Jason Kelce always does a great job of simplifying some of the more difficult conversations, and on Thursday, the legendary center spoke gospel on Philadelphia sports radio.
While chatting with the 94WIP Morning Show, Kelce avoided taking Jason Peters to task for his comments about Eagles fans on Wednesday.
The 12-year veteran has played in over 20 games against Dallas and gave this response to a question about the differences between the two rival fanbases.
“You feel it right away from the fan base,” the 34-year-old four-time first-team All-Pro said when asked about the Eagles-Cowboys rivalry on Thursday’s 94WIP Morning Show.
“Two polar opposites that have been in the same division that have played so many meaningful games of football together. You have the Philadelphia fan base which is this extremely localized die hard fan base that is authentic to all of them growing up together in this community and this environment that breeds authenticity,” he said. “And you have the Cowboys fan base, which they have that in Dallas, but the majority of the fan base is built on commercialism and all of this pop culture, Lakers, Yankees type fandom that I think is the complete opposite of what the Philadelphia fan base stands for. And also you have the north and the south going into it. You have so many factors and different things that it’s led to being almost a game of cultures and values, that I certainly feel and love to represent on the side I am on.”
Kelce clarified that die-hard Cowboys fans from the state of Texas or the Dallas-Forth Worth area get a bad rap from fans who jumped on the bandwagon during the glory years.
The intensity will only ratchet up between now and Sunday, and fans in Dallas will be able to return the venom during the Christmas Eve matchup in late December.
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