It didn’t take lengthy.
After the Giants upset the Vikings on Sunday afternoon to earn a visit to Philly to face the Eagles within the divisional spherical, the Big Killer memes began to roll in.
And, sure, Boston Scott noticed numerous them.
“I’m a meme man, so I really like seeing a great meme,” Scott stated on Tuesday. “There’s a pair that I’ve laughed at.
“It’s sort of overwhelming. There’s numerous them. I sort of simply chuckle right here, chuckle there. However individuals are so inventive, man. If it’s real, I recognize it. If you happen to’re joking, mocking, no matter. That’s what social media is. I simply attempt to keep even keel with it.”
Scott, 27, has earned the nickname “Big Killer” throughout his 4 seasons with the Eagles as a result of it looks like nearly each time he performs the Giants, he goes off. A pair years in the past, individuals began noticing and nearly each time Scott faces the Giants, he provides to splits which might be actually exceptional.
Butt Scott (5-6, 203) is humble about all of the success towards the Giants.
“I really feel like God has a humorousness,” Scott stated. “Like, why the heck is among the smallest gamers having these kinds of video games towards at crew known as the Giants? It’s superb what a bit of religion will do. All of us have Giants in our lives. It’s totally different for every particular person.”
In Scott’s profession, he has extra carries, yards, touchdowns, catches and receiving yards towards the Giants than another crew.
Of Scott’s 17 profession touchdowns, 10 (58.8%) have come towards the Giants. Scott additionally has 636 of his 1,723 profession scrimmage yards towards the NFC East foe — so an unimaginable 36.9% of his profession scrimmage yards have come towards one opponent.
And regardless of taking part in simply eight video games towards New York, there are simply 5 gamers in NFL historical past with extra speeding touchdowns towards the Giants.
1. Emmitt Smith – 21 (25 video games, 1990-04)
2. Leroy Kelly – 14 (11 video games, 1964-73)
3. Jim Brown – 12 (18 video games, 1957-65)
4. Larry Brown – 12 (15 video games, 1969-76)
5. Ezekiel Elliott – 10 (12 video games, 2016-22)
t-6. Boston Scott – 9 (8 video games, 2019-22)
t-6. Steve Van Buren – 9 (12 video games, 1944-51)
It’s exceptional.
Nevertheless it’s additionally price noting that, for a number of causes, Scott has had essentially the most alternative in his profession towards the Giants. In his thoughts, that’s why his numbers towards them have been so nice.
“I feel it’s simply reps. Reps are invaluable,” Scott stated. “I’m the kind of participant, I do know I’m not essentially the most gifted man. You understand what I imply? However I’m expert. So working in direction of getting these reps, that enables me to raise my sport. These reps for me are invaluable. I feel it’s extra alternative.”
Scott is energetic on social media so it will be fairly laborious for him to utterly keep away from all of the Big Killer memes and he’s probably not aiming too. He appreciates them. He appreciates all of the help.
Scott even appreciates a number of the negativity, when some people say he’s solely good towards one crew.
“All of it motivates me and drives me to be the very best participant that I could be,” he stated.
All through Scott’s time with the Eagles, his utilization has seen peaks and valleys. This season, it has been clear that Miles Sanders is the Eagles’ No. 1 working again and Kenny Gainwell is their 2-minute drill man. That makes Scott’s position a bit of extra fluid.
Within the video games main as much as the playoffs, as Sanders handled a knee harm, Scott obtained extra time on offense and carried out nicely. However what he’s discovered through the years is to easily benefit from his alternatives.
It simply so occurs that he’s had numerous them towards the Giants. And he’s actually made essentially the most of them.
Followers have definitely taken discover. And though his teammates clearly have too, they don’t let him hear about it as a lot.
“Nah, probably not,” Scott stated. “As a result of they know what’s up. They know we gotta keep targeted. We gotta keep targeted.”
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