Deebo Samuel is still bitter from the NFC Championship game loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. Samuel has had a history of calling out the Eagles in podcast interviews and he isn’t stopping. In a recent interview, he said that “100%” the Eagles are the most hated team in the NFL.
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Deebo Samuel Hates The Philadelphia Eagles
“We lost the NFC Championship because we played with 10 people,” Samuel said. This is of course a reference to Brock Purdy going out with an elbow injury before his backup also went down with an injury. This led to the 49ers basically playing without a quarterback. A team is not going to win many games in the NFL, let alone the NFC Championship game, without a quarterback. Samuel clearly thinks that the 49ers would’ve won had they had a healthy quarterback.
Lots Of Eagles Hate
The distaste for the Eagles is at an all-time high right now. After nailing the draft, many GMs were upset at how much praise GM Howie Roseman was getting. Teams tried to get one of the Eagles’ bread-and-butter plays banned in the offseason. Right now, everyone is talking about them as the clear favorite in the NFC. It isn’t a surprise that teams are frustrated. Any time a team is a heavy favorite, they tend to be a lightning rod of hate. However, you can’t blame the Eagles for this. They are trying to win and are doing a good job of building a team that can win a Super Bowl.
The NFL is better with heated rivalries. Deebo Samuel throwing gasoline on the fire that is the San Francisco 49ers-Philadelphia Eagles rivalry is good for the sport. This will make for an interesting season especially if these two teams meet again in the playoffs.