Duce Staley
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"Duce Staley" is a former American football running back in the National Football League best known for his tenure with the Philadelphia Eagles. He also played for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played college football at the University of South Carolina. He is currently the running backs coach for the Eagles.

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I knew pretty much he was going to put me down, but I was close all week.

If he's out there running and doing what he's doing and putting up great numbers and we're winning, without a doubt, leave him in there.

I want to play but I'm not going to do anything to hurt the team, ... I'm not going to go out there and not be in good enough condition to play or not going to go out there and still be hurt and play. I'm just going to hurt the team if I did that.

I have to continue with the rehab and continue with the plan and move on.

Those guys are talented but it is all about experience now, ... You saw what they can do. You saw Willie break the long runs and you saw Verron catching passes and picking up blitzes.

You have to understand, we went through the same thing last year. I was out there, I got hurt; Jerome went in and we didn't miss a beat. Here we go again: Willie comes in and we don't miss a beat.

I am close to being three weeks out of surgery so who knows?

You can tell Bussie and I rubbed off on him. One thing about the kid, he listens -- and he's got more speed than we can ever dream of having.