Eagles' leaders sought advice from an NFL legend on staying motivated after the Super Bowl
Eagles' leaders sought advice from an NFL legend on staying motivated after the Super Bowl Philadelphia is looking to maintain their edge and star TE Dallas Goedert says he and 10-15 Eagles on the leadership council spoke with 2 time Super Bowl champ Peyton Manning
The Eagles are the defending Super Bowl champions. Like any title holder, Philadelphia is looking to maintain its competitive edge in a conference with the Commanders, Vikings, Lions, Rams, and others among the biggest threats to the crown.
Star tight end Dallas Goedert sat down with John Clark of NBC Sports Philadelphia and detailed a meeting between legendary quarterback Peyton Manning and the Eagles leadership council.
The topic at hand centered around techniques and advice for maintaining that competitive edge that's so desperately needed.
'I would just say that it takes the work every day and you have to find little nuances,' Goedert said to Clark. 'One thing I found was interesting was he would make fake quotes and put them in the locker room because nobody was saying that they were bad or they could beat them so he put, '(my receiver) can't get off of press' and he'd put that in his receiver's locker. 'Are you serious? He said that?' And it's just finding different ways to keep yourself motivated when the negative isn't coming at you.'
Manning won two Super Bowls ( 2006 with the Colts and 2015 with the Broncos) and was a postseason participant in 15 of his 17 NFL seasons. Goedert's story is similar to Jalen Hurts' moments of insight that he's received from Derek Jeter and Michael Jordan following the Super Bowl win.
You can see Goedert's entire interview on the NBC Sports Philadelphia YouTube page.
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