The Eagles had a short week to prepare for their Black Friday matchups against the Bears and head coach Nick Sirianni spoke with reporters one last time on Wednesday before game day. He talked about his confidence in Saquon Barkley, why it’s not just on Jalen Hurts to protect the ball against a good Bears’ defense, and why he misses C.J. Gardner-Johnson.

He wouldn’t divulge what his message to the team was this week as the cameras rolled for Hard Knocks, and just said that the team talks about everything and their attention needs to be solely focused on what they need to do. Sirianni said whether it’s Hard Knocks filming, Thanksgiving, or playing on a short week, none of it matters, they have to prepare the same as they would.

He also didn’t want to go into what the specific responsibili

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