I'm talking to y'all on the first day usually I be inside but it's my last my last year man so just trying to soak it all in trying to enjoy every day trying to give it everything uh no no Stone unturn you know making sure that I'm just talking and letting everybody know hey man let just take care of the day and then as we keep walking keep stacking it's all about what we do uh today and tomorrow we'll worry about it when it com you seen a lot of young to this what you SE C bur into bigger rules I see that they ready for they their moment you know uh they know it's going to be a battle it's going to be a battle uh but that's what you want you want competition you want them boys to make sure that they working every day getting better uh and you know how they going to have the ups and downs cuz it ain't going to be perfect every day but it's it's how you handle all this and I'm just excited I know they excited just to be in that position so um just try just trying to take it all in for them and I'm trying to give them everything I got as far as giving them a good look talking to them keeping their mind focused on on what they need to and and then we'll see the best man win those goods I me like you got guys it's not full pad runs but like seems like they have to kind of fun exchange what's that like Happ you know just talking man it's just us like just trying to bring energy uh you know it's the first day everybody know everybody want to make a good impression the first day but I mean man it's it's never going to be as good as it seems it's never as bad as it seems just got to keep working make sure that uh you know you keep getting better about what we doing and whatever coaching points that they got to make with you just know everybody's trying to go go up here and sometimes you start them here but it's just we stocking these days and I think uh so far we got a good good little stop there a lot of new pieces on the defense this year what are some of the biggest changes that you've seen already I know at St uh you know what those DBS looking strong back there I'm excited it's a bunch of battles going on uh you can see that everybody is um you know looking forward to the challenge this year uh up front you know us as a d line you know we just got a lot to prove cuz you know we lost highs lost some guys and you know it's just some question marks everywhere but I know everybody's excited you know even the Kobe uh linebacker core you know we got de we got um you know a bunch of guys that got chips on their shoulders got trying to prove why they should stay stay here and you know I'm just we just all trying to bring it together cuz we know everybody got that that chip on their shoulder but how can we bring it together where everybody get what they want if we get what we want as a team without Fletcher who are you looking to step up this year 90 98 you know them them the two hogs in the middle I mean even Milton Milton stepping it up uh this year and you know whoever else want to step it up but uh the future is 98 90 and 93 you know them guys they they got to they got to step up into a big role they got to bring their energy don't try to be flet Fletch was Fletch you know Fletch going to always be able to come back and and be Fletch when he here he going to give us probably a message this year during the season I'm sure him or Kelsey you can't replace them type of guys but you can have guys step up for sure uh and make sure that they um you know ready for their moment when uh when that time come said that one of his biggest strengths is being a defensive play call going around a lot of defensive when you get that sense from well you know he shoot what he say he 40 40 years in hey man he he been around the block a lot of times and so I know for him he just he just want us to be in shape because you know we going to trust that he going to make the right cause and we going to run him that's it that's what it's about as as coordinators you want to get gain of trust to your team you want us to do our job when you make a call and it don't matter if you don't like the call or not just do your job you know and I trust in him he trust in us and that's what we right now as we go through training talking about the chip on your shoulder um how much is what happened at the end of last season part of that motivation well you know what we we ain't in we ain't in the past we about what's going on right now we talking about today and that's what we've been spreading that message you know last year was a good learning tool for the ones that was here we know what that felt like we didn't we just don't want to be losing at the end of it you know we started off really good uh but then we didn't ended the way we wanted to it's just about finishing the job this year you know making sure that we go out do it one day at a time because cuz you know how it is when you having fun man which I feel we going to have a lot of fun this year uh the time goes by really fast and so make sure you recording all the videos you can connecting with your teammates make sure you enjoy being out here practicing so you can show up on Sunday you want to go back you want do you want to go back to getting some reps inside on third down I think so I think it uh you know hey guys step up this year I might not even have to touch the inside you know what I'm saying but I'm always um just trying to be available for whenever that time come to you know step it up when they need a play I'm going try to be that guy to come come clean up everything like you guys kind of right now Corner how much are you paying attention to that how much do the rest of well you know what we we pay attention to our jobs right now and as we when we turn around as a d line as the ball thrown if we see him bad at passes them knocking him down or catching interceptions we know they doing their job cuz we off the field you know what I'm saying and so I'm just excited uh for them guys we look we look at it but we don't look at it as much as you know a coach it's just more about trying to make sure we take care of our job so that we won't be the weakest link just having that mindset and that's if guys had that mindset of not being the weakest link you know we end up having a strong core uh core core of guys and uh we just got to make sure we just just worry about our details and what we do cuz I can't point fingers at nobody I got to make sure I'm always pointing at myself and trying to be better and so we got to keep that message spreading uh within within everybody cuz it's going to take all of us last two last two active summer for you off the field opportunities what that was that preparing for Life capitalizing you know what just me and wife talking about just enjoying the last talking about the fair world tourament it's just like everything that everybody asked me to do this offseason I'm coming I'm coming you know cuz as a player it's just you know just enjoying it man cuz I know this my last year I know for me I'm just excited um this to still be in this position still be able to compete against the guys and um you know I want to make sure I put everything I had into it this off SE on top of you know everything I'm going do when I'm when I'm on the field so that's where that's where that came from me and wifey just saying that we wanted to do everything uh together a lot of question marks on what they going to do with year three and two you know and how they going to be they the future and you know you want how to feel comfortable coming off this year after this year saying like all right I got my guys and I think they just want to prove that they the guys and I think they're gonna feed off each other on top of the the knowledge we give them and you know we just want them to be them and we want them to just care about what they doing and just go out there and just tear it up thank you thank you guys DeVonta Smith yeah oh yeah it's always great you know get back around the guys get back out you know flying around playing football [Music] how um know as a receiver we don't listen to the Cadence so I don't got to deal with it what how about for the line on the off as a whole just adjusting to all the kind of new things emotion um I mean it's always tough um you know really just getting back out there you know when you away from it so long you know everything sounds new even stuff that you've been doing sound new so just getting back to it getting back to you know hearing the normal calls but it's always St come back what do you thinko things you're doing um you know just different looks and things like that you know basically you still to run a lot of this stuff but every look is going to be different so you know it's it's a lot of flavor that's being added um everybody's you know appro those guys you know they they've been doing it for a while so you know it's not like you have to you know bring them along they're going to do yeah in a bad way it's just heavier all question um I mean it's great you know uh puts a lot of guys in different situations all a lot of guys to do different things so you know it's great J always talked about his leadership bringing people have you seen him adjusting anything with his leadership coming into this camp jayen is going to be jayen he's he's the same him you know so he's a guy you can just look at and you'll want to follow him you'll want to follow his lead so there's not much to be said you look at him he does the right things and you know guys just rally around special is it to have yet another year together uh it's great man I feel like we're we're building something special um you know we're trying to keep that keep it going um I think right now we're doing a great job continuing to build what's the top priority for um just you know get familiar with the offense um getting in football shape um you know it's kind of hard to get in football shape you can go run as much you want on track and things like that you got to actually go out running rout so get in the football and um yeah just that to I feel like I'm always you show up and see a guyed physically some of these guys oh you know a lot of these guys you know you've been knowing for a long time so um I think the biggest thing you know just actually being around the more this guys keep bump into she been know for a while but the more coming in every day and seeing them every day totally different know you to Pi their brain and things like that what are some of those were some of [Music] those U I would say you know the yards have to contact and things like that you know he's not a guy just tackle easily he's going to break tackles he's going to force the defense to Rally the ball how he's funny he's funny he's a very funny guy with J with Jaylen there's been a decent amount M about his relationship with fani what have you noticed about their before around the league a lot of guys are playing the college fo video game a has played thought about what 20 um no I I don't have my PlayStation 5 right now so I Haven got a chance to download it yet everybody tell me how great looking forward to you thought about [Music] what so you got some guys he talking back honest when I'm out there I don't hear them I don't hear nobody on the defense not even him no I don't hear him I T majority of that out how would you describe um it's just like it be random stuff that he just says it just be so funny like cuz you don't expect him to say it any like come out of nowhere you seen the wide receiver show yeah your thoughts and they ask you U no they didn't ask me but it was great it was a great show it was great to you know see how those guys prepare you know some some of the best in the league definitely um you know see how they prepare see how they go about their daily routines and things like that is a representative of kind life of wide receivers uh yeah definitely you know everybody does things differently but um they definitely done some things that were eye open two more uh good um you really no injuries Lane Johnson from last year um obviously some guys some special guys retired so changing them a guard but um you know today's first um getting used to a new offense you know the Cadence and timing so a lot of work to do guys got to play themselves in shape but this was a good first first time I ever saw huddle up like that after you know Kelsey's gone and you guys are doing things yeah that's the first time I ran some Trippers out the practice uh so yeah um you know I felt like we could be in better shape so that's what we're attacking so we started with day one and I guess that's how we're going to do things from now on so uh yeah littleit different like that uh I think it was Cam and Mada so I just jumped along with them so okay I can get some better shape too so uh but yeah it was good um it usually takes the offense a little bit longer to get the timing down so um you know today was a little bit you know trying to get your footing but I think tomor be better obviously on paper things look great at this point what's your level of optimism heading into this year I'm optimistic you know when I look around we're we're very talented and and uh you can do a lot with that but OB obiously we have to jail good as a team and we have to execute so um you know it looks good on paper and and we're eager to you know write all the wrongs that we had at the the end of the last season how was it working with Center in his first training uh it was good you know I've had some rest with him before obviously different with kelse on but um a little bit different Cadence timing but getting used to it and uh I thought you did really well communication was good and I think that's probably most important you know as far as getting new group together it was a good first day you know obviously um it's hard to run block with without pads on but I think once we get pads on we'll be able to tell more but obviously you know he's a lot stronger than what he was last year so physically developed and had a good first day youing have the same guy yeah yeah I would like to uh you know have a guy take over and build continuity with him so you know it's obviously going to be you know a dog fight for position but yeah I mean I'm going to play with with whoever's next to me but you know St had a good first day and like I said we'll know more when the PS come on how much of this offense is going I mean football's all the same I mean it's all the same plays just different terminology you know um you know Kellen did a lot of good stuff in Dallas you know ran some Tempo um you know had had some quick game good run game doing to mix things up so we did a little bit that today so you know obviously we got to get in shape so that's what a lot of today was is is getting into shape and and running plays next so good first day and and build on that when you talk about the timing of the offense is there any way to expedite that or is it just come with time uh it comes with repetition I mean really you know today was first day today will be our first walk through day so you know the more reps we get together the more we learn to Playbook and you know it'll be less thinking it'll be more just playing so we can play a lot faster what kind of twe say it again what kind of tweaks are expecting to training camp this year uh I think it's you know probably not as many off days as what we had so you know going be more dog days this summer but yeah I mean I think it's good we're learning a new offense so we need to spend our time with it and uh like I said we learn it so well that we're not thinking we're playing fast and so that's going take time new center Camp's been around how comfortable is he how do you describe yeah I mean uh obviously you can't replace Jason Kelce he's not trying to he's trying to be his own player and uh you know I think he's done well like I said I think the biggest thing for us his old line is is tackling communication so you know having no ma a line of scrimmage everybody know their assignment starts with him he's done exceptionally well you ever since he's Tak over a couple years ago we saw P did get a lot of those reps when Jason was out have you seen growth like when you think back to that camp yeah I mean a lot of it's coming in you know learning A playbook but I feel like now he's a lot more polished you know he had a year at guard um you know I thought he played really well well and come back at Center he's very strong you know Kel did a good job I think with scouting him I think he helped you know as far as his moving athleticism he's got everything you want and uh now it's just about us getting reps and building continuity and uh getting the Playbook down amount being made about the relationship between Jaylen and Coach serani what did you noticed about their report that seems fine to me I SP a lot of time with with Coach statland but um you know it's obviously it's been I thought it's been really good we had a great offseason we talked about jelling we talked about building relationships and so yeah man uh I thought it's been it's been going well and just first day so it might it might be early said without further step back be in different position group meetings has he been more involved with offensive line that You' seen so far is that kind of yeah like I said it's first day but I notic there an OTAs he was he's very interactive and and every position group come in sit in listen in so there's a lot of that SE how do you think uh pre- snap motion and all the motion we're seeing out there is going to help the op uh well the more you can disguise and uh make guys think across from you slows them down and so the more you can make the defense think and uh less them just reacting the better you're going to be so that's all you need is a step step in a half at timing and so that's what Kell does with all these motions trying to create misdirections uh get guys off the reads and and so from offens standpoint it can help us a lot is there more protection you know with with when you have motion like that for linemen yeah well there's uh you know when I watch Dallas over the years we set we did a lot of vertical setting you know ever since I've been here uh Dallas does a lot more flat sets so it cast a wider pocket all line so a little bit more firmer and less vertical so uh set lines do change up we do have some quick protection so I will say we're probably more balanced uh that we've been far as all of our past sets itical you know attacking 45 sets so it's a lot of stuff mixed in but it's a good variety you speed I guess need the most in the past few months what you think uh I thought for me a lot of it's about uh you know obviously being quick so you know obviously you know I've gotten stronger but for me it's about plyos Plyometrics being able to react you know guys make an inside move I can shut it down guys shot a b so for me it's about being elastic being able to to bend and move so you know as you get older guys you know kind of neglect that so I try to stay up on that just so keep my speed up thanks guys