PHILADELPHIA -- Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz's passing mechanics and throwing motion became an issue late-last season, and recently so too in media circles did his decision to workout this offseason with renowned passing guru Adam Dedeaux.

Prior to Monday's OTA practice at the NovaCare Complex, Eagles offensive coordinator Frank Reich gave a hearty endorsement of Wentz's decision to seek outside help this season in an effort to continue to develop his mechanics.

"No, I don't have any issue at all to be honest with you," Reich said. "As coaches we would love to ... Believe me, I would have loved to give him a few weeks off of rest and then, 'Come on, let's go, let's get in the lab and let's work.' That's what - back when I was playing and Coach Pederson was playing - that's what we did. We took a little bit of time off and we were back in the building, throwing with receivers and talking to our coaches. But that's fine. I mean, it's a different era. You can't do that anymore.



"Carson is like a lot of our players. They have an itch to get better. If I'm a player, I'm going to find ways to get better."

As for what Wentz was able to accomplish this offseason, Reich said that he's already seeing dividends of his time with Dedeaux.

"His pocket movement has been really good," Reich said was the biggest difference on the field in Wentz's game from this spring to last season. "In this game, there's a lot of pressure on the QB, little subtle movements, going further up in the pocket than you need to, subtle movements in the pocket are important to the quarterback.

"As a quarterback, you're always challenging yourself with your accuracy. I think his accuracy has been as good as can be."

Last season, passed for 3,782 yards with 16 touchdowns and 14 interceptions while posting a 79.3 passer rating.

Dedeaux, who Wentz spent time with shortly after the Super Bowl, recently took over for Tom House, also a former minor league pitcher, pitching coach and passing guru. Dedeaux previously worked with Drew Brees, Tom Brady, Matt Ryan, Carson Palmer and others to help improve their passing mechanics. Tim Tebow also trained with Dedeaux ahead of the former quarterback's brief stints with the New England Patriots and the Eagles.

Eagles head coach Doug Pederson said earlier this spring, that the differences in Wentz from last season until this spring would be much more noticeable to the coaching staff than the general public.

"It's subtle," Pederson said. "That's the thing. We're going to see it as coaches. You may not see it as a spectator watching the game. It's just pointing his toe, it's getting him on his target line, things that we talk about each and every day that [quarterbacks] coach [John] DeFilippo does a good job with. And those are the things we continue to work on."

Throughout he course of OTA practices, Wentz's throwing motion does appear to be tighter, less elongated and he appears to be slightly more accurate on the deep-ball.

"He's working on mechanics," Reich said of Wentz. "His fundamentals. Every player does that that I've ever coached. Each of our players try to tighten little things up here and there. He's worked hard. Coach DeFilipo is working hard with him. We pick at everything in film study, if we try to find something we don't like, we bring it up. All our guys want to learn and grow."

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