Seth Vigdor
Yesterday on the NFL Network, Howard Eskin stated that Fletcher Cox reportedly turned down a $60 million guaranteed offer from the Eagles. He doubled down on that report this morning on an appearance on the WIP Morning Show. Well, to say that the agent of Cox, Todd France, was furious about that report would be a major understatement. France joined 94WIP’s Mike and Ike Show today to set the record straight and tell the world what he thought about Eskin’s reporting. France went off on Eskin, to say the least. Here’s what France had to say, via CBS Philly.
I’m 44 years old. You think I enjoy people, I shouldn’t say people, a person talking about me with this kind of misinformation and framing it in a certain way? No, it makes me want to be that tough guy that you guys told me I was and throw on the boxing gloves and say let’s go at it Howard, let’s go.”
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“What’s amazing to me, is that today’s day and age you can report something and absolutely make no attempt to contact the other party, perhaps in this case maybe the agent and ask him, ‘Hey this is the information I’m getting. Is this true, is this not true?’ If I choose not to comment or don’t respond, then that’s on me. But to me, it’s careless reporting when you don’t even attempt to check your facts that are quote-unquote, that are facts, I should put those in quotes.”
Trust me on this one. You need to hear this interview. Eskin pissed France the hell off. You can listen to the full interview below.