Eagles faithful got the last laugh in their feud with Rams rookie edge rusher Jared Verse, who called out an entire fanbase before Los Angeles’ 28-22 loss in their Divisional Round game on Sunday.Last week, Verse became an enemy in Philadelphia when he publicly announced he hated Eagles fans — and they were prepared for his arrival at Lincoln Financial Field.
“After the game, I was walking into the locker room, and they’re throwing snowballs,” the 24-year-old Verse said, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.“They bleed green and white.“I like that they stand on it.
They don’t shy away from it.My phone was blowing up the last two, three days.
All I was seeing was, ‘Yeah, we embrace it.We love that.’ I was like, ‘OK.’ But I like that they stand on it.”Verse was met with boos by the home team when he did a lap around the perimeter of the field before the game, which is part of his pre-game routine.“I had my ski mask on, my hat on, and my hoodie on so I don’t think they really knew who it was,” said Verse, who is in contention for Defensive Rookie of the Year.
“But the second I took my ski mask off, all I heard was ‘Booo.’ I took my AirPods out.‘Boooo.
You [stink].’ I was like, ‘Yeah.That’s what I expected.’ I can’t be mad about it.”Verse was seen exchanging words with Eagles defensive tackle Jalen Carter before the game, but it’s unclear what was said.
In the first quarter, the scoreboard featured Verse’s trash talk about Eagles fans before it showed him smiling raising his arms in the air while sitting on the Rams bench.“I like hostile environments,” Verse said.
“It doesn’t mean anything to me.It doesn’t faze me.
It hypes me up more.It’s not like I’m going to get shy or get nervous.
No.That hypes me up more.”Verse put a target on his back when he took jabs at Eagles fans ahead of the Divisional Round clash.
“When I see that green and white I hate it,” Verse told The Los Angeles Tim...