PHILADELPHIA - Landon Dickerson spent part of March in Colombia, chasing a treatment he couldn’t get in the United States and trying to get his body right for another season of football.
The Eagles left guard said Saturday that the stem cell therapy was part of a broader effort to keep himself healthy after a career filled with knee issues dating back to college and now stretching into his sixth NFL season.
“Colombia is a beautiful country, beautiful place,” he said, following Saturday’s practice, the warmest day of practice so far. “I was trying to look for treatment, keep my body healthy. This is my job, after all, so exploring all avenues to try to feel good.”
Dickerson said he talked with several veteran NFL players while weighing the best way to handle his body and keep moving forward.
“I feel good overall,” he said. “Football doesn’t feel softy and fuzzy the way I play it, but yeah, I feel good.”
He also pushed back on offseason reports that suggested he was thinking about retirement because of the punishment the sport dishes out every day. Dickerson said that was not the case.
Looking back, he admitted he probably made things harder on himself by returning too quickly from surgery a week before last season began.
“Not having surgery a week before the season is good,” he said. “Probably shouldn’t have gone out there and played, but you live, and you learn.
You do stupid stuff when you’re young. I learned that mistake.
Other than that, not having to get cut on is nice. …You wanna be tough, work through it, but they don’t pay you to be hurt.”
On the field, Dickerson said the Eagles’ new offense is built around pace. The goal is to get to the line fast and keep things moving, a shift from how drawn out things sometimes felt last year.
“This offense is really just about being quick, getting to the ball, and running our plays.,I think for us, sometimes you wanna overthink things. Not in a bad way.
The system we were in before, it was sort of problem-solving once we got to the line of scrimmage. This is just, 'Let’s get up there and play ball fast.'"
There’s also a new voice guiding the offensive line. Chris Kuper has taken over for longtime line coach Jeff Stoutland, and Dickerson said the transition has been a positive one so far.
“He’s doing a great job,” Dickerson said of Kuper. “Having a guy who’s coached in the league for a few years with some good offensive lines, but also played, he’s got a lot of knowledge. Everybody is a little different in how they coach and teach things, and I think it’s always a blessing to have somebody who can come in like that.
“Stout, I think, is tremendous - probably one of the best O-line coaches to ever coach, but there are also things that are new Kuper brings in that I learned that can help me. It’s always good gathering information to figure out new things that work.”
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