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Michael Irvin Continuing with the Uncomfortable Eagles Reverse Psychology Thing
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Michael Irvin:
Who's your sleeper Super Bowl team? 🧐 @michaelirvin88– Eagles @danorlovsky7– Dolphins @stephenasmith– Chargers pic.twitter.com/pJ8gHmT4E4
— First Take (@FirstTake) August 29, 2022
Irvin keeps talking up the Eagles. He’s done this multiple times in recent months, using the word “dynasty” to describe a team that went 9-8 last year and now he’s calling them a Super Bowl sleeper. It’s borderline uncomfortable, and maybe that’s the simplest explanation here. It’s Occam’s Razor? Maybe Irvin is just trying to create discomfort among Eagles nation.
I wrote this back in May:
Maybe this is just Michael Irvin doing some kind of reverse psychology in an attempt to hex the Birds. Pigskin voodoo, like a grotesque, Drake-inspired curse. A former Eagle rival is going to pump up the Birds in hopes of jinxing it and damning us to a 7-10 season, or worse.
It’s weird. I don’t know what to make of Irvin’s newfound Eagles love, but it’s uncomfortable. I don’t like it.
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