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with a cleat instead of a slipper,

right here in Philadelphia.

CROWD:
Eagles, baby, Eagles!

-Oh, my God, my neighbor's famous.

-Wade Chambers, Channel 11 News.

Good luck, Vince.

We'll be pulling for you.

-Don.

-Thanks, Wade.

Certainly a different approach

being taken

by new Eagles coach Dick Vermeil.

In other news tonight,

a three-alarm fire broke out...

Change in game plan, coach?

Just need to shake things up.

If it means doing this

for a couple of weeks,

might not be such a bad thing.

Just be careful, Dick.

This isn't UCLA anymore.

These are the toughest fans there are.

They threw snowballs at Santa Claus.

You remember?

...have announced

that a tiny black bear

Uh-huh.

...was born early this morning.

Gonna get some sleep?

...in more than five years.

I'll sleep in December.

Not if you make the playoffs.

A summer delivery is an exception

to the rule.

The bear cub weighed in

at a whopping one pound, one ounce.

(PANTING )

(HUFFING )

-Hey, Petey.

-Hey.

-What are you doing here?

-Nothing.

I was over at Mom's for dinner.

Sunday night, you know.

Figured I'd just stop

and see if you was here.

-You been here long?

-No, a few minutes is all.

Your big day tomorrow, huh?

I mean, I guess, you know?

See what happens.

It's a good thing, Vinnie.

No matter how long it goes.

Even if it's just for a day.

I never said good luck to Andrew,

you know, before he left for Nam.

You do good out there, okay?

(DOOR CLOSES )

(KE YS JINGLING )

Just don't touch anything

that's not yours.

Excuse me.

My name's spelled wrong.

Nothing personal, but by the time

I get to it, is it really gonna matter?

(PEOPLE APPROACHING )

PLAYER 1:
Yeah. Come on.

-PLAYER 2:
What's up, Cool Breeze?

-All right?

PLAYER 1:
Hey, man.

What's going on?

-Oh, yeah.

-You deserve it, man.

PLAYER 1:
Gonna reach

Harold Carmichael stats.

-There ain't no way he's gonna do that.

-PLAYER 1:
Hey, Carmichael.

No, I was talking to Mom the other day.

Everything's good.

Getting D.

You ready for this?

I'm probably gonna hit them hard

right out of the gate, A.C.

See who's who.

That's not what I meant.

HECKLER 1:
Better be good,

golden boy!

HECKLER 2:
Rookie coach.

-This ain't college no more.

-You got one year, buddy.

-You better be renting month-to-month!

-Welcome to the NFL.

Gentlemen,

you're about to hear me say a word

you'll never hear me say again.

Lose.

Means to fail.

Means to be reduced,

to surrender, to relinquish.

Over the years,

this team has surrendered.

It's been reduced.

This team has failed.

No more.

No more. Starting today,

we are on a path toward winning.

And that's gonna require

a lot more work and sacrifice

than many of you are used to.

Six straight weeks of two-a-days.

We'll go three,

three-and-a-half-hour sessions.

We are gonna shake the rust

out of these shoulder pads

and we're gonna become winners.

And I don't care what your story is.

Veteran, rookie, free agent. I don't care.

You earn a spot on this team

by what you show me on this field.

That's it.

I play no favorites.

None.

All right. Let's go to work.

MEN:
One, two, three, two.

One, two, three, three.

One, two, three, four.

Work, work, work!

(ALL GRUNTING )

(WHISTLE BLOWING

INTERMITTENTLY)

Down!

(PLAYERS GRUNTING )

(LONG WHISTLE BLOWING )

Get that helmet back on!

What do you think this is, a waltz?

-Run it again.

-All right!

-Do it again.

-You heard the man!

We're doing it again!

(WHISTLE BLOWING )

Bring it! Down! Get up!

(GRUNTING FIERCELY)

(ALL YELLING )

Come on. Keep moving.

(SHOUTING )

Blue 99. Hut.

PLAYER:
Look at that white boy run!

PLAYER 2:
Thinks

he's a football player!

BANKS:
Hey, old man.

This ain't high school!

Hey, Banks!

That old man just made you look bad.

That's the way to finish, Papale!

(GRUNTING )

Stay on your feet or get off the field!

(WHISTLE BLOWING )

Come on!

(PLAYERS CHEERING )

PLAYER:
Let's go, rook.

(WHISTLE BLOWS )

PLAYER:
Come on!

Stay down!

You gotta show me more than that, 83.

(HORN BLOWS )

I'll catch you later.

-Next time, Stan.

-All right.

Oh, dig! What do you think

you're doing out there, Pops?

-What?

-It's the first day of camp.

Might wanna settle down.

Try helping out the ones who are

actually gonna make this team.

(LAUGHING )

-442, Papale.

-Thanks.

Dinner's at 7:
00.

Receivers' meeting at 9:00.

Lights out, 11:
00.

Hey, coach.

-Isn't there someone else in here?

-Not anymore.

(PLAYERS CHATTERING )

Hey, big guy. Come here for a second.

Check this.

Ooh, she's cold-blooded, huh?

Do you dig that?

A Giants shirt? What, are you trying

to get me killed here?

So how'd it go?

I got a room.

Just haven't unpacked yet.

(CHUCKLING ) I mean,

it's a little different from playing

with Maxie and the boys, though,

that's for sure.

Well, I'll be sure to let them know that.

Hey, you working tomorrow night?

I just thought maybe

if you weren't doing anything...

Not that we'd be, you know,

doing anything official, but...

Oh, well, being as you put it that way,

sure, yeah.

Great. Hey, and thanks

for the package, really.

-No problem.

-All right, I'll call you tomorrow.

All right. Bye.

(SHOUTING )

PLAYER:
Take him down!

COACH:
Good job! Good job!

She was right, old man!

-You ain't going nowhere.

-PLAYER:
That's right, German!

(GRUNTING )

(WHISTLE BLOWING )

Come here!

(WHISTLE BLOWING )

(PLAYERS CHEERING )

-Hey!

-Hold on. That's enough! Break it up.

-Come on!

-Back off!

(WHISTLE BLOWING )

I said, back off!

A.C., get them over to the sleds.

All right, team. Let's move it.

You heard the man. Let's move it.

Move! Yeah!

Game over!

(PEOPLE CHATTERING )

Philly, huh?

I needed a change.

A new city seemed like a good start.

My ex.

-Husband?

-Boyfriend.

He wasn't what he said he was.

What'd he say he was?

Single.

How about you?

If you don't mind me asking.

(SIGHING )

Married five years.

Showed up one day, she wasn't there.

-Sorry.

-No, that's okay.

So now you play football.

Well, I've been playing

since I was a kid.

Nothing big, you know.

My mom was the one

that got me started.

-Your mom?

-Yeah. Yeah, she was a great athlete.

I mean, she got sick

when I was really young.

Had a lot of medical problems.

What about your dad?

Well, he worked at the factory.

I mean, he'd come home

as much as he could,

but, you know, he had to pay the bills.

I think her medical condition

really bothered him a lot, though.

We always had the Eagles.

You know, he'd love to tell

the story of Steve Van Buren.

The '48 Championship Game?

I have five brothers, remember?

Yeah, I remember now.

Anyway, I mean,

he'd talk about Steve Van Buren

scoring the only touchdown

against the Chicago Cardinals,

which won them the Championship.

How do you know all of that?

Mmm.

(LAUGHING )

(SIGHING )

First cut's always the deepest.

Coach wants to see you.

Bring your playbook.

Coach wants to see you.

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