Travis Long fell to the ground on a football field Tuesday, and for once, this was a good thing. The Eagles were in the midst of 7-on-7 drills during their second day of training camp, and playing outside linebacker, Long dropped back to cover a receiver, McLeod Bethel-Thompson, running a seam route. Chase Daniel threw a perfect pass to Bethel-Thompson, but Long dived, sending his 6-foot-4, 255-pound body arrow-like into the air, to bat the ball down and break up a potential completion.
It was a nice play, so nice that it was easy to forget about the thick black brace that Long wore on his left knee.