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“Keep Them Roots Going,” Says Jason Kelce in Detroit Locker Room
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You have to water and fertilize every day if you’re the Philadelphia Eagles. The roots are growing stronger, like a flower. And then, when you have a steady foundation, the plant bursts out of the ground and demolishes the Lions on the ground, to the tune of 236 yards and four scores.
Jason Kelce dropped a cheeky botanical reference in Sunday’s postgame victory speech:
https://twitter.com/Eagles/status/1455220001225560074?s=20
“Keep them roots going,* baby. Roots on three! 1 2 3 roots!”
Love it. I’m happy that the players are going along with this. We could do gardening references all day. “Gardener” Minshew. A botanical beatdown, etc. The Eagles are 3-5 and hopefully they’re that huge bean stalk, reaching into the sky and to make this transitional season at least somewhat competitive and interesting.
*I thought he originally said “growing,” but I listened back a few times and it definitely sounds like “going.”
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com