Vic Fangio is the epitome of an old-school football coach, and a viral offseason rumor elevated the Eagles’ defensive coordinator to legendary status coming off Philadelphia's Super Bowl LIX title.
Per the word on the street — as in, young Eagles pass rusher Jalyx Hunt — Fangio called his players together following their dominant win over Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs, and made them watch the fourth quarter of the game.
“Unacceptable,” Hunt remembered Fangio telling the team. “He wants perfection.”
The Chiefs had a goose egg on the board until late in the third quarter before scoring 22 points over the game’s final 15:34 of regulation.The lone highlight for the Chiefs was a 50-yard bomb from Mahomes to speedy wide receiver Xavier Worthy in the final two minutes, but the Eagles were never threatened in that second half. They led 34-0 late in the third quarter and cruised to a 40-22 win to cement the second SB title in franchise history.
Fangio, never afraid to address sensitive topics head-on with the local media, was asked about Hunt’s comments during Eagles OTAs on Tuesday, and he quickly shot the story down as “fake news.”
“I never did that,” Fangio said with a smirk. “I actually brought them together to compliment them on how well they played in the Super Bowl. There was not a negative word spoken. Fake news.”
Fangio was visibly having fun with reporters as he said that, so it’s possible that he was posturing. He’s never been one to fabricate the truth with the media, though, so we’ll just have to take this one at face value — which is a shame, because Hunt's version is so much better.
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