"I love those comments," Mailata said after being told about the tweet after the game. "It gives me hope. It makes me want to train harder, work on the stuff I do, coming from no experience, it's great to see ex-NFL players and what they're saying. It gives me hope but I know I'm still at the bottom of the food chain and I'll get there."

One of the biggest adjustments for Mailata has been getting into "football shape." Mailata said he was gassed after his first preseason game. After playing three quarters in the fourth game, he felt stronger, even though offensive line coach/run game coordinator Jeff Stoutland told him he should be "crawling off the field" with no energy.

"I'd like to say athleticism had a hand in it," said Mailata on how he's been able to improve so quickly. "But then again, it's the repetitions ... Coach (Stoutland) always emphasizes, you need to get 10,000 kicks, that's the goal. I think I'm only on like 500 to be honest, so I've got a long way to go."

For someone learning football at the offensive tackle position, there may not be a better place to be for Mailata than Philadelphia. Just at the tackle position, Mailata is learning from All-Pro left tackle Jason Peters and Pro Bowl right tackle Lane Johnson as well as Halapoulivaati Vaitai, who held down the left tackle position last season after Peters went down.

Mailata said knowing the talent on the Eagles' offensive line just made him want to work harder and learn while not adding any pressure.

"It's like little kids going to Disneyland," Mailata said. "It really is. I am really lucky. I have a future Hall of Famer and Pro Bowl tackles and they've helped me a lot and the tips they give me are really invaluable, so I'm really lucky and blessed to have the teammates I do. I look up to them like older brothers."

Mailata also has a special relationship with Stoutland. Without any background in football, Mailata has relied upon Stoutland to teach him all of the fundamentals at the tackle position. It has given him a "clean slate" with no bad habits holding him back.

Trusting Stoutland has been crucial. So, it only made sense for Mailata to come up with the slogan "In Stout We Trust" for the offensive line.

"I love him," Mailata said. "He's honestly the best coach I've ever had. If you don't know him, you're missing out. He's the best coach I've ever had. He's something else and he's got something about him, he has this juice, that makes me want to learn more from him because he's so knowledgeable."

Mailata earned his spot on the roster. The dedication it took to learn a playbook while simultaneously learning the fundamentals of a brand new sport is a challenge that Mailata has impressively attacked "one day at a time" over a grueling Training Camp. But the fortune of playing with such impressive linemen and under an experienced and accomplished coach is not lost on Mailata.

"How lucky? When they called me (to tell me I was drafted), I cried," Mailata said. "I'm bloody, extremely lucky. I know and understand where I am and the expectations they hold me to, so I just try to keep myself in check and, like I said, narrow it down to one thing every day and try to get better."

Now that he has made the 53-man roster, Mailata said there is a "massively" large change in his mindset. He has to be ready to play at any time in a real, consequential football game for the league's defending champions. Mailata believes it is important to keep a "growth mindset," one that will allow him to continue to improve and be ready at a moment's notice to step in for his first regular-season game.