{"id":22007,"date":"2025-01-26T03:33:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T03:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=22007"},"modified":"2025-01-26T03:33:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T03:33:22","slug":"jason-kelce-rapidly-backtracks-after-taunting-washington-commanders-over-philadelphia-eagles-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=22007","title":{"rendered":"Jason Kelce rapidly backtracks after taunting Washington Commanders over Philadelphia Eagles game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/philadelphia-eagles\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Philadelphia Eagles<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0legend\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/jason-kelce\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Jason Kelce<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0quickly backtracked his comments bashing the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/washington-commanders\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Washington Commanders<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0ahead of Sunday&#8217;s NFC Championship game between the heated rivals.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Thursday, Kelce clearly stated that his former team is better at every position.\u00a0The startling claim comes three days before the teams face off with a trip to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/super_bowl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Super Bowl<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0on the line, providing Washington with definite bulletin-board material.<\/p>\n<p>After a harsh response to Kelce&#8217;s assertion, he tried to ease tensions on social media, with his words already doing the damage.<\/p>\n<p>Kelce&#8217;s original comments were &#8211; &#8216;I&#8217;ll be very candid. 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Washington is very good, obviously, their linebackers are fantastic, and the DTs [Jonathan] Allen and [Daron] Payne are very good. They are good across the board.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;In the rest of the interview I go on to say Washington plays very well as a team, they\u2019re very physical, well coached, and a resilient group. It\u2019s going to be a dog fight. Wasn\u2019t trying to say anything negative about them.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Kelce&#8217;s bias comes into play, as he suited up for the Eagles for 13 seasons. 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