INDIANAPOLIS – Two weeks before leaving for the NFL Scouting Combine, Eagles Assistant Head Coach/Running Backs Coach Duce Staley received a call from Steelers Vice President and General Manager Kevin Colbert asking for a request. Colbert is one of five club executives who is a member of the NFL Scouting Combine Working Group that aids in coordinating the logistics for the weeklong job interview in Indianapolis. Colbert, who was with Pittsburgh when Staley was a running back there from 2004-06, explained how other running backs coaches from around the league wanted Staley to run a particular drill on the turf of Lucas Oil Stadium.
What drill could be so special that the league reached out to the Eagles' legend? Well, it's one that he created. The Duce Staley Drill debuted during Friday night's workout.
Staley humbly doesn't think that the drill should be named after him. It should, he argues, be after the all-time great running back who inspired Staley to devise it.
On March 13, 2014, the Eagles acquired Darren Sproles from the New Orleans Saints for a fifth-round draft pick. The typical agility drills, Staley surmised, weren't good enough to maintain the foot quickness for someone of Sproles' pedigree.
"When he first got here, I said, 'I've got to do something off the beaten path. I had to do a little bit more for guys like Sproles who have quick feet, super-quick feet,'" said Staley, whose voice was raspy after over three hours on the field. "We might need to change the name (of the drill). It was created for him."
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