ANAHEIM, Calif. — Mike Trout was only available to them in bobblehead form this week, not in person, but the Eagles found an even bigger California sports celebrity from the Phillly area to address the team Friday morning at the team hotel in Costa Mesa.
Eagles coach Doug Pederson said the message to the team from Lower Merion High’s Kobe Bryant was “pay attention to details. Do your job. Focus on your assignment. … Be aggressive.”
Players described the short speech, followed by a Q&A, more pungently.
Running back LeGarrette Blount said Bryant talked about having a “mamba mentality,” which he defined as “wanting to kill whoever’s on the other side of the ball, whether it’s LeBron, Jordan, whoever … that that’s the mentality we should take.