After the Philadelphia Eagles dropped their 10-1 start to the 2023 season, it was obvious that there was a connection and communication issue. 

Defensive end Brandon Graham and running back Kenneth Gainwell recently opened up about those two issues, but noted that the Eagles have been doing everything they can to fix them. 

In fact, head coach Nick Sirianni says the team's culture on and off the field has been a main focus this offseason.

"I think we all understand how important — it’s so important — they’re all in this room because they have talent. All our players in this room have talent. But the best teams have something else. They have something else, and it’s the culture," Sirianni said. "It’s the things that — it’s your daily habits of being connected, having accountability, being extremely detailed, being tough, that we’re trying to drop in the bucket over and over again.

"I think sometimes you can lose sight of that, of like, ‘hey, we’re not just going to win games because we’re talented.’ It takes everything."

The Eagles have endless talent on their roster, starting from their quarterback and down to their kicker. They knew that there was no excuse for dropping last year's season and that changes needed to be made. 

Culture Wins Games, Not Talent 

Not only did the Eagles revamp their coaching staff, but they also revamped their offseason program, adding a few more practices and a first-ever mandatory minicamp under coach Sirianni. 

" We have the right pieces – [Executive Vice President/General Manager] Howie [Roseman] has done an unbelievable job of putting this team together and we have the right pieces in here," Sirianni said.  "I’m excited to go to training camp with these 90 guys and these coaches and this front office and this support staff. But at the end of the day, it’s never just about the most talented– not in football. It’s never about, in football, the most talented team wins. It’s not in football.

"We all realize that. We all realize that, I think, and it’s just about going to work every single day, making ourselves better coaches and better players every day, but doing that and also making ourselves to have the best culture every single day."

"That, again, is just your daily habits of what we practice there. So, every time that these guys are connecting in multiple different ways, and I’m so happy about that, they’re holding each other accountable, they’re holding themselves accountable. They’re paying attention to the detail. That’s great. That’s great, but that was only OTAs. That was only mini-camp."

Sure, it's only been a few short weeks, but you already can tell that this team is determined to get their team culture right. We saw that when several key veterans showed up to voluntary workouts and again when there were zero players with unexcused absences for mandatory minicamp. 

"Again, it’s your daily habits that you’re continuously doing that," Sirianni said, "and that’s what we’re trying to do, and that’s what we feel like we’re not going to take advantage of — we’re going to make sure we stay committed to all those things because we know at the end of the day it’s not just the most talented team that wins, it’s the best teams, it’s the best culture that wins."

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