FOXBORO -- Over the last few days and weeks a few players have come out and spoken against the Patriots organization, noting it doesn't have any fun.
Eagles offensive lineman Lane Johnson has done it on multiple occasions, and last week former Patriots defensive end Cassius Marsh did as well.
Speaking after Thursday's OTA session, Devin McCourty addressed the comments and said he wouldn't expect Marsh to say he had a good time after the season he had, and the Eagles players don't know what it's like to play in New England.
"I mean, I think now you look at a team that beat us in the Super Bowl and you get guys who are talking about it and that's front page news," McCourty said. "Then Cassius leaves, he played here, so that's another one. Cassius, he had a frustrating time here, so I don't expect him to leave and say he had a great time. I think if you ask any guy on this team, the fun we have comes from hanging with each other. You guys are in the locker room, the relationships between the guys, a lot of our fun happens right in the locker room before we even come out here and win football games.
"Obviously, we work for a living, so in this business you have to win. I feel like when you lose it's not fun. People get fired, you lose your job. That's not fun. I wouldn't believe anyone who told me if they only won half their games they were having the best time of their life. I am just not here for that. I think the value of how we interact and the relationships we have, no one else sees that. No one in Philly can so those guys don't like each other. They hate each other. You don't know that.
"I think you've even seen, guys leave and we still have great relationships with them. Guys still talk. To me that is the fun part and then we come out here and we win games. That's the best fun at the end of the week. I plan on continuing to do that no matter what is said."
McCourty says nothing will change in New England because of what has been said this offseason.
"They aren't even here," he said. "I think it would be silly for us to feel bad and then go out there and lose games because people say it's not fun here. That's so childish. They say you're not having fun so no you shouldn't have fun. No, just go do what you've been doing. It's working. We're employed for the Patriots and we've won games. We were just in the Super Bowl last year. I wouldn't say that was the most awful season ever. We got a couple guys here from Cleveland and they went 0-16, they told me that wasn't fun. I am going to try and stay on this side of it."
