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Eagles Lineman Lane Johnson Still Annoyed by Patriot Way
Not sure why he continues to talk about us. I honestly hope we get these guys again.
Some interesting quotes:
Not sure why he continues to talk about us. I honestly hope we get these guys again.
Some interesting quotes:
Here's what pissed me off," Johnson answered when asked by Austin about the differences between the Eagles and the Pats. "The Patriots, obviously, I respect their coach, I respect Bill (Belichick), I respect Tom Brady, but just because they won Super Bowls the Patriot Way, is that supposed to be how everybody else is supposed to do the same thing? No, it's not. And that's what I got mad at, the arrogance of them.
"There was obviously some stuff behind closed doors. Their owner talking s--- to our owner. Bill talking s--- to our head coach before the game. I'm not going to say it, but a lot of s--- built up to that and I just got tired of hearing about it, man, to be honest. I saw a defense that wasn't overly talented. It was all really about containing Tom Brady. We had a hard time doing that; he had 505 yards. But that was really it, man. Going into the game, I'm not going to be shell-shocked by it. That was kind of our thing going in. I think we had the upper hand on that."
"The way I try to approach the game, I try to approach it fearless," Johnson said. "We talk about the Patriots, I got in a lot of trouble running my mouth. But my thinking was they give too much respect to these f------ guys. Everybody is half-assed scared of them and they're beat before they get on the field. I ain't playing Tom Brady; I don't give a f--- about him.
"I know that defensive line ain't going to do s--- against us and that was kind of my approach. I'm out there talking s--- to them, but our meeting rooms, I'm telling our guys that and I think a lot of times before games, a lot of guys are beat mentally. I can tell you that first-hand from my rookie year. You look at guys on paper, size and speed, that s--- don't matter."
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