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Eagles Practice Observations: Actual tackle football; Bradford way ahead; Don’t sleep on Dillon Gordon

The Eagles held their ninth practice of training camp on Wednesday. Here’s what I saw:

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Eagles Training Camp August 3, 2016

-- For the first time in four years, the Eagles held a practice with live hitting and tackling to the ground. It is football, after all. Chip Kelly had a different philosophy on contact. He thought it led to injuries and was unnecessay because there are four preseason games. Many other coaches feel the same. Doug Pederson does not. “Injuries are part of the game,” he said.