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What drives the Eagles defense? Meatballs

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(Gets into ESPN's 30 for 30 narrator voice). What if I told you the Philadelphia Eagles' championship-caliber defense is fueled by meatballs?

Defensive end Brandon Graham has just about seen it all over his 16-year career, but his first defensive meeting after deciding to unretire in late October was a first even for him.

"I was like, 'Man, what is this?'"

It was his old-school, hard-nosed defensive coordinator, Vic Fangio, starting the session by gifting defensive tackle Jalen Carter a dish of meatballs over pasta in a brown paper bag.