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Eagles kicker Jake Elliott takes the stage on Lip Sync Battle

By Justin Grasso

BLOOMINGTON, MN - JANUARY 30: Jake Elliott #4 of the Philadelphia Eagles speaks to the media during Super Bowl LII media availability on January 30, 2018 at Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota. The Philadelphia Eagles will face the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII on February 4th. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)
BLOOMINGTON, MN - JANUARY 30: Jake Elliott #4 of the Philadelphia Eagles speaks to the media during Super Bowl LII media availability on January 30, 2018 at Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota. The Philadelphia Eagles will face the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII on February 4th. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images) /
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The Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl celebrations tour took a weird turn the other night with Jake Elliott.

Man, winning the Super Bowl really changes things for NFL players. Ever since the Philadelphia Eagles brought the Vince Lombardi trophy to Philly, individual players have gained a ton of exposure. Nick Foles went from being a backup quarterback to a television talk show guest of honor. Jay Ajayi went from a Miami Dolphins castaway with an alleged lousy attitude to an international public figure. Now, Jake Elliott went from a practice squad kicker to a Lip Sync Battler.

For those who forgot, Elliott actually started his NFL career with the Cincinnati Bengals last season. Fortunately for the Eagles, the Bengals decided to cut Elliott from the active roster. Once former Eagles kicker Caleb Sturgis suffered a season-ending injury, the Eagles looked high and far for a kicker to step in for him. That’s when the Eagles gave a shot to the young rookie, and he didn’t disappoint the Eagles organization. In fact, Elliott ended up making the Eagles forget all about Sturgis by the end of the 2017 season.

Nowadays, Elliott is remembered for his second game that he ever played in the midnight green. The walk-off 61-yard field goal to defeat the New York Giants during the third week of the regular season. Ever since then, the Eagles kicker gained a ton of recognition around the league. And now that he is a Super Bowl champion, he is getting the opportunity to have some fun and show off his personality a little bit.

Elliott takes the stage:

The Eagles video team did an excellent job of making us all a behind-the-scenes look at Elliott’s journey backstage on a cruise doing his version of the hit TV show, Lip Sync Battle. Elliott faced off against actress and musician, Queen Latifah. He showed up in a terrible wig, jamming out to Whitesnake’s “Here I Go Again ’87.”

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So it looks like the Eagles kicker is becoming a bit of a fan favorite outside of Philadelphia. Although his debut stage performance seemed a little shaky, it probably didn’t help that 23-year-old Jake Elliott performed a song that was released before he was even alive. So as you can imagine, Elliott apparently lost to Latifah who has had a few stage performances back in her day. It’s okay, though, because we all know that Elliott’s stage performance won’t affect his kicks. At least, we hope not.

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