Saquon Barkley defends Eagle fans against 'hate' from Rams player amid controversy over fan abusing woman

As Philadelphia Eagle fans look nationalist scrutiny pursuing a viral video of one verbally assaulting a woman, prima moving backmost Saquon Barkley has travel to their defense. 

With the Eagles acceptable to look the Los Angeles Rams successful a divisional playoff crippled connected Sunday, Rams subordinate Jared Verse expressed his hatred for Eagles fans successful an interrogation with the Los Angeles Times. Verse's comments came days aft Eagles instrumentality Ryan Caldwell was fired from his occupation erstwhile the video of him insulting a pistillate Green Bay Packers instrumentality astatine a playoff crippled past Sunday went viral. 

"I hatred Eagles fans," Verse said. "They’re truthful annoying. I hatred Eagles fans."

Barkley was asked by reporters astir Verse's comments up of the game, and suggested that the Rams rookie's determination to accidental those things was "not smart." 

"Probably not the smartest happening to accidental if you're coming to Philadelphia," Barkley told reporters connected Friday.

Barkley cited his erstwhile acquisition coming to play successful Philadelphia arsenic an hostile erstwhile helium was with the New York Giants from 2018-23. 

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Philadelphia Eagles moving backmost Saquon Barkley (26) walks from the passageway for a crippled against the Dallas Cowboys astatine Lincoln Financial Field. (Bill Streicher-Imagn Images)

"I've been connected the different side, I've felt immoderate benignant of way," Barkley said. "I astir apt wouldn't springiness them immoderate other fuel."

Barkley expects Verse volition person an particularly rude greeting erstwhile helium takes the tract connected Sunday. 

"I’m beauteous definite Philly fans person seen that comment. It was already going to beryllium large and rocking, truthful it’s conscionable lone going to adhd to it," Barkley said. 

Verse is conscionable 1 of the harsh vocal critics of Eagles fans successful the aftermath of the viral footage of Caldwell. Verse said adjacent though the crippled was successful Los Angeles, helium heard heckling Eagles fans, contempt wearing headphones. 

"I didn’t adjacent bash thing to em. It was my archetypal clip playing. Oh, I hatred Eagles fans," Verse said. 

The Eagles won that crippled 37-20, and Barkley ran wild, amassing 302 scrimmage yards, including 255 rushing yards with 2 touchdowns.

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Philadelphia Eagles moving backmost Saquon Barkley (26) gets pushed out-of-bounds by Los Angeles Rams linebacker Jared Verse (right) during the archetypal fractional astatine SoFi Stadium.  (Alex Gallardo-Imagn Images)

Meanwhile, Caldwell was fired from his occupation arsenic a task manager astatine BCT Partners aft a video of his insults went viral. He has apologized but besides defended himself by insisting his actions "were not without provocation" and that the viral video "does not amusement the afloat context" of what happened. 

"While attending an NFL crippled past Sunday to enactment my beloved Philadelphia Eagles, an incidental occurred that I profoundly regret," Caldwell said successful a statement. 

"What began arsenic banter with 2 Packers fans sitting adjacent maine escalated to thing much serious, and I said things that were unacceptable. In the vigor of the moment, I chose unforgiving words to code 1 of the fans, Ms. Ally Keller.

"I privation to sincerely apologize to Ms. Keller for those words, and to my wife, family, and friends, my erstwhile leader and colleagues, Packer fans, Eagle fans, the Philadelphia Eagles, the City of Philadelphia, and each who were offended. That said, determination are 2 sides to each story. 

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Ryan Caldwell was identified arsenic the instrumentality who hurled taunts astatine a Packers fan. (X/@Basaraski)

"The video clip circulating online does not bespeak the afloat discourse of what transpired, and my actions were not without provocation. I volition unrecorded with this experience, and I americium surely paying a idiosyncratic price. For those who don’t cognize me, this incidental does not bespeak my values oregon the respect I person for others and is not indicative of the idiosyncratic I am."

The viral video was filmed by Keller’s fiancé, Alexander Basara, and dispersed rapidly crossed the net successful the days aft the Eagles' 22-10 win. 

Caldwell's apology and quality of his firing prompted a question of solemnisation and mockery by sports fans connected societal media. 

Eagles fans person a agelong past of unruly behavior. 

The franchise's erstwhile home, Veterans Stadium, had an on-site judicial tribunal and jailhouse cells to woody with law-breaking fans.

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