PHILADELPHIA -- Eagles linebacker Kamu Grugier-Hill has apologized to coach Doug Pederson for calling the Dallas Cowboys "chokers" earlier in the week, acknowledging that he put his coach "in a hard spot."
"It's a rivalry game. I didn't think too much about it," Grugier-Hill said Friday. "I didn't mean to disrespect this organization or Coach Pederson. I have a lot of confidence in the guys and in myself going into this game, and I'm ready to play."
On Wednesday, Grugier-Hill kickstarted some trash talk between the rivals by saying, "I mean, you look at Dallas' history, they always choke.