In the Tradition of Festivus, Jason Babin Airs His Grievances with the Eagles

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The Eagles released Jason Babin four weeks ago, which might
seem like an eternity, but apparently wasn’t long enough for the wide-9
specialist to get over it. As his Jacksonville Jaguars prepare for their Week
17 finale in Tennessee – one of many stops in Babin’s nine-year NFL career – he
simply couldn’t refrain from running his mouth about his latest ex.

Speaking to members of the Titans media, Babin went off on a
bit of a tangent describing his departure from Philadelphia. It’s difficult to
summarize as it’s sort of all over the place, but you could easily say he
deflected any and all blame for his and former defensive line coach Jim
Washburn’s falling-out with the organization. However, the money quote was
probably when he described the Eagles as some sort of socialist regime. Via Adam
Caplan:

That was probably their approach
because they don’t have amicable splits with people. You saw how dirty they did
(Jim) Washburn with leaking out the false stories and the way they talked about
him on the way out. It’s kind of a big socialistic system that they have. I
didn’t really care. I’m only going to worry about what I can control, and
that’s practicing hard, working hard and playing hard on Sunday.

Babin’s diatribe continues, as he claims the Eagles clearly never
trusted Wash based on the presence of a defensive line consultant – a position
that is not listed on their coaching staff’s web page. Then as he wraps up on
the topic, he adds this delicious morsel:

But that’s life, I can’t really sit
up here and whine and complain about my situation when people around the
country and around the world for that matter are in a lot worse situations than
myself.

None of these statements constitutes as whining or complaining?

Look, we get it, Jason. You feel like you were wronged
because it didn’t work out here, and to your credit, a
lot of players that came and went over the last 14 years would probably agree
the Eagles are bad at breaking up with people.

That said, maybe the coaches were trying to change you
because you had 5.5 sacks in 11 games this season. Maybe the organization was
second-guessing Washburn because the production vanished. Whatever the case, the Eagles decided to move on. Maybe you should, too.

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