Defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz did his media availability outside today, as the Eagles get back to it after the bye week.

The takeaway for me was a comment he made about the injury situation at defensive tackle, where the Eagles remain thin with Malik Jackson and Hassan Ridgeway on the shelf. Timmy Jernigan earlier missed a bunch of time as well:

Hah! Perfect. I love a good Spinal Tap reference here.

If you’ve never seen the movie, it’s a satirical take on a fake band that goes through a bunch of different drummers. One spontaneously combusted and another died in a bizarre gardening accident. A third drummer died because he choked on someone else’s vomit.

Thing is, Schwartz has made this joke before. He just used a different scene from the movie, referencing the famous amplifier clip during a 2018 press conference when previewing the Carolina game:

So it’s very clear to me that Jim Schwartz is a big fan of the movie. And as such, I am a big fan of Jim Schwartz.