AFTERNOON PRACTICE

• 4:26 PM: Practice is over here for Friday at Lehigh. It was pretty hot for the afternoon session, but wasn't too bad in the morning. The hitting has been great to watch the past three days, just getting more and more intense. The fans in the afternoon turned out well compared to the rest of camp, but were nothing close to the 17,000-some that showed up this morning.
  
  
• 4:16 PM: The punters are practicing pooch punts, kicking from the 50-yard line. Dirk Johnson lands a couple at around the 15, but then a couple others only 20-30 yards downfield. Sav Rocca looks pretty solid on kicks, landing three of four inside the 20, and the one that didn't get there he was under pressure from Gaddis (who may have actually hit his foot). Meanwhile CBS's Gus Johnson showed up at camp. Johnson will be the play-by-play guy for the Eagles Television Network preseason telecasts. I can't say I've seen too many of his games, but if he's half as entertaining as a football announcer as he is doing basketball games, he should be on their number one broadcast team.
  
  
• 4:08 PM: Jerome McDougle posts a sack, then Ramsey gets to the quarterback, then Thomas and then Abiamiri on the next play. In all, six of the last seven plays have been sacks. Since the quarterback doesn't get hit in training camp, especially without pads on, the play just goes on after a sack, and here Kolb completes a nice pass to Collie way after the fact.
  
  
• 3:52 PM: Joselio Hanson grabs an interception on a throw from Kelly Holcomb, and soon after cornerback Nick Graham makes a nice pass deflection on a pass to Baskett. The morning saw some nice plays from the offense, but it's been mostly the guys on the other side of the field now.
  
  
• 3:38 PM: While the linemen duel, everyone else goes up for some 7-on-7 drills. Brown makes a real nice catch on a deep fade off of a Feeley throw that looked to have been too far toward the sideline. The offense doesn't get too much going, as linebackers like Akeem Jordan and Gaither play solid pass defense. A couple minutes later, though, injured tight end L.J. Smith catches a crossing pattern. Smith is wearing the red no contact jersey after sitting out the morning practice, but is running well.
  
  
• 3:34 PM: The defenisve and offensive lines are doing more one-on-ones, though this time there are no fights. The offense has been looking strong, but the defense dominates this afternoon for the couple minutes I was watching. Howard gets around William Thomas in his two attempts, and Juqua Thomas looks real good against his man.
  
  
• 3:19 PM: Jon Dornebos and David Akers were talking to the referees (yes, for some team drills there are refs). The conversation started with a question from Dornebos saying: "If the clock runs out and the ball is downed by the kicking team..." it sounded elaborate so I kept walking. It must have been a pretty good question, because when I walked past again 15 minutes later they were still talking, and a couple other specialists had joined them.
  
  
• 3:07 PM: Donovan McNabb is out playing today and once again for the afternoon practice is passing without a knee brace. He's got his long tights on, which I can't understand because it's pretty hot outside.
  
  
• 2:50 PM: The team is warming up for the afternoon practice, and like yesterday it is in only shells and shorts. Players are doing mostly agility drills to start out. The defensive ends and the tackles are splitting up, with special teams coach Rory Segrest directing the ends and position coach Pete Jenkins working with the tackles. Jenkins advises them to stay wide, probably meaning they are trying to stand their ground and blow up a running play.