A lot of the steps along the way seemed crazy, but Eagles players will now attest that Nick Sirianni's madness absolutely had a method, RoobNBCS writes. FlyEaglesFly
“Just the focus level ,” he said. “You go through walkthroughs from week to week and sometimes it can just become redundant or you have a walkthrough for 20 minutes, and you have a great walkthrough for 15 minutes and then somehow the focus level slips for the last five and those are the things you worry about, especially when you have a younger group.
“Man, this team has been true professionals,” McLeod said. “We understand when it’s time to work it’s time to work and that’s a credit to every man on this team and it’s paid dividends for us. … “We aren’t a fairly old team, we’re a young team, but just making sure during those walkthroughs guys are taking it seriously and locked in for that period of time, but it’s paid off for us and we have a very mature group of guys who understand the task at hand and are true professionals. So it’s a credit to the players on this team for being able to have a schedule like this and still be able to execute on Sundays and win.
Being healthy, fresh, sharp and rested may not be enough for the Eagles to topple the Bucs in their wild-card matchup Sunday in Tampa, but it won’t hurt. “Absolutely,” Fletcher Cox said. “I’m not as banged up this year as I was last year or late in the season normally. It’s helped me, the way they’ve managed me this year as far as practice and game reps and physically just being on my feet and taking hits. You’ve got to give a shout to all the coaches and training staff, just knowing if we’re going to make a run our best guys need to be healthy.”
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