Nick Sirianni, the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, doesn’t get enough national praise, but newcomers Kevin Byard and Bradley Roby have no problem with their new coach.
PHILADELPHIA – Bradley Roby and Kevin Byard have 18 years of NFL experience between them combined, but never have the two defensive backs experienced anything like Nick Sirianni’s day-before-game team meetings.
The Philadelphia Eagles head coach plays music before the players settle in for the motivational speech.
“The first 2-3 minutes, they just play music and we go around the room and just ‘dap’ each other up,” said Roby, who is in his 10th NFL season. “Just greet everyone in the room walk around, dap the O-linemen, the receivers, wish them all a good game, and do our thing.
“To me, that’s something that’s small, but that’s a big thing to me. I had never seen that. I feel that’s why we play so well as a team because it’s something small, but the devil is in the details. I think that’s why we play together so well.”
Byard, in his eighth season, said he had never seen anything like that, either.
“My experience with him the past few weeks is, he has a lot of confidence,” said Byard, who arrived in a trade with the Tennessee Titans on Oct. 23, three weeks after the Eagles added Roby.
“I played for Vrabel, and they’re very similar in that they both exude confidence. He has a lot of trust in his players as well, which is always good. We have a veteran group and he’s a coach who kind of lets his players be themselves, but also to let them the players run the team and hold each other accountable.”
Sirianni isn’t even being mentioned in the conversation for NFL Coach of the Year. The recent odds don’t even list him among the top five favorites.
“I played for Vrabel, and they’re very similar in that they both exude confidence. He has a lot of trust in his players as well, which is always good. We have a veteran group and he’s a coach who kind of lets his players be themselves, but also to let them the players run the team and hold each other accountable.”
Sirianni isn’t even being mentioned in the conversation for NFL Coach of the Year. The recent odds don’t even list him among the top five favorites.
