Eagles defender mocks Peyton Manning's pre-snap audibles

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Peyton Manning stepped under center on the first drive of the second half. He was en route to leading his Denver Broncos to the first of three third-quarter touchdowns and a franchise record 52 points against a woeful Philadelphia Eagles defense. Manning saw something in the defensive formation that made him change the play. He called an audible and made wild movements with his hands, as he’s prone to do.

For some reason, this caused Eagles defensive end Fletcher Cox to make hand movements of his own. But his jazz hands didn’t seem to be signaling an audible to his teammates. According to Jeff McLane of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Cox was simply mocking Manning, as if he were an eight-year-old playing a game of copycat. In the screenshot below, you can see Cox standing up on the line of scrimmage, shaking his hands skyward. He looked like a guy doing the Chicken Dance at a wedding.

McLane called out Cox for his antics. “Don’t mock a legend when his offense is humiliating your defense and you end up recording only a single assisted tackle for the entire game,” he wrote.

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