EVERY DAY, every single day at practice, the Eagles' defensive linemen hit the sled.
Most NFL teams have their defensive linemen do a certain amount of sled work. But none are as zealous about it as the Eagles and their defensive line coach, Jerry Azzinaro.
"The thing you figure out about defensive linemen is they really don't like to hit each other,'' Azzinaro said. "But they don't mind being violent against sleds. That's why our use of those kinds of apparatuses is so important for us. It allows those guys to be as violent as they would be in a game situation, but not against each other.