A key offseason move for the Washington Commanders doesn’t move the needle for former Philadelphia Eagles star Brandon Graham.
As one prominent streamer by the name of Janky Rondo spoke with confidence about the Commanders heading into next season, mentioning the acquisition of Deebo Samuel as a reason why Washington will take an additional step forward, Graham fired back a massive shot at the versatile wideout.
“You know we got Deebo,” Graham heard.
“I wouldn’t worry about him,” Graham fired back. “He gotta be in shape first—he don’t look like he in shape right now.”
Graham made a name for himself as a notorious trash talker throughout his Eagles career. It doesn’t come as a surprise that he continues to talk trash off the field, despite calling it a career this offseason.
Plus, when it comes to Deebo Samuel and the Eagles, there’s a lot of history there dating back to Deebo’s days with the San Francisco 49ers. After the Eagles defeated the 49ers in the NFC Championship a few years back, Samuel and the 49ers entered the following year with a chip on their shoulder and dominated Philadelphia during the regular season.
It was a heated battle, and Samuel was at the forefront of it all for San Francisco’s side. These days, Samuel’s Niners days are finished, but he landed on a direct rival of the Eagles. Since the Commanders and the Eagles just battled it out in the NFC Championship this past season, Samuel’s rivalry with the Eagles will surely remain in place for the 2025 NFL season.
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Graham won’t get a chance to participate in those two matchups against Washington this season. The former 13th overall pick decided to hang up his cleats.
The Eagles landed Graham out of Michigan in 2010. At the time, he was a controversial pick,and struggled to live up to his draft position early on. Eventually, Graham became a notable player on the defensive end of the ball for the Eagles. Before anybody knew it, Graham became a Pro Bowler, All-Pro, and two-time Super Bowl Champion. He played 206 games for the Eagles, registering over 75 sacks and 487 tackles.
He might not take the field for the Eagles this year for the first time in over a decade, but Graham is clearly still about his trash-talking ways and downplaying any potential threat or enemy that might try to get in the way of his Eagles.
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