Over the years, we’ve seen plenty of mic’d-up footage from the opening coin toss. You’ll have the captains shaking hands, telling each other good luck and getting ready for the toss. It’s almost never interesting.
Eagles defensive end Brandon Graham is the exception to that. He knows that the coin toss is his first opportunity to throw his opponent off their game. He did just that on Saturday.
In the latest edition of Inside the NFL from NFL Films, we were treated to footage from the Eagles’ 38-7 win over the Giants in the divisional round. And man, Graham was already fired up on the walk to midfield. He had a message for each of the Giants’ captains, and they were almost taken aback by the intensity.
.@brandongraham55 wanted all the smoke during the coin toss 🗣️@Eagles | @insidetheNFL pic.twitter.com/a5N4hkrCIj
— NFL Films (@NFLFilms) January 24, 2023
He said:
“Oh, yeah, boy, we running right at you, 9-7. We running right at you. And you know not to run this way! Hey 8, I’m on that throwing arm all day, 8! Yeah. We running right at you, 9-7! You look like you’re tired from this week.”
But hey, if you’re going to talk that early, you better back it up. And Graham did that with a sack in a lopsided win.
Fans also thought this footage was hilarious. You really don’t see that every game at all.
This was how Twitter reacted
Bruh… @brandongraham55 just spittin fire before kickoff 😂😂 https://t.co/SpeRm0rrN8
— Kevin Negandhi (@KevinNegandhi) January 24, 2023
If I saw this Saturday night I would have an extra $1,000,000 in my DraftKings account. https://t.co/ca7C3YBkzY
— JK (@JKush33) January 24, 2023
BG is the absolute best. https://t.co/YuyPbRfglp
— James Seltzer (@JamesSeltzer) January 24, 2023
I need him mic’d up for SF https://t.co/ViLSL6w8Tr
— Rust 𖣘 (@wustdontmiss) January 24, 2023
Game was over at coin toss! #FlyEaglesFly https://t.co/ScvIIEEyPe
— Steve Rodier (@realSteveRodier) January 24, 2023
Sirianni knew exactly what he was doing by sending BG out for the coin flip.
🗣🗣🗣#ToneSetter#FlyEaglesFly https://t.co/LJldENd1T9— Jayson Snyder (@Spydes78) January 24, 2023
face hurts from smiling https://t.co/kVb4xM7MhU
— kylie (@ryliekeeves) January 24, 2023
Classic BG https://t.co/CjeDCeYg7G
— Ed Kracz (@kracze) January 24, 2023
He's gonna have Purdy shell shocked https://t.co/8dqL2zS1Rz
— Jeremias (@Jeremias7e) January 24, 2023
That was how you set the tone.
