Along with what happens on the field, the players will participate in position meetings and group installations, as Sirianni noted. He has a very specific theme for the players – whether it's first-round draft pick DeVonta Smith or any of the seven players signed after the draft: You all matter, and you're all here for a reason.
It is important, Sirianni says, that all the players understand the meaning of his words.
"The message is what is being preached to the vets. It starts with the core values, and I've talked about them before. Here is what we are building this program on and touch on all of those values. That was the Thursday message. The Friday message is, 'Here is how we practice.' You can't assume that anyone knows anything," Sirianni said. "They are coming in here fresh. We want to show them right away what our standard is when we practice. We need to teach them every little thing because those details are what matter. 'Here is', for example, 'how far away you stand from the center. Here is how far away you stand from the sidelines. Here is where the tight end stands, the wide receivers – everybody.' No detail is too small to teach in practice.
"The other message that will be preached throughout the weekend is, 'We don't care how anybody got here. You are all Eagles now, and the best guys will make this roster.' First round, second round, free agent, it doesn't matter. We've had plenty of free agents make the rosters in the past and they've helped us win. We want the players who are going to help us win football games."
The regular season begins on September 12 at Atlanta, and Sirianni had an initial reaction when the schedule came out on Wednesday night: Let's line up and play, no matter the time, the date, or the location.
"When you get the schedule, everybody looks at it and it's a fun thing to do. I know my wife looks at it and the first thing she wants to know is if we're playing on Thanksgiving and if we will be home for Christmas. That's my wife," he said. "For me, we'll play anybody, anytime, anywhere. We all play on the same field whether it's in Philadelphia, on the road, whether we're in London, Venezuela, it doesn't matter to me. I'm excited that we're going to have fans at Lincoln Financial Field and it's going to be rocking. We start in Atlanta and I know it seems like a long way away, but to me, we've got a lot of work to do before we get there. I'm really looking forward to every step of the process along the way."
May 14, 2021 at 08:20PM
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