Philadelphia Eagles

Eagles remove 'Redskins' from media guide this week

Published Sep. 30, 2015 2:50 p.m. ET

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The Philadelphia Eagles will travel to the D.C. area for a showdown with their NFC East rival Washington Redskins on Sunday at FedEx Field and it appears the Eagles' media guide for the game has an interesting difference from guides for other games this season.

Instead of the cover touting the Eagles vs. Falcons matchup or an Eagles vs. Jets showdown, the one for this week’s game features a Philadelphia vs. Washington title.

This is interesting. The #Eagles appear to have wiped the name #Redskins from this week's weekly media guide. #NFL pic.twitter.com/VgA9ksVrbi
— Matt Lombardo (@MattLombardo975) September 30, 2015

Given NJ Advanced Media’s Matt Lombardo has been covering the Philadelphia sports scene for some time, it’s a safe assumption this must be a new development and not something the Eagles have done in the past for media guides in order to avoid the controversy surrounding the Washington NFL team’s name.

Perhaps the Eagles have decided to join the numerous other media outlets throughout the country who have made it an organizational policy not to use the Redskins name in its reporting. Or it could be some Grade-A trolling on behalf of the Eagles by rubbing their opponent’s nose in the never-ending controversy.

Whatever the case, it’s safe to say that Jeb Bush doesn’t get it, regardless of the motivation behind it.

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