PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — In about two months, all of the Eagles will gather in south Philadelphia for training camp. This weekend, the rookies get the chance for some individual work.
The Eagles kicked off a three-day minicamp on Friday, as the draft choices and first-year free agents got their first taste of an NFL workout.
There is a long way to go for these rookies, and training camp will be a bit more intense than what they experience over the weekend.
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Head Coach Nick Sirianni said he and his coaches wanted to keep things simple for his rookies.
"Let’s let these guys go out there and show us what they can do," said Sirianni.
"Let’s keep the installs very simple. Let’s keep them very simple so they can go out there and they can exhibit their abilities on the field."
As he has done the past few months, Sirianni was not talking about a potential depth chart with the regular season still four months away. Sirianni wants his rookies to focus on getting better each day.
He is also hoping the competition for positions will help increase his players' production during the workouts.
"Competition is never a bad thing," Sirianni said. "It doesn’t matter the position. It’s never a bad thing. It takes people and the cream rises to the top when you compete."
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The players aren't the only people taking the field at the NovaCare Complex for the first time.
Sirianni and his staff are working together as Eagles coaches for the first time, and the assistants are eager to make a strong first impression.
"I think they wanted to come out and impress me and show me that I made the right decision of hiring them," said Sirianni.
"That was pretty cool to see them coaching. I know they have a ton of energy. You can't fake what they have every single day because they bring it every single day."
Sirianni is also bringing plenty of energy. This is his first weekend of work on the field as the head coach, but the new man at the helm for the Eagles tried to take the same approach to his work as he did when he was an assistant.
"I just kind of moved around the field more," Sirianni said.
"When I was a position coach, I was with that position during individual. When I was an offensive coordinator, I was with the offense. Now I was just with the entire team. It was just football practice. Business as usual.”