Philadelphia is not making many friends south of the Equator.
However, it has not taken long for legitimate security concerns surrounding the trip to drift into the realm of xenophobia.
On Tuesday evening, Eagles cornerback Darius Slay took to social media to apologize for making derogatory remarks about Brazil on his podcast,"I want to apologize to anyone I offended, that wasn’t my intention. I’m looking forward to playing in your beautiful country and i’ve heard are very passionate just like our amazing Eagles ," Slay wrote.
“Man, I do not want to go to Brazil,” he said. “They already told us not to leave the hotel... NFL, why do y’all want to send us somewhere where the crime rate is this high?” The notion that Philadelphia's players have been instructed not to leave their hotel has been disputed by Eagles assistant general manager Jon Ferrari,Patrick Andres is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He joined SI in December 2022, having worked for The Blade, Athlon Sports, Fear the Sword and Diamond Digest. Andres has covered everything from zero-attendance Big Ten basketball to a seven-overtime college football game.
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