After Sunday's horrific blowout loss at the Dallas Cowboys, Eagles offensive lineman Lane Johnson told reporters the players have been late to practices and meetings.
Speaking on Monday's 94WIP Brandon Graham Show from Chickie's and Pete's, the Eagles' defensive end said Johnson should have cooled down a bit before making the comments immediately after the loss.
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"I feel like, take your time," Graham said. "Take a minute to not be hot and think about what you're saying. Because a little of that is just whatever that you might have saw or something that you might have saw during the week that you didn't say nothing about. It's the little things we talk about, like don't let the little things slip. And we probably let some things slip that shouldn't have, but let's try to focus on—at that time, just take the L. Don't say too much that's gonna hurt you where you gotta back track and think about it. I think Lane should have just thought about it a little bit."
Graham, 31, has been with the Eagles his entire career, nine seasons now. Johnson, 29, is also a lifelong Eagle, in his 7th NFL season. Graham admits that if Johnson, a two-time Pro Bowler, has a problem with a few players, he has built up enough credibility to handle it himself at this point.
"I love Lane, Lane is real," Graham explained. "I mean I believe Lane. If he's seeing something, hey. But you know, go tell that person, go let them know. Like you said, he do got a lot of juice and some people need to start seeing that for themselves. Like, I'm a veteran now. I've been here long enough. I had to see that myself. I had to start stepping up myself because I can't look for T-Cole (Trent Cole) and them, they not here no more. I'm the vet now. You gotta change the way you think about it. I think Lane should police it from here on out. You feel strongly on that, keep everything tight in the circle because people want to, right now, people trying to make every little thing we say into something. I know we gonna get it right, but the first thing that we should do is talk to each other and let each other know."
Eagles safety and defensive leader Malcolm Jenkins addressed Johnson's comments, as well, on Monday's 94WIP Marks & Reese Show.
Malcolm Jenkins responds to Lane Johnson saying players have been showing up late to practice. --
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