On Friday afternoons, with the Eagles' schedule finished for the day, Brent Celek grunts through push-ups alone with a trainer in the team's weight room. He goes to a massage therapist after the workout, ending a week without his favorite foods and with a 20-minute stretching routine before an early bedtime.
This is part of Celek's survival guide at 31 and in his 10th NFL season. Celek came to Philadelphia in 2007, and with Ryan Howard's Phillies career finished, Eagles long-snapper Jon Dorenbos is the only athlete in Philadelphia who has lasted longer than Celek. Celek signed three contracts with the Eagles, caught passes from 11 quarterbacks, missed only one game despite ailments all over his body, and has made his home in the area.