Philly Fans Are Currently The Only Thing Stopping The NFL From Turning Into Soccer
Mitchell Leff. Getty Images.The performance put on display by the Philadelphia Eagles offense last night was downright sexual. I mean sure, there was one singular punt, a turnover on downs, and a fumble. But other than those 3 drives, everything the offense did was perfect. You could call the offensive line "Stanley Yelnats" for how many holes they were creating. The running game between Jalen Hurts, Miles Sanders, Kenny Gainwell and Boston Scott went off for 363 yards and 3 touchdowns on 49 carries. 153 yards and 2 more touchdowns through the air.
Long story short, the Green Bay defense was getting their dicks kicked in all night. Clearly they didn't have any answers for how to stop the Eagles offense. So all they could hope to do is at least slow them down. Even if that meant to void themselves of any shred of honor and integrity by faking injuries to kill some time.
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I haven't seen anyone roll around on the field like they just got shot despite the fact that nobody even touched them since, well I'm watching Ghana vs Korea in the World Cup right now so I guess since that. But Green Bay did this at least 3 or 4 times last night. The Eagles were driving, they had the Green Bay defense in hell, get to a big spot, and then someone on the Packers defense would just randomly die for 95 seconds before being able to then magically walk off the field on their own.
And sure, the Packers would have to use a timeout anyway so it's not like they just got a free stoppage in the game to catch their breath. But that doesn't change the fact that this is some gutless behavior. And Eagles fans weren't having any part of it.
You're goddamn right we are going to boo fake injuries. If we let this shit slide last night, then where does it stop? How do we prevent the NFL from falling to the flop plague the same way that soccer and the NBA has succumbed to? I know there are folks out there who think it's "deplorable" behavior for Philly fans to boo (fake) injured players. Heck, even Jaire Alexander displayed his own objection to the way Philly fans reacted to downed Packers players.
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But somebody has to step in and say enough is enough. Somebody needs to save football and make sure that players can't keep getting away with this. That somebody is Philly fans. It always has been. The only fanbase willing to speak the truth and make it known that players who fake injuries to get a timeout deserve to get the shit boo'd out of them. An actual injury is obviously going to be different. Philly fans aren't booing or cheering if somebody snaps their leg in half out there or anything like that. But if it weren't for Philly fans, then the entire NFL would be overran by dudes like Isaiah McDuffie right now.
Can't have that. Won't have that. You should all make sure to go out of your way to thank a Philly fan today. And what better way to thank a Philly fan than by purchasing some Eagles merch for a whopping 20% off today and today only. You can't beat that deal, the same way you can't beat the Philadelphia Eagles.
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Go Birds.