It was only eight months ago when Jalen Mills jumped off the Eagles’ buses during the Super Bowl parade, strutted to the barricades, and slapped hands with adoring fans along Broad Street. There was a love story between the Eagles and their fans, and few basked in it as much as Mills.

Mills was one of Philadelphia’s most notable athletes, his finger-wagging emblematic of the bravado that helped him became a fixture on the Eagles defense and one of the leaders in the locker room.

Eight months later, the relationship is rockier.

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