Quotes about Nate and how he fits into Philly's offense

Great find by Tombo! I never would have thought to check this paper for news about Nate.

http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/99-05142007-1346170.html


About how their RBs have to be versatile, Eagles OC Marty Mornhinweg said:
"We ask the running backs here to do an awful lot.

We ask them to run the football, of course, and we ask them to block in the run game. Then we ask them to protect, and then we ask them to run routes like a receiver would from the backfield and the slot out wide, and then we expect them to catch the football like a receiver would.

So we ask them to do virtually everything you can ask a skill player to do. We do move them around quite a bit, and so — (considering) verbiage, alignment, assignment, that's one of the tougher positions (to learn)." (Burlington County Times)


About the 2 RBs they drafted (Tony Hunt and Nate), Mornhinweg said:
“Tony's a good all-around player, at least he was in college. He runs the ball very well. He has very quick feet. He's physical. He's done a very good job in college in the pass protection aspect of it. When he's been asked to block on running plays, he's done a good job there. Lastly, he's been effective and productive in the passing game. So he's very good all-around. (Ilaoa has) very good feet. He's highly productive, both in the pass and the run game." (BCT)


About his advice to Tony and Nate, starting RB Brian Westbrook said:
“I told the younger guys, it's their job now, so they have to get in the (play book) no matter what - if they're tired, in between meetings, in between practices, they have to get in the book and study, because it's not natural for a lot of these things they're asking them to do. The terminology is so different from different schools. They have to learn a lot. They're going to be tired, and they have to be able to study even when they're tired and learn this offense, because we can't allow them to make mistakes out there." (BCT)