Adrian Fedkiw
The Philadelphia Eagles were booed by the Minnesota Vikings fans as they walked onto the stage during their Super Bowl media session on Super Bowl LII’s Opening Night.
Still salty, huh?
38-7.
The @Eagles are up next! And @cj_wentz is in the building! #FlyEaglesFly #SBLII
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— NFL (@NFL) January 30, 2018
The New England Patriots walked out first and following a one-hour snoozefest filled with Bill Belichick’s monotony and Tom Brady’s boredom — the big story was on New England’s side was seeing how many times Belichick actually smiled, yawn — it was finally the Eagles’ turn to garner the spotlight and they didn’t disappoint. Brandon Graham answered questions in a dog mask, we found out that Zach Ertz loves his wife Julie Ertz’s tacos, Jalen Mills may or may not smoke Blount in practice, Chris Long has to get a tattoo of linebackers coach Ken Flajole’s face if the Eagles win the Super Bowl, Lane Johnson has sunglass swag, Jason Kelce feels that Minnesota is a land filled with salt and Fletcher Cox doesn’t cry.
The Vikings fans were doing SKOL chants, while Eagles fans countered by belting out “Foles.”
Some Vikings fans doing a Skol chant as the Eagles stand on stage, evidently forgetting that the Eagles stomped their ass out. pic.twitter.com/Vy21tNHo6t
— Jimmy Kempski (@JimmyKempski) January 30, 2018
Eagles fans at #SBOpeningNight have their own version of the skol chant!
FOLES! FOLES! FOLES! pic.twitter.com/D1Ae6FsLD3
— SB Nation (@SBNation) January 30, 2018
Here’s the best of the best from Eagles players.
“I woke up and I just didn’t have that joy.”@NFoles_9 reflects on a tough part of his career, where time away from the game helped bring his love for football back. Simply amazing.
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— NFL (@NFL) January 30, 2018
"It'll give me an edge to want to be back, without a doubt." –@cj_wentz on not playing in #SBLII
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— NFL (@NFL) January 30, 2018
‘Do you ever smoke Blount?’
Yup. It’s media day… ? pic.twitter.com/VcQLCSeC3v
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) January 30, 2018
.@JOEL9ONE made a bet with his linebacker coach…
If the @Eagles win #SBLII, he has to get a portrait of the coach tattooed on him ? pic.twitter.com/UCfbbef6vh
— The Checkdown (@thecheckdown) January 30, 2018
Tell us about your sunglasses, @Lanejohnson65. ??
cc: @JayTrain #FlyEaglesFly #SBLII?: @nflnetwork #SBOpeningNight pic.twitter.com/QxMyykukoo
— NFL (@NFL) January 30, 2018
This just happened ? #FlyEaglesFly #Eagles #SBOpeningNight #SuperBowlLII @6abc pic.twitter.com/Xj6xEnJQL0
— Jamie Apody (@JamieApody) January 30, 2018
Somebody asked Fletcher Cox to name a movie that makes him cry. He insisted he doesn't cry. Tough questions for the #Eagles on #SuperBowl Opening Night. pic.twitter.com/pNQRpb6HLn
— Philly.com (@phillydotcom) January 30, 2018
Doug Pederson rocking a major dad outfit tonight #Eagles pic.twitter.com/3RMOuViVUx
— Eliot Shorr-Parks (@EliotShorrParks) January 30, 2018
When Wentz went down for the season, @MalcolmJenkins delivered a powerful message to his @eagles teammates.
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— NFL (@NFL) January 30, 2018
In 2015, @MalcolmJenkins took a Brady INT back 99 yards.
"I do have that ball in my man cave, it'd be nice to get another one." ?
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— NFL (@NFL) January 30, 2018
We also had some newsworthy pieces of information with Darren Sproles “leaning” toward returning for another season instead of retiring and Jason Peters saying he’ll “definitely” be back for next year.
#Eagles RB Darren Sproles, on IR, tells me he’s leaning toward returning to play, rather than retire. Says he doesn’t want to go out with an injury. “I want to go out on my terms.” Describes himself as proud of his team this year.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 30, 2018
Jason Peters says he’s definitely coming back next year. He says his plan is to come back better than ever. #Eagles pic.twitter.com/Zr7lHhUlFY
— Dave Zangaro (@DZangaroNBCS) January 30, 2018
Five more days!
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