MARK WHIPPLE SIGHTING

The good news -- Mark Whipple finally gets permission to talk to the media.

The bad news -- He, um, doesn't say anything interesting:

Whipple was eager to get back into the league, after a year spent "being a dad," he said, to sons Spencer and Austin. "You got edgy, you got antsy," he acknowledged.

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"That's the nature of this league," he said. "Sometimes the quarterback gets too much credit, sometimes he gets too much blame."

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Whipple said the atmosphere around the Eagles is a lot like what it was like with the Steelers, the expectations and the intensity.  "The players are focused. There's leadership, they're showing the young guys," he said. "The goals are defined for the veterans. Somewhere along the road, you hope you can bring something" that will help achieve them.

Andy Reid on Whipple's role:

"I think right now Mark is just learning the offense and getting used to the system; this is a new offense for him. He's somebody who is another set of eyes, right now," Reid said yesterday, the final full day of workouts with rookies and select vets before the full squad reports this evening. "Pat does a great job with [developing Kolb], Marty does a great job with that part of it. It's a great opportunity for Mark to learn from those guys and then share ideas with them.

"He'll be another set of eyes. I'll give him some things to look at. Marty gives him certain projects to do. It's a matter of just kind of getting acclimated to what we do here."

Okay ... but when does he start the install on the Chattanooga formation?

(Now I almost feel bad about this.)