TC, Day 2 -- "What did these people come to see?"

There were probably about 1,500 Eagles fans here today, watching a fraction of an NFL team practice without pads. I guess it's free, so nobody got fleeced out of any money unless you count the 20 bucks worth of gas some of them burn coming to Bethlehem and back. I really wonder how many of them knew what it was going to be about today, and how many were disappointed not to see Brian Westbrook or Takeo Spikes or Brian Dawkins lighting it up.

They did get to see Donovan McNabb, as promised, as well as Kevin Kolb and Chris Gocong, Nate Ilaoa and Jeremy Bloom, among others. In all, I'd say about 15 of the individual players on the practice field this morning will have an impact on the game field this upcomig season. Maybe 10. Maybe even fewer. Hard to tell.

Defensive coordinator Jim Johnson and McNabb both spoke from the "podium" after practice, and Five was actually pretty good, maybe because ESPN was here. Kevin Roberts will cover the whole McNabb angle with his column for Sunday's paper, but I will say I was glad to see he got rid of the Abe Lincoln beard.