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ArticleEagles' Vic Fangio drops the line of training camp and other notes
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"Because I wanted to see Carter get a lot of snaps at safety," Fangio said. "Epps has played his whole career at safety. He's getting a lot of reps in practice. This is new territory for Mike and we need to get him a bunch of reps there to really get him prepared and totally evaluated."
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Carter getting heavy safety reps in competition; only defender working three positions.

Safety/cornerback is competing with Marcus Epps for the starting safety job and is the only defensive player getting reps at three different positions (nickel, safety, dime) in camp. Fangio deliberately gave Carter extensive snaps at safety in the preseason opener because Epps has played safety his entire career and Carter needs more reps in new territory to be properly evaluated and prepared. If Carter doesn't win the starting job, he'll serve as a valuable and versatile backup.

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