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Q+A with Chris Long: Connection to Philly, watching Jalen Carter, and why the 2024 team is 'more talented than the team we had in 2017'

December 11, 2024

Chris Long played only two seasons in Philadelphia, but it was long enough for him to fall for the city — and the city to fall for him.
Long, who now hosts the popular “Green Light Podcast,” returned to Philadelphia this week to join with friend, former Eagles edge rusher, and current team executive Connor Barwin for the second-annual “Team Dinner” to benefit their respective foundations.
PHLY caught up with Long before the event to discuss this year’s Eagles team, a player Chris Long wishes he played with, and why that connection with Philadelphia remains so strong:
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