Nick Piccone
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Eagles legend Brandon Graham officially announced his retirement Tuesday, becoming the very first Eagle to retire as a two-time Eagles Super Bowl Champion.
Graham was drafted by the Eagles in 2010, but went through two head coaches before finding himself as a key cog in the Eagles’ defense under Jim Schwartz. Of course, that was capped off with a strip-sack on Tom Brady in Super Bowl 52, leading to a Jake Elliott field goal that would stretch their lead to eight points and put a little more pressure on Brady and co. to try and score a miraculous touchdown and two-point conversion just to send the game to overtime.
We all know how that ended.
Here’s Graham’s speech from the Super Bowl LIX championship parade in its entirety.
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