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They're in perpetual motion. They signal and gesture. They point and command. They slam against his pupils' shoulder pads and grab their uniform jerseys in demonstrations of technique.
The 64-year-old hands that belong to the new Eagles defensive line coach have mentored some of college football's top linemen over the past three decades and are taking their first stab at the National Football League.
When Jenkins' hands aren't painting the ideal picture of form and technique, they're directing eyes to seemingly century-old gridiron footage, where the black-and-white screen reveals men from a past generation crouched in the same stances and fighting through similar blocks that await the Eagles when training camp begins July 20.
"I've coached at every level. One thing that's been consistent about the job, wherever I've been, is that football is football. The mistakes you make in junior high or high school or college are the same things that get you beat on here at this level," Jenkins said last month after an Eagles minicamp practice, chatting away in his thick, Southern twang, which is perhaps the second thing you notice about him.
"And the same things that allow you to be successful are the same things from junior high to here," Jenkins continued. "I've used it (old game tape) some, just to maybe show them how I envision them."
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Jenkins, 64, brings old-school style to Eagles
Jenkins, 64, brings old-school style to Eagles
NOw get them going!
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