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Hitting returns to Eagles' training camp

THERE WERE two things most observers took away from Wednesday's Eagles training camp practice: a couple of live, full-contact red-zone periods produced enthusiastic popping and chirping, and if you hadn't known better, you'd have thought Trey Burton was Rob Gronkowski.

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Eagles Training Camp, Aug. 3

The hitting got a lot of attention because the Eagles didn't do that in camp during the three years of Chip Kelly. It seemed more unusual than it perhaps should have.

Seeing Burton catch and run and twist away from tackles seemed less odd - he's put in two seasons here, played in 31 games, mostly as a special-teams ace - but it was still interesting.