Orlando Scandrick rips Eagles

The spurned cornerback, who was releaed twice by the team this year, including earlier in the week, tore into Howie Roseman and Malcom Jenkins, and took some other choice swings

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Inside the Eagles locker room on Friday afternoon, about 48 hours away from an important game in Buffalo that will either pull them back to .500 with a win or leave them reeling at 3-5 with a loss, there wasn’t much focus on the Bills.

Instead, the Eagles were questioned about the bombshell that had been dropped on their heads earlier in the day by former teammate Orlando Scandrick.

Appearing on FS1’s Undisputed with Shannon Sharpe and Skip Bayless earlier in the day, Scandrick took aim at Eagles general manager Howie Roseman and veteran safety Malcolm Jenkins.

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Scandrick, 32 who played 10 years with the Cowboys, said that the Eagles’ defense has “selfish people” that the organization is still “living on the high” of winning a Super Bowl two years ago and that there is a faction inside the locker room that would still prefer to have Super Bowl LII MVP Nick Foles playing quarterback rather than Carson Wentz.

There could be a bitterness factor in Scandricks’ comments after being made to feel like a scapegoat for the Eagles’ troubles these past two games, in which they were outscored 75-30. The Eagles (3-4) weren’t even competitive in those against the Minnesota Vikings and Dallas Cowboys and the cornerback was released earlier in the week after re-signing with the team three weeks earlier.

It was Scandrick’s second stint this season with the team after spending training camp with the Eagles before being released prior to the start of the regular season.

It is safe to say he burned his bridge back to Philadelphia.

On Roseman, Scandrick said: “I don’t believe anything that Howie says. If Howie is one of those people who told me it’s raining outside, I’d probably get some shorts just in case. He put it to me that they wanted to play younger players. They’re a mess on defense and then we get more defensive linemen so we’ll see how that works for them up in Buffalo.”

True enough, the Eagles will play in Buffalo with three defensive tackles that were on practice squads at the start of the week: Bruce Hector, who promoted from the Eagles’ practice squad on Friday, Albert Huggins (Texans), and Anthony Rush (Raiders).

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On Jenkins, the spurned corner said: “I think there are some selfish people on that defense. (Eagles cornerback) Rasul Douglas is a good friend of mine. I think he took some unwanted heat for some blown coverage on some other people’s selfish play. We don’t have to say names. They know who they are.”

Scandrick continued and it was clear he was talking about Jenkins. 

“When you wear a C (captain) on your jersey, it’s your job to bring guys along, it’s your job to take the hard down, it’s your job to take the hard job, and you need to bring the thing together,” said Scandrick. “I don’t know if that’s the case. You look at everything that happened. You hold out for a contract (Jenkins didn’t show up for voluntary OTAs), you come in, you’re not really making any splash plays and you go down to Minnesota (and blow the coverage). That’s not a rookie we’re talking about here, that’s a two time super bowl champion.”

Jenkins replied later in the locker room following Friday’s practice.

“I could give two shits about people that aren’t here,” Jenkins told reporters.

Jenkins also said: “For us to move on as a team, we can’t have mother (bleeps) like that in the room.”

Scandrick took a poke at the Eagles’ culture, too.

“I would tell guys when I came in there they were still living on that Super Bowl high,” said Scandrick. “At this rate, what’s going on there it’snjot just going to fix by everyone saying, ‘We’re all going to stick together.’ There are some issues going on there and it starts at the top.”

Incredibly, Wentz escaped Scandrick’s brutal criticism.

“There’s a ton of pressure on (Wentz),” said Scandrick. “Nick Foles is not walking through that door. Are there still people in that locker room that would still want Nick? Yeah. But that’s not a knock on Carson. I love Carson. I thought he was a great guy. I thought he was stand up.”

At least Scandrick put his name on his comments. Last week, the Eagles were questioned by an anonymous locker room source.

Now everything is out in the open. At least, everything Scandrick believes.