Phase 2 of training camp just around the cornor.

For three days the Eagles practices with a skeleton crew. The tempo was slower. The coaches worked on techniques and fine touches with rookies and selected veterans with the intention of bringing those players up to speed with the blur of action they're about to see. "It's good to get the rust off," said defensive tackle Paul Grasmanis, one of the veterans who reported. Other veterans in included the three quarterbacks (Donovan McNabb, Koy Detmer, Jeff Blake), Jerome McDougle, Jamaal Green, Kori Dickerson and Josh Parry. The good news from the first five practices was that nobody suffered an injury. The players learned about the X's and O's. Now, with a 7 p.m. team meeting looming, with conditioning drills on Saturday morning and a closed-to-the-public practice on Saturday afternoon, the anticipation of Sunday's full-team, the-place-will-be-jammed-with-fans practice increases. "I know how it's going to be," said Grasmanis. "The fans will be wall to wall."

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