Allen eager to prove himself
It wasn’t exactly a smooth start for Eagles safety Nate Allen. Allen missed the first day of training camp Tuesday while contract negotiations dragged out. Then, with a deal close, last-minute haggling prevented him from signing until about 2:30 Wednesday morning. Working on less than four hours’ sleep, he dropped the first ball lobbed his way in warm-ups, and dropped to the ground for push-ups. “It was kind of a wake-up call, I guess you could say,” Allen said. Eagles coaches quickly will forget the first-day hiccups if Allen emerges as the player they hoped for when they drafted him 37th overall in April: a slick coverage man with a knack for interceptions and, more broadly, a player who
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Allen eager to prove himself
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