On Thursday, CBS NFL broadcaster J.J. Watt put beat reporters on blast over the increasingly popular practice of reporting on stats at training camps, which Watt sees as a \u201cinsane and ridiculous\u201d concept. And while Watt didn\u2019t single out one beat writer in particular, Eagles beat reporter Eliot Shorr-Parks, who has posted training camp stats extensively this week, heard Watt\u2019s grievances loud and clear.<\/p>\n
Shorr-Parks, who covers the team for Sportsradio 94WIP in Philadelphia, has perhaps reported on training camp stats more than any other beat reporter around the NFL, giving fans what he believes to be insight into how some of the star players on the team have performed early on in training camp.<\/p>\n
Eagles Training Camp Stats, Day 2:<\/p>\n
Hurts: 17\/19, 0 TD, 0 INT
McKee: 11\/15, 0 TD, 0 INT
McCord: 6\/7, 0 TD, 0 INT<\/p>\n
AJ: 2 catches, 2 targets
Devonta: 3\/4
Goedert: 3\/3
Calcaterra: 3\/3
Dotson: 2\/2<\/p>\n
Barkley: 6 carries
Shipley: 3 carries (1 w\/1st tm)
Dillon: 2 carries (2 w\/1st tm)<\/p>\n
\u2014 Eliot Shorr-Parks (@EliotShorrParks) July 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n I\u2019ve seen Jalen Hurts practice 5 times since they won the Super Bowl<\/p>\n He is 86\/93. 93%.<\/p>\n Simply absurd.<\/p>\n Some thoughts on what this means for Hurts and the offense: pic.twitter.com\/nn72CDxMA8<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Eliot Shorr-Parks (@EliotShorrParks) July 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n While Watt believes that the idea of keeping track of player stats during practices is flawed<\/a> given that reporters don\u2019t know what a coach is trying to accomplish in any particular drill that they have their players do, Shorr-Parks simply believes reporting on player stats gives dedicated fans more insight, which is always a positive.<\/p>\n \u201cHere\u2019s the thing. This is what always happens with the training camp stats,\u201d said Shorr-Parks on Thursday\u2019s edition of the WIP Afternoon Show<\/a>. \u00a0\u201cPeople go, \u2018Well, you need more context.\u2019 Yes, I agree. The stats are not the end all, be all. Much like you can\u2019t just look at a box score of a game and get the full story of what happened. If a quarterback on a play goes one for one for three yards, but it\u2019s fourth and two, then that is an awesome play. But if you told me a quarterback just went one for one for three yards, that doesn\u2019t mean as much.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, when I say that Jalen Hurts is completing 93% of his passes this offseason and over the last two practices, I agree that doesn\u2019t tell the whole story. And I agree that I don\u2019t have as good of a read on what the players are trying to accomplish in practices as the players do. But that\u2019s true for a lot of things. When I watch an NFL game or when Pro Football Focus watches an NFL game, they don\u2019t know what defense is being called, but they still grade safeties and they still make judgments. I agree that I don\u2019t have the full scope of training camp for the training camp stats.<\/p>\n \u201cBut what I do know is, I have more information than people that don\u2019t keep stats. You can tell me that the stats maybe don\u2019t perfectly depict what\u2019s happening. But when I tell you Jalen Hurts has completed 93% of his passes, or went 305 passes last year with the interception, that is a better description of what\u2019s happening in practice than me coming on here and going, \u2018Jalen has been great.\u2019 That\u2019s the thing I don\u2019t get about the training camp stats and why it works people up so much. It\u2019s just more information.\u201d<\/p>\n Eliot Shorr-Parks responds to JJ Watt\u2019s criticism of training camp stats:<\/p>\n \u201cThe stats are not the end all be all\u2026 I agree that I don\u2019t have the full scope of training camp with the training camp stats. What I do know is I have more information than people who don\u2019t keep stats.\u201d https:\/\/t.co\/nMmOS7h9qN<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/ZI1TqU3fJT<\/a><\/p>\n