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Eagles ready for joint practice with Patriots but don’t expect any brawls originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
Things have changed just a tad since 1986, when Eagles-Lions joint practices at Oakland University in Rochester, Mich., turned into an all-out riot between Buddy Ryan’s crazed Eagles and Darryl Rogers’ meek Detroit Lions.
These days, the idea isn’t to get into as many fights as possible but to get in some high-intensity work against another team.
Buddy wanted his guys to fight. He loved it. He’d stand there during brawls twirling his whistle and smirking.
Nick Sirianni’s message as the Eagles head to Foxborough, Mass., for a joint practice Tuesday with the Patriots is the opposite.
Be smart.
“You try to have meetings with the other coaches to try and figure out how they practice and how we practice and what’s acceptable – the ground rules,” Sirianni said.
“We’ll get together with the (Patriots) coaches and set down the rules of our players, and (we) know we will have to keep our composure in tough times. It’s going to be hot and competitive, but it’s a good test to keep your composure in tough times, and that’s what we will preach to our guys.”
This is the fourth straight year Sirianni has held at least one joint practice during training camp. Doug Pederson had sessions before the 2017 and 2019 seasons, and Chip Kelly had sessions before each of his three seasons.
Andy Reid doesn’t believe in joint practices and has never held them in 26 years as an NFL head coach with the Eagles and Chiefs. Before 2013, when the Eagles practiced with the Patriots at the NovaCare Complex, the Eagles hadn’t held joint practices since 1998, when the Eagles and Bills trained together at Lehigh.
Sirianni in his first three years scheduled two different joint practice sessions, but because of the way this year’s preseason schedule fell – the Eagles face the Ravens in the regular season – and the early start to the season on Sept. 6, the…
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Publish date : 2024-08-13 11:19:33
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