The Eagles' defensive line is working out together at Fletcher Cox's house

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The Eagles' defensive line is working out together at Fletcher Cox's house

By Adam Hermann May 26, 2020 8:53 PM

 

The Eagles are currently working through an unprecedented virtual offseason program, with the full team separated because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, but some players are still managing to link up and train together.

Veteran Eagles lineman Brandon Graham jumped on an Instagram Live on Tuesday night with Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson to talk about (almost) the entire defensive line making a joint trip to Fletcher Cox's house to work out together this week.

Here's how Graham described the setup, and his time with his teammates:

GRAHAM: We out here with Fletch ... The D-Line came out.

We got out here, we're gonna be with Wash, we're gonna be with Wash working out. Most of the D-Line came out. Hargreaves couldn't come.

JACKSON: I'd seen you with Slay, how was that?

GRAHAM: Oh, that was cool. You know, we'd been working out since last year, when we found out they was trying to trade for him. So we always just stayed together after that.

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We start working out tomorrow.

Poor Javon Hargreaves, who's going through quite an odd first few months as a member of the Eagles.

It's unclear if Graham meant former Eagles defensive line coach Jim Washburn, current Eagles director of player personnel Jeremiah Washburn, or someone else when he said the players would be with "Wash".

Also, it's pretty wild to know that Graham and Slay started working out together ahead of a possible trade while Slay was still with the Lions. That kind of collaboration would drive people insane in the NBA.

Slay and Graham were spotted working out together last week

The D-line's trip sure is reminiscent of the gatherings quarterback Carson Wentz likes to organize in the offseason. Three summers ago, he notably took some teammates up to North Dakota to work out and bond together.

 

[DeathByEagle]

If the oline was smart, they would do the same. The positions that need to be in sync the most is the oline. Every year the oline struggles in the first 1/4 of the season cause Doug is a moron and wont play his starters in preseason. Then it takes them live games to get use to each other again. Easy fix Doug, play the preseason like the winning teams do. guess who played their starters like old school(1Q wk1, 2Qs wk2, 3Qs wk 3 and rest wk4)? Chiefs, Ravens and 49ers. Seamed to work for them pretty well. 

[Utebird]

9 hours ago, DeathByEagle said:

If the oline was smart, they would do the same. The positions that need to be in sync the most is the oline. Every year the oline struggles in the first 1/4 of the season cause Doug is a moron and wont play his starters in preseason. Then it takes them live games to get use to each other again. Easy fix Doug, play the preseason like the winning teams do. guess who played their starters like old school(1Q wk1, 2Qs wk2, 3Qs wk 3 and rest wk4)? Chiefs, Ravens and 49ers. Seamed to work for them pretty well. 

Or at least the chiefs😉

[DeathByEagle]

16 minutes ago, Utebird said:

Or at least the chiefs😉

They all made it deep to the playoffs with min injuries as well. Preseason gets your body prepared for the real hits, timing, etc. 

[Utebird]

1 hour ago, DeathByEagle said:

They all made it deep to the playoffs with min injuries as well. Preseason gets your body prepared for the real hits, timing, etc. 

If they didnt win the super bowl who cares right???

[matchew88]

While the implication was that Graham recruited him, keep in mind we still had to pay the most ever

[DeathByEagle]

20 hours ago, Utebird said:

If they didnt win the super bowl who cares right???

Have to get there to get the chance. :)