The Philadelphia Eagles' offseason program has been rolling strong over the last two weeks, and more was added to it with the first day of rookie minicamp.
Philly has been hard at work trying to get the team back on track after just making a Wild Card appearance last season, which missed the mark from their Super Bowl title the previous year. Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni is doing things differently, though, as his team will have fewer mandatory workouts and will not use their full allotment of OTAs and mandatory minicamp. Sirianni explained the reasoning behind it.
"You have to do different things to make sure you're looking at it from a big picture standpoint," Sirianni said via The Athletic's Zach Berman. "It's just what I've decided of what's the best decision for this football team in the offseason to make sure that they have enough time after OTAs, after minicamp and that summertime to get the things done that they need to get done in that time. We've stuck to that schedule of the way we kind of go about that. We've had a lot of success as far as the way our injuries and the way our health of our football team has [gone]."
Nick Sirianni making changes to offseason workout for the Eagles again
The Eagles are hosting two mandatory workouts and six voluntary OTAs this offseason, which all start May 26. Last offseason, Philly had three mandatory workouts and six voluntary OTAs.
Sirianni dove deeper into the thought process and what he expects from his team despite a reduced schedule.
"Again, that doesn't mean there's not tweaks to the schedule as far as what you do because you're constantly looking at ways to get better, but you do follow a format when things are going well as far as how we come out of camp and into the season and all those different things. Listen, there [are] no shortcuts.
"You have to work your butt off to get better. To work your butt off, it's not just the practice time, it's the extra time that you put in as a player, as a coach, because everyone's practicing. What are you doing extra? That's kind of what I said to the guys today. What are you doing extra to continue to get better? That practice time is a very important part of it as well, but there is a balance between the time that you put in with practice and then the duration of a season. That's where we are and why we are where we are."
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The hope is that doing less work will lead to better results in 2026. If it doesn't, next offseason could see even more changes made, and that might include more within the coaching staff.
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