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Kobe Gave The Eagles A Pep Talk Before They Beat The Rams In 2017

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Kobe Gave The Eagles A Pep Talk Before They Beat The Rams In 2017

So there’s more to the story than just Eagles Center Jason Kelce strutting out of the locker room on Sunday, sporting an ill-fitting Lower Merion #33 Kobe Bryant jersey.

NBC Sports reports that Kelce and Kobe met in December of 2017, when the late Lower Merion Aces icon gave the Eagles a pep-talk before they played the Rams in Los Angeles. The Eagles won that game, 43-35; clinched the NFC East title, and lost quarterback Carson Wentz for the season.

According to The Athletic, Bryant spoke “at a team meeting around 10:30 a.m. on Dec. 8, 2017 at the Westin South Coast Plaza hotel in Costa Mesa, Calif., head coach Doug Pederson introduced a guest speaker.” ‘Kobe Bryant!’ Pederson said.”

 

EagleMaven, a feature of Sports Illustrated tells us that “Lower Merion is also where his wife, Kylie, coaches field hockey, so there is familiarity. One night, the Kelce’s were in a bar in Narberth, a small town within the Lower Merion school district, when Kelce saw Bryant’s high school jersey hanging on a wall.” 

 

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