Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio kicked off his media availability at training camp on Thursday with a joke referencing Dr. Anthony Fauci.
When a reporter asked about the team's plan at the Safety position, Fangio replied, “I’m gonna be like Fauci and just take the Fifth Amendment on all questions.”
He added, “Did you guys see that? Oh my god,” prompting laughter from the room.
The veteran coach then asked the reporter to repeat the query before actually answering it.
The joke referenced Fauci's appearance at a Senate hearing the day before, where he invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times, refusing to answer questions about COVID-19 and the government's pandemic response.
Clips from the hearing went viral online, and the controversy clearly reached the Eagles' facility.
