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WATCH: Javon Hargrave compares Eagles chill practice habits to the 49ers hard-nosed style

Former Philadelphia defensive tackle Javon Hargrave gave an insightful look into the difference in practice habits between Eagles and 49ers

The Eagles have grown soft, and a big reason for this late-season collapse could be found in the departures of Javon Hargrave, T.J. Edwards, Marcus Epps, and C.J. Gardner-Johnson, among others.

Hargrave took his talents to San Francisco, and with the 49ers now the No. 1 seed in the 2024 playoffs, the talented defensive tackle has had an up-close approach to the inner workings of coaching staff and game week programs.

During a sitdown with Coach_YAC, Hargrave described the Eagles’ love for sports science and compared San Francisco’s approach to Pat Riley’s grind-it-out style with the Miami Heat.

Hargrave compared the Eagles’ weekly “relaxed, chill” approach to that of the Golden State Warriors.

In the Eagle’s defense, the new approach to practice started when Nick Sirianni got the job, and came after three or four years of Philadelphia leading the NFL in soft tissue injuries and having late-season breakdowns in personnel with players consistently on the injury report.

The comments are an indictment of a laid-back approach and a talented team’s ability to turn it on when the lights come on.

The late-season meltdown could change practice habits and do away with the late-season Wednesday walk-throughs.

49ers practice squad: WR Devin Funchess released, new WR and LB brought in

The #49ers swapped out WRs and LBs on their practice squad.

The 49ers shuffled their practice squad once again following their Week 13 loss to the Seahawks.

Wide receiver Devin Funchess and linebacker Justin March were both let go to make room for wide receiver Austin Mack and linebacker Curtis Robinson.

Mack signed as an undrafted free agent in 2020 with the New York Giants. He played in 11 games that year and caught seven passes for 91 yards. The Giants let Mack go at final roster cuts this year, and he spent about a week on the Titans’ practice squad before getting released.

He’ll replace Funchess who went on practice squad injured reserve shortly after signing with the 49ers in late November.

Robinson is an undrafted rookie out of Stanford who saw action in three games for the Broncos around stints on their practice squad. He was let go in late November.

With injuries still rippling through the 49ers’ LB corps it makes sense they’d add more internal depth if they were unhappy with how March played in Seattle. He played 15 special teams snaps after joining the 49ers’ practice squad early in Week 13 preparations.

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