Zaruba now has benefit of time and experience in second go-around with Eagles
Time is now Adam Zaruba’s ally.
Last week, the Canadian rugby sevens player re-signed with the Philadelphia Eagles. The 26-year-old North Vancouver, B.C., native first joined the NFL club last July, three days before training camp.
Despite not having played in an actual football game since high school, Zaruba lasted until Sept. 1 with Philadelphia, which hosts the Atlanta Falcons in NFC playoff action Saturday afternoon. The six-foot-five, 265-pound tight end obviously showed enough to warrant a second chance with the Eagles but now has the benefit of prep time and NFL experience under his belt.
“I still have quite a lot to learn and master,” Zaruba said in a telephone interview. “But going into it I’ll feel much more comfortable because I’ll know what to expect in terms of how things go day to day and what I need to know.