VIDEO: Doug Pederson Canceled the Eagles' Last OTA to Take the Team Bowling
By Daniel Lubofsky
Chemistry and camaraderie are valued aspects of every sports team. It's also important to keep morale and energy around the team at a high level. Rather than slog through the final day of OTAs with everyone's minds elsewhere, Philadelphia Eagles head coach Doug Pederson went a different route. He canceled practice and took the entire team bowling. Love it!
Field trip for the Eagles!
— John Clark (@JClarkNBCS) June 6, 2019
Doug Pederson canceled last day of OTA’s and took Birds bowling ?
Team bonding day. Carson Wentz and Doug’s accuracy is on point#Eagles
? @nelsonagholor pic.twitter.com/4Q4BDDsGvY
It looked to be a real team-bonding experience, the type that plays a part during the grind of the NFL season.
Judging by the video, Carson Wentz's accuracy throwing the football appears to translate quite nicely to other sports. Pederson seems pretty proficient with the pins as well.
Doug Pederson cancelled the #Eagles 10th and final OTA practice today and took the whole team bowling. They went paint-balling a couple years ago.
— Dave Zangaro (@DZangaroNBCS) June 6, 2019
Maybe they'll even get some ice cream on the way back!
While no longer the reigning Super Bowl champions, the Eagles are coming off another fine season in which they nearly advanced to the NFC Championship Game.
Coaches are always looking for inventive ways to invigorate their team. Audibles like this one tend to do the trick more often than not.