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This knee-biting metaphor from the Lions’ new coach is the weirdest football quote
EAT THOSE KNEECAPS!
The Lions introduced new head coach Dan Campbell on Thursday, and it’s clear he wants his players to be biters . literally.
The written quote doesn t capture the levels here. Both kneecaps! pic.twitter.com/9RAUs7GOYr Kevin Cole (@KevinColePFF) January 21, 2021
It takes a lot of skill to come up with hilarious new platitudes to discuss toughness in football, but I don’t think I’ve ever heard of literally eating your opponent. Let alone their kneecaps, which are objectively the least-edible part of a human.
How much better does the Jalen Hurts pick look in retrospect?
The Eagles’ scrutinized second-round pick is not only playing in a season many expected him to sit he’s playing well! But many of the same questions that floated around Howie Roseman’s team building in April remain in December.
It’s going to happen eventually, so let’s get ahead of it and own the story.
weren’t. The 2019 season was an exercise in quarterback heroism Carson Wentz became the first quarterback in league history to throw for 4,000 yards without an individual WR cresting 500 and accordingly, the expectation for the Eagles’ front office in the 2020 offseason was that they’d improve the team around Wentz. They tried to do that with their first round pick, TCU WR Jalen Reagor and, if you ask them, they did it with their second round pick as well: Oklahoma QB Jalen Hurts.