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Ex-Eagles RB Reflects with Regret on Cowboys Move: “I Should’ve Never Left”

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He didn’t leave with a press conference. He didn’t post a goodbye video. He just walked out of the NovaCare Complex with a quiet nod, a duffel bag, and more memories than he could carry.

No cameras. No celebration. Just a soft goodbye to the only team that ever felt like home.

When he arrived in Dallas, it wasn’t with fireworks—it was with hope. Hope that a new scheme might spark something more. That a different jersey might unlock a different chapter. But what he found was something else entirely.

Less connection. Less belief. Less… Philadelphia.

It wasn’t until this summer, sitting down for an offseason interview, that he finally admitted what some fans had quietly guessed.

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“I should’ve never left the Eagles,” he said. “I chased a different situation, but I left the one that truly believed in me.”

He wasn’t blaming anyone. Not the Cowboys. Not his agent. He simply spoke with the honesty of someone who learned the hard way what loyalty really means. That money fades. Stats fade. But that midnight green? That stays.

“I missed the locker room more than I missed the field,” he confessed. “I missed the coaches who pushed me, the fans who screamed my name, the city that let me grow up without judging the process.”

There’s no erasing a decision. No rewind. But there is reflection. And sometimes, that’s louder than any trade headline.

Because some players don’t need applause. They just need to be remembered for who they were when they gave Philly their all.

His name is Miles Sanders. And though he wore the star… his heart never left the wings.

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