Mike Francesa joined Philadelphia radio station SportsRadio 94WIP Thursday morning and walked back his comments from last week ripping Eagle Jason Kelce for his speech during the Super Bowl parade.
On New York's WOR 710, Francesa said Kelce "should have stayed home, the jerk" and even went so far as to say the Eagles should cut Kelce for his profanity-laced speech but apologized on the Philly radio station for overreacting:
"Bottom line is, I went back last night and watched the thing in its entirety, and I have to say, it was not as bad as I thought it was. I watched it and got to see it, number one. So, I want to be fair to Kelce. Number two, I wish he didn't use any profanity, because it would have been a classic. It was really well done. He did a great job. And I thought it was one that could last and be used for a long time, and I know it's popular in Philly even with the profanity.
But to me, those are such special moments, that I wish they would just raise their level. I'm someone who loves the idea of a passionate tirade. I mean, I lived on them. And I like to see them do it so they can be, you know, used time and time again. Just take the profanity out of it, I know that even he said, something I saw, that he was worried about his profanity and maybe he had missed the mark on it.
And when I looked at it, number one, I overreacted and made one comment. Which really that was only one comment. I didn't talk about it for more than a minute. And it got picked up obviously in Philly where I understand the overreaction, because everything down there is so heightened right now. But let me say, I wouldn't cut him. So, I take that back. I apologize to him for that. And number two, it wasn't as bad as I thought. But I just wish, I just wish, Angelo, that he had just raised his vocabulary because that was a great speech. He did a great job."
This is classic Francesa. Overreact first and then find out the full story. Also, there wasn't even a whole lot of profanity in the speech. I just counted and he swore four times and that wasn't until the end of the speech.
Bottom line is Francesa misses being on the radio every day.
