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Forty thousand asses, to be precise.
“Took a long time to get home,” defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz told reporters on Monday.
But it was worth it, because (as Schwartz explained) it gave the young players on the team a taste of the manner in which Philadelphia supports the team.
“Training camp is tough,” Schwartz said. “You go out and it can get monotonous playing against the same guys. Sort of just keep repping the same things. You go over to [Lincoln Financial Field], and you get a little different vibe. Players can feed off of that energy. It’s not just game day that they feed off of that energy Eddie Yarbrough Jersey , it’s other things. It was really cool. When they started, all the sections started competing, I generally don’t even hear the crowd. You’re focused in. But that’s one time I did. They were all competing doing the Eagles chant. That was a real special moment for our young guys to see how much the fans are behind [the team], to see the enthusiasm. They’ll see it Thursday night [for the preseason opener], but that gave them a good taste of what they’re going to get.”
Four Thursday nights later, the remaining 53 players will really experience it Tyrone Crawford Jersey , when the city celebrates the franchise’s first ever Super Bowl win, with a playoff rematch against the Falcons.
Mikaela Shiffrin topped the skiing World Cup prize money list after winning 12 races in the season and retained her women’s overall title.
The International Ski Federation says the American star earned almost 703,000 Swiss francs ($738,000).
Men’s overall champion Marcel Hirscher of Austria, who won 13 World Cup races, was second with prize earnings of almost 670 Josh Bellamy Jersey ,000 francs ($703,000).
With 11 runner-up finishes and a single win, Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway earned 345,000 francs ($362,000) to place third.
Lindsey Vonn of the United States earned 264,000 francs ($277 Quenton Nelson Jersey ,000), including five first-place prizes. She was fifth behind Wendy Holdener of Switzerland, who earned prize money of almost 274,000 francs ($287,000).