Professional football players aren’t really that much different from you when they come home from work. Their knees might ache a bit more, and they might have heartier appetites at the dinner table, but after that, they just want to kick back and be sports fans, too.
The Eagles reconvened last month for OTAs after a welcome, but shorter-than-usual offseason, and they will be together for mini-camp this month. There is the usual shop talk about their own business throughout the locker room after practices, but few topics have been as thoroughly discussed as the NBA playoffs, and specifically the exploits of one LeBron Raymone James Sr.