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BLUE BELL, Pa. -- An 11-year-old Eagles instrumentality from Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, has go a societal media sensation aft a video of his passionate reaction to the team's wild-card nonaccomplishment to the San Francisco 49ers dispersed wide online with millions of views.
The clip shows Sam Salvo expressing vexation aft Sunday night's game.
"I privation A.J. Brown packing his bags and going determination other that is not here," helium says successful the video.
He adds, "I privation Kevin Patullo flipping burgers astatine the section McDonald's oregon something. Whenever he's an violative coordinator, it's similar he's flipping burgers. One side, he's cooking. The different half, he's wholly raw."
Salvo said the Eagles' nonaccomplishment was disappointing, but the attraction that followed has been exciting.
"This is simply a imagination travel true. I ne'er thought this would happen," helium said.
Known to his household arsenic "Slammin' Sam," Salvo describes himself arsenic a devoted Eagles fan.
"This is my room, guys. I person my shot jerseys implicit here," helium said portion showing disconnected his collection. He added that his emotion for the squad goes backmost years.
"Well, since I was a tiny boy. I was truthful tiny erstwhile I archetypal started watching the Eagles. I emotion the Eagles truthful much," helium said.
Despite the defeat, Salvo said helium walked distant with a memorable message.
"I heard thing astatine the crippled that truly made maine deliberation astir my life: 'Win oregon lose, we're the bleeping Birds baby.'"
His father, Paul Salvo, said the operation came from a instrumentality sitting down them.
"He learned that from the feline down him; shoutout to that guy," said Paul
He added that his son's property shines some connected and disconnected camera.
"Sam is hilarious. This is however helium is successful existent beingness each the time. He says ridiculous things. He does ridiculous things, but successful his heart, he's a truly bully kid. I emotion hanging retired with him, and he's the best."
His younger sister, Marina, said the attraction feels fitting.
"Sam loves football, and I consciousness similar each that shot speech has yet done him thing good," she said.
Salvo said helium hopes to enactment successful the spotlight and has dreams of moving successful sports someday.
"That would beryllium my 2nd oregon 3rd option. If I couldn't marque pro tennis, past I would effort to beryllium a sportscaster oregon something," helium said. For now, helium has his sights acceptable connected 1 amusement successful particular: "Yeah, the amusement with Travis Kelce and Jason Kelce connected it."
His mother, Zuzana Salvo, said the household is enjoying the moment. "We're conscionable riding the wave," she said.
"I look astatine it similar he's an 11-year-old kid, let's fto him person fun. Let's fto him bask the moment, and marque definite his grades enactment good, and let's marque definite he's playing bully tennis. I'm conscionable excited for him," said Paul.
Salvo present has an Instagram relationship managed by his parents and is moving connected launching a YouTube channel.
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