Barrett Brooks breaks down the head coaching matchup between Andy Reid and Nick Sirianni in Super Bowl LIX. Brooks also highlights the impact that defensive coordinators Steve Spagnuolo and Vic Fangio will have on the game.
Next week in New Orleans is all about the media throng growing from a couple dozen to a couple thousand, the hype machine spinning out of control and dealing with every imaginable distraction as Super Bowl Sunday approaches.
This week is for getting to work.
The Eagles will hold three very important practices in Philly this week before flying to New Orleans on Sunday, and much of the game plan install will actually be installed before the Eagles even get on that airplane.
This isn’t like a normal in-season bye week, where players get away, the NovaCare Complex shuts down for a couple days and everybody relaxes before regrouping late in the week.
“In the season, you might not practice that week,” Nick Sirianni said. “The guys will be off. They have to have a certain amount of time off. This week is a little bit different because you’re going into a week next week that’s a little unusual with some of the things.
“So you’ve got to get a lot of the game plan done. You’ve got to get practice in to practice against the (Chiefs’) stuff. You also want to get guys rested and healthy and ready to go. So it’s handled a little bit differently.”
Just like they did in 2022, the Eagles had the first few days of the week after the NFC Championship Game off. They’ll practice Thursday, Friday and Saturday in South Philadelphia before heading south. Once in New Orleans, they’ll practice on their usual days – Wednesday, Thursday and Friday – at the Saints’ complex in Metairie, La.