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Jim Schwartz talking a good game at Eagles workouts | Jeff McLane

Jim Schwartz's filibusters aren't as loquacious as noted stonewalling speakers like Huey Long, Mr. Smith and Bill Belichick, but the Eagles defensive coordinator knows how to avoid a topic and kill time when it suits his needs.

For instance, when Schwartz was asked about Fletcher Cox's absence from last week's organized team activities, he started off by saying that he would avoid questions about attendance at voluntary workouts. But 340 words later, after he meandered into an anecdote about former Orioles pitcher Jim Palmer, he was still talking.

And then there are the responses he gives to pointed questions that aren't as much filibusters as they are clever evasions.