On defense, the Eagles added Marquand Manuel to coach the defensive backs, and Manuel brings an intensity, and attention to detail, to the room.

"Give me your best every single day, because I'm going to give you mine," Manuel said. "Everyone has a story. Now, with that, we need to create our own. That's how we're going to start it here."

Matt Burke, who has had a prolonged relationship with coordinator Jim Schwartz, served in an assistant role last season and is now in charge of the defensive line and the defensive run game. His vision for the front four is very clear.

"The plan is to be the hardest-playing D-line in the league. I think that's our starting point," said Burke, the guest on the next Eagles Insider Podcast presented by Lincoln Financial Group (dropping on Monday). "I've been in this scheme with Jim for a long time and I've run the scheme as a coordinator. The starting point for everything is an attack mentality. We have to be the hardest-playing in the league, like, that's what this scheme is built on and it's funneled through the D-line.

"Our starting point is going to be that, utilizing the energy of BG (Brandon Graham) and those types of guys and the attitude … we have to be the fastest, hardest, most attacking defensive line in the NFL. … That's going to be our identity."

On the player performance side, Tom Hunkele takes over as director of sports medicine after being named in 2019 as the Tim Davey Assistant Athletic Trainer of the Year for the NFC. He was also part of a Minnesota Vikings staff that was honored by their NFL peers as the 2017 Athletic Training Staff of the Year. Ted Rath is the director of sports performance. In 2017, Rath was named the Strength Coach of the Year by the Professional Football Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association, an award voted on by strength and conditioning coaches around the NFL, while with the Los Angeles Rams. That season, according to Football Outsiders, the Rams finished as the healthiest team in the NFL based on adjusted games lost due to injury.

There are familiar faces with fresh eyes added to the personnel staff in the form of former Eagles Connor Barwin, Brent Celek, and Darren Sproles, three players who were the epitome of what professionalism is all about. They will add their perspectives to personnel evaluations as the Eagles get set for an exceptionally busy few months ahead, armed with as many as 10 draft picks (including compensatory selections) and room to maneuver within the salary cap for 2020.

The Eagles performed their due diligence here. They talked to a lot of people. Pederson had many targets, heard from a lot of coaches, and, in the end, he put together his staff. On the player performance side, the same. The Eagles want to be healthy in 2020. They want to provide the best conditioning to prevent injuries and the best care when they happen to the players.