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Before the game, the famous rock statue in downtown Philadelphia wore gear representing the Chiefs' former identity, The Redskins.
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The culprit is unknown.
Wearing a statue in opposing teams' gear has become a tradition in recent years before Big Eagles Playoff games. Each time that happened, the Eagles came away with a win.
In 2022, the statue was wearing New York Giants gear before their game against the Eagles in the divisional round. The Eagles won that game 38-7. The following week, the statue was wearing San Francisco 49ers gear before the Niners arrived in Philadelphia in the NFC Championship Game. The Eagles won this game, 31-7.
When the Eagles won their first Super Bowl in the 2017 season, the statue was also wearing the opposing teams' gear.
Before that season's NFC Championship game between the Eagles and the Minnesota Vikings, the statue was draped in a Vikings jersey, and the Eagles won 38-7. Before the Super Bowl, someone put a New England Patriots jersey on the statue, and the Eagles beat the Patriots 41-33 for their first Super Bowl title.
The vandalism has become so frequent that Kansas City Chiefs Staff Travis Kelce has defended his fan base to not wear the statue in any Chiefs gear prior to the 2023 Super Bowl. The Chiefs won this game 38-35.
“Bosses, don’t touch the rock monument!” Kels said during a February 2023 episode of his podcast, “New Heights.”
“Don't do that and definitely don't put number 87!”
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Former Eagles center Jason Kelce, who played against Travis and the Chiefs in that game, theorized that the culprit was an Eagles fan.
“I'll be honest. I think someone from Philly is doing it right now,” Jason Kelce said.
“I don't think this is an opposing team thing at this point. There's no way opposing teams keep doing this,” he said, “and it works great.”
“So, keep doing it. I guarantee it. There's no way. Because it happened every single game. The Giants did it. The 49ers did it.”
Now, Washington is done, and will look to break the trend.
It will be the first time the rivals have met in a conference championship game and represents a high point for a rivalry that has been complete in recent decades due to Washington's inability to win the playoffs since the 1990s.
The 2024 season was the first since 2005 that Washington won a playoff berth, and the first since 1991 that the franchise reached the conference championship.
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