Eagles Bring Toilet Paper, Hyperbaric Chambers To Camp

The veterans on the Eagles moved up to Bethlehem yesterday for the opening of training camp at Lehigh, at that weird other Lehigh sports campus that is like ridiculously far away from the main campus.

And Brian Westbrook and Brian Dawkins brought their hyperbaric chambers. They brought their hyperbaric chambers. Apparently, a hyperbaric chamber — what, I just like saying it, okay? — helps the players recover quicker. “The recovery time is ridiculous,” Dawkins said.

This story is great, because the Inquirer’s Bob Brookover’s lead is the standard “things have changed at training camp” one. But instead of being the usual “players used to be poor, now they’re rich!” storyline, it’s about how players used to bring all this luxury shit and now they bring their hyperbaric chambers to be at the top of their game!

Also, new linebacker Takeo Spikes feels the same way I do about toilet paper:

“Toilet tissue - preferably Charmin,” Spikes said. “You have to have at least 300 or better thread counts. That’s very big to me because if you don’t have that, I don’t know if I can go out and perform up to my level.”

Spikes speaks the truth, though I prefer Cottonelle.

Birds unpack for season of promise [Inquirer]