Chris Long Rips Cole Beasley For Anti-Vaccine Comments

Former Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Chris Long has an issue with all the comments Bills receiver Cole Beasley has made about the COVID vaccine.

Beasley has been consistently sharing his stance against taking the vaccine. And he most recently lashed out against the NFLPA for allowing the league to place restrictions on unvaccinated players.

Speaking on the “SI Media Podcast,” Long shared his feelings on players who won’t take the vaccine.

“Maybe someone who doesn’t have the information,” Long told Jimmy Traina on the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast. “And trust me, I can take a swing at it. As a leader, I think a lot of what you have to do is not tell people what to do, it’s to convince them what to do. It’s to sell something to them. Being a leader is being a salesman.

“And some people might be like ‘Well, no, you just gotta tell people what to do.’ Well, I’ve been there in the NFL and I just know that these are a bunch of grown men. And the convictions that I have – whether they’re well informed or not well informed – are not any stronger than the convictions of other guys.”

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Chris Long would go on to say how he would handle Cole Beasley if they were teammates.

“If you just said ‘I’m not getting vaccinated’ and then you don’t go on that big diatribe, that’s my point,” Long said. “Like, people are going to be on your ass. Like, don’t be making some crazy s–t up and don’t make yourself into a martyr.”

Awesome stuff on this week’s SI MEDIA PODCAST from @JOEL9ONE on how he’d deal with teammates who refuse to get vaccinated.

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“And so, I think if you’re on the plane and there’s an anti-vaxxer dude … If I’m sitting next to Cole Beasley, I’ll debate him. Or I’ll tell him to stop whining about it. If you’re not gonna get a shot … when you take a bold stance … just shut the **** up and be bold, dude.”

Chris Long also talked about how players like Cole Beasley shouldn’t complain about stricter NFL protocols if they refuse to take the COVID vaccine.

“As a leader, and I hadn’t thought about this, I think my job is to sell people on the reasons that maybe you should get vaccinated. And also, yeah, the restrictions in the NFL. Like, I cannot believe people are like ‘I’m doing this bold thing, this revolutionary thing and I’m not getting vaccinated.’ And then they want to complain. Like, I get it, it’s a mother and the NFL is basically nudging you to do something, but they’re also a private business and they can kinda do what they want bro.

“So that’s kinda where we are. And if you have an issue with it, get a shot and then you don’t have to grab and go in the cafeteria, dude.”

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