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Ernie Sims, the Eagles’ new weakside linebacker, might be the highest-profile starter attending rookie camp, as he gets a handle on the Birds’ defensive scheme. With no pads during these practices, you really notice that Sims is not big. His listed measurements of 6-foot, 230 could be overstated. But you also notice he’s really, really quick. It’s noncontact, so the offensive line was doing more shadowing than blocking, but Sims really motored into the backfield on a blitz yesterday. “I’m real confident in blitzing,” Sims said. “That’s something I like about this defense . . . the more the coaches put me in that situation, I’m going to take advantage of it.” The rap on Sims is his …

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Veteran linebacker Sims shows Eagles rookies what he can do

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