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Eagles RB McCoy says he ‘can’t respect’ teammate Cooper after slur; Giants say it’s Philly’s problem

Forgive, sure. Forget? Not so much.

Eagles running back LeSean McCoy said Thursday his opinion about teammate Riley Cooper has changed after Cooper was caught on video this week using the N-word in an angry tirade during a Kenny Chesney concert.

“I can’t really respect somebody like that,” McCoy said, according to CSN Philly.

McCoy, who has been teammates with Cooper for three years, once called the wide receiver a friend. But no longer — not after Cooper uttered the phrase: “I will jump that fence and fight every n—– here, bro” in a hateful rant.

“I’m thinking like, I think I know him very well and then you do something like that, when you don’t think no cameras are around, you don’t think nobody’s around, everything is in closed doors, you show who you really are,” McCoy said. “I just think I know him a little better than I thought I did.”

McCoy said he still will be a good teammate, though no longer a friend. Eagles quarterback Michael Vick has defended Cooper, as have other Philadelphia teammates.

Cooper apologized on Wednesday for his use of a racial slur toward an African American security guard at the concert last month.

“I’m disgusted and I’m sorry,” Cooper said Wednesday. “That’s not the type of person I am.”

The Eagles, who fined Cooper after his language was caught on film and became public, also are setting up Cooper with sensitivity training.

“In meeting with Riley yesterday, we decided together that his next step will be to seek outside assistance to help him fully understand the impact of his words and actions,” the team said in a statement. “He needs to reflect. As an organization, we will provide the resources he needs to do so.”

Giants players were asked about the slur Thursday, and they made it clear that it was their rival’s problem.

“It’s unfortunate. It’s always surprising when you hear that,” receiver Victor Cruz said. “There’s no place for that type of language. It’s just unfortunate that happened to somebody like Riley Cooper.”

“I’m not too sure about what his comments were,” safety Antrel Rolle said. “He used the N-word? I really don’t care about that. It is what it is. I’ll let the Eagles organization deal with that.

“It doesn’t bother me at all.”

Free safety Stevie Brown seemed more surprised than offended the language employed by Cooper is still around.

“It’s a really unfortunate situation,” Brown said. “That word has kind of been taken out of society these days so it’s one of those words you don’t want to use.

“It’s pretty much the Eagles problem that they have to deal with. It’s really unfortunate it came out.”

Punter Steve Weatherford called Cooper’s comments a “black eye” for the individual and for the organization.

“It’s disappointing,” he said. “Any time anything like that happens, it’s obviously a black eye for him, a black eye for that franchise and disappointing because we’re role models at this point in our careers and we have a pedestal to inspire, motive. And it was unfortunate.”

Some suggested to Giants players, who didn’t necessarily agree, that Cooper would wear a bull’s-eye on his back this season.

“You should take it out on the field no matter what’s being said,” Rolle said. “You should never go out there to hurt an opponent. I can’t speak for other people. When I go out there and I see Riley Cooper I’ll treat him like I treat any other opponent. Never let him catch the ball. That’s what I aim for.

“Am I going to have any personal vendetta against him? No because like I said I don’t even know what he said.”

Brown was asked if he could forgive a teammate who used that type of offensive language. Moot point, the free safety said because the Giants don’t have such an issue.

“Everyone makes mistakes but like I said it’s the Eagles’ problem,” Brown said. “We don’t have that problem over here and hopefully we’ll never have that problem.”

In a related matter, Chesney told ESPN Cooper should not be viewed as someone who is representative of his fan base.

“To judge and entire audience by one loud mouth isn’t fair … not to the NFL, not to the city of Philadelphia and that awesome crowd, not to my band and crew and certainly not to me, who believes music is about bringing people together for friendship and forgetting about the things in life that bring you down,” Chesney said.

fred.kerber@nypost.com