\u00a05\/9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\nJason Peters<\/b> is going to have to remind Elliott that missed field goals will not be tolerated.”<\/p>\n
Good stuff from Jimmy. Cracking corn is what he does.<\/p>\n
In other news, by now you know Christian Hackenberg has been signed by the Eagles as a developmental QB. Hackenberg was drafted in the second round (51st overall) of the 2016 draft by the New York Jets out of Penn State. He played in the preseason for the Jets in 2016 and 2017, but never saw time in a regular-season game.<\/p>\n
After a trade to the Raiders in the spring of 2018, he was released and became a free agent. He is hoping to use this opportunity with the Eagles to get his NFL career back on track.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going to come in every day and learn as much as I can from these guys,\u201d Hackenberg said. \u201cI assume they signed me for a reason so I\u2019m just going to come in and give it all that I have in terms of picking it up, trying to push myself, and learning as much as I can mentally and trying to take that on while also making sure I stay up on everything physically. So, it\u2019s going to be tough. It\u2019s a challenge, and I\u2019m excited for it. It\u2019s better than sitting on the couch.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sitting on the couch is exactly what Hackenberg has been doing in the last two months. He said he worked with personal trainer Jeff Christensen and did 86 two-a-days of workouts trying to perfect his arm motion and footwork. He said this summer was the first time since he could remember that he was not involved in a Training Camp in some form.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeing able to finally get that call and come in and do things, it puts things in perspective,\u201d Hackenberg said. \u201cYou take things for granted and you don\u2019t miss it until it\u2019s taken away from you and I understand it\u2019s not like a year or anything like that, there\u2019s been way crazier stories, but getting a taste of that, it\u2019s not a good sandwich to bite into. So like I said, just really happy to be here, smile on my face and enjoying every minute of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hackenberg worked out for the New England Patriots and Houston Texans in that time. He worked out with the Eagles on Sunday and was \u201cthrown\u201d into a walk-through after signing his contract. He then had to drive to his home in New Jersey to retrieve a bag of clothes before coming back to the hotel in Philadelphia and preparing for Monday\u2019s practice.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know what I\u2019ve put in this offseason and things I\u2019ve changed and I just haven\u2019t had an opportunity to go out and show any of that yet,\u201d Hackenberg said. \u201cSo I think the expectations and all, that really hasn\u2019t crossed my mind. It\u2019s been more of a focus on just the process and every day, whatever step that is, and however that\u2019s going to come, just falling in love with that again because usually if you take care of that, the results end up being pretty good.\u201d<\/p>\n
Who knows where this Hack thing could go? I see him as a feel-good story right now, not much more. But I thought the same about Michael Vick’s journey to the Eagles in 2009.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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