PHILADELPHIA — The NFL will embark on uncharted territory in Week 1 with a historic game. Not only is the league playing a game in Brazil for the first time, but it will have its first Friday game in September since 1970.
The Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers will be the participants for a venue the NFL is hoping to visit many more times going forward. The game does present challenges, including travel and safety, creating skepticism why the NFL is going to Brazil in the first place.
Darius Slay fanned the flames this week with his comments on Brazil and not wanting to go there. This comes on the heels of A.J. Brown explaining the “don’t do’s” when heading down to Brazil last week.
“I do not want to go to Brazil. You want to know why? I’m going to tell you why,” Slay said on his podcast, via PHL Eagles Nation. “They already told us not to leave the hotel. They told us we can’t do too much going on, because the crime rate is crazy. I’m like ‘NFL, why would you want to send us somewhere with a crime rate this high?'”
While Slay later backtracked his comments, how do other Eagles feel about playing in this game? A few players were asked in the locker room this week about the Brazil trip, as the Eagles are flying down to Sao Paulo Wednesday night.
Saquon Barkley was asked by CBS Sports how much different this trip would be compared to his last overseas trip for a game. Barkley played with the New York Giants in London in 2022, shutting down any of the negativity about the trip.
“I don’t think there’s going to be much time to go out and experience the culture. But that’s what the offseason is for. If we want to go out there and experience that, we get paid a lot of money and we can go take a flight to Brazil and do that,” said Barkley.
“My mindset is to go out there, be locked in, and try to do whatever we can to come out with a win. Everyone is talking about,…
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Author : Jeff Kerr
Publish date : 2024-09-04 16:33:39
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