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Behind the scenes of rookie corners’ insatiable appetite for knowledge originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
Christian Parker is used to it by now because it has become pretty common. The Eagles’ defensive backs coach will get a text like this:
“Hey coach, you in your office?”
It’s a question that leads to more questions. And in the NFL, questions are good, especially when they’re coming from eager rookies. The Eagles drafted a couple of them back-to-back in April when they took Quinyon Mitchell with the No. 22 pick and then Cooper DeJean with the No. 40 pick.
“They’ll send videos of a play at night, they’ll come in the morning with a question,” Parker said to NBC Sports Philadelphia. “Because I tell them, ‘Don’t come in my office without any information. You came up here to learn but I need to know what you’re seeing too so we can either confirm that or translate it or apply it a different way.’ But they’re both pretty intentional about trying to do things the right way and learning as much as possible.”
Mitchell and DeJean have gotten into a groove of asking a bunch of questions in meetings but they’re constantly bringing questions to Parker outside of meetings too.
When they go home at night with their iPads, the rookie cornerbacks will send Parker clips to know how to play a certain coverage or to ask him about a specific matchup, what he sees from a receiver or what technique to use on any given play. Sometimes those texts arrive well after everyone has left the NovaCare Complex for the day — Mitchell said he’ll text Parker as late as 10 or 11 at night.
“It’s good to have that relationship with the coach,” DeJean said, “to be just one text away and ask him whatever questions we need to.”
And each week, Parker and his two rookie cornerbacks will watch film together at the team facility. Just the three of them. Now months into their rookie seasons, it has been extremely helpful for Mitchell and DeJean to go…
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Publish date : 2024-10-23 11:00:00
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