Howie Roseman and Ryan Grigson are using their connection to tweak their respective rosters.

The Eagles Thursday dealt linebackers Moise Fokou and Greg Lloyd to Indianapolis for cornerback Kevin Thomas and a conditional seventh-round pick in 2013. Thomas was a third-round pick out of USC in 2010. He appeared in nine games (starting in five) last season and played 70.9 percent of the defensive snaps during that time.

Thursday’s afternoon practice was one of the milder ones we’ve seen at training camp so far, yet player after player left early with some type of ailment.

The good news is nothing appears to be too serious.

LeSean McCoy and Nate Allen both exited with cramps. (It was one of the hottest days yet.) O.J. Atogwe suffered a groin strain. Jamar Chaney left with a hamstring injury and is scheduled for an MRI Thursday night.

When asked who undrafted free agent Damaris Johnson reminded him of, Eagles special-teams coach Bobby April needed a few seconds to remember the name.

But then it came to him: Eric Guliford.

Cullen Jenkins was out on the field for the Eagles’ walk-through Thursday morning and downplayed concerns about his injured hamstring.

“It’s fine, just a little tweak, so I’ll just try to be smart with it,” Jenkins said.

Jamar Chaney didn’t find out until he got to the practice field Thursday morning for the Eagles’ walk-through.

But when Juan Castillo asked for the first-team nickel defense, Chaney was the man called on to go in alongside DeMeco Ryans.

Up until today, Brian Rolle had been occupying that spot at Lehigh. And in the spring, it was rookie Mychal Kendricks.

“I don’t know what’s going on,” Chaney said when I asked him if he expected to be part of that package for the next few days. “I just do what they tell me to do. Whether I’m out there with the twos or the ones, I just go out there and do my best. My job is just to make the decision hard on them.”

Asante Samuel fires back at Andy Reid, Dan Graziano weighs in on the physicality of Eagles training camp, another defensive lineman goes down, and more.

When asked if he could see himself helping the Eagles in short yardage or goal-line situations, Bryce Brown didn’t hesitate to deliver a clear answer.

“I can see myself doing anything the coaches ask me to do,” he said. “It doesn’t matter what it is, I can see myself doing it.”

That’s the right attitude to take when you’re a seventh-round pick trying to make the 53-man roster.

And the entire starting defensive line is now hurt…

Cullen Jenkins left practice about midway through with an undisclosed injury. He spent some time in the trainers tent earlier in the session and returned to the sidelines, but did not participate in 11-on-11’s and went in on the cart a short time after.

The entire first unit is banged up. Trent Cole is dealing with an A.C. strain, Jason Babin has a calf strain, Mike Patterson has not been cleared by doctors following offseason brain surgery, and now this.

Could two undrafted free agents make the 53-man roster? Here’s an update on the status of several Eagles rookies at this point in training camp.

Keeping you updated on the latest with the ‘backers. Today, DeMeco Ryans is not jumping off the page quite yet, but there is a sense that it is coming. And Casey Matthews sits in an apprentice role behind Ryans at the MIKE.

Jim Washburn put the depth chart up this morning, and it showed “Graham” as one of the starting defensive ends. Granted, it took injuries to both Jason Babin and now Trent Cole to get there, but he’ll take it.

“It feels good because I’ve been working, man,” said Brandon Graham. “That’s the goal – to get the Number One spot. Jason Babin and those guys did a lot last year, but there is competition every year and everybody deserves a chance for that Number One. And hopefully I can push myself up there.”

When Andy Reid ran down injuries Wednesday morning, he added a new name to the list: Trent Cole.

The Eagles Pro Bowl defensive end suffered an injury to his AC joint (shoulder) early in Monday’s practice, but it didn’t start bothering him until that night.

Each morning during training camp, we’ll be bringing you the Eagles wake-up call with links and notes from Lehigh. Today, we cover one of the questions Juan Castillo faces in Year 2: To blitz or not to blitz?

With injuries striking at wide receiver, The Eagles  signed wideout Andrew Brewer and waive/injured Ron Johnson.  Brewer played at Northwestern with Mike Kafka before spending two […]

We generally include links in the Wake-Up Call, but since there’s no practice today, here’s a more extensive roundup of what the national media are saying about the Eagles.