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See the full story · 1 sourcesEagles DC Vic Fangio was rarin' and ready to face the media on Thursday ... thanks to some inspo from the country's most polarizing medical figure, Dr. Anthony Fauci.
The veteran defensive coordinator barely sat down at the podium before dropping this gem on a reporter who asked about the team's plan at the Safety position.
\u201cI\u2019m gonna be like Fauci and just take the Fifth Amendment on all questions," Fangio joked. "Did you guys see that? Oh my god.\u201d
The DC then asked the reporter to repeat the query before actually answering.
Of course, you'd have to be living under a rock not to get the joke.
Just one day earlier, Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times during a heated, contentious Senate hearing, refusing to answer questions about COVID and the government's pandemic response.
The clips exploded online \u2026 and the controversy clearly reached the Eagles' building.
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