DeMarco Murray fights off backdrop attack during press conference

NFL running backs are used to being attacked from all angles, so it is no surprise that DeMarco Murray was able to successfully stave off an attack from a press conference backdrop on Wednesday.

NFL running backs are used to being attacked from all angles, so it is no surprise that DeMarco Murray was able to successfully stave off an attack from a press conference backdrop on Wednesday.

Murray was speaking to the media when the Eagles logo-covered canvas behind him started lurching forward, but the running back quickly deployed a stiff arm to keep himself safe.

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The running back was talking about preparing to face his old team, the Cowboys, in Week 2 before the incident, and after Murray returned the screen to its proper position, the jokes were that he may have just made SportsCenter​’s “Not Top Ten” segment.

[Star-Telegram]