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Marcus Hayes: Benching Eagles’ Miles Sanders for Boston Scott and Jordan Howard is foolish talk.

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The Philadelphia Inquirer

PHILADELPHIA — There’s a lot of silly chirping going on in Philadelphia these days. The Sixers should trade Ben Simmons for Andrew Wiggins and a box of rocks. The Phillies should sign two more Didi Gregoriouses instead of Kris Bryant. And, now, this: Miles Sanders shouldn’t start because Boston Scott and Jordan Howard are killing it. Talk about recency bias. You don’t bench a home run hitter because his backups hit a few doubles off lousy pitching. Since Sanders was drafted in 2019 he has made 24 plays of 20 yards or more, more than twice as many as his replacements; Scott has eight, and Howar…

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