1: Nick Foles — Only one QB in NFL history has caught and thrown a TD pass in the biggest game of the year. Foles 373 passing yds are fifth all time in Super Bowl history, and he was the unquestionable MVP of the game.
2: Trey Burton — Consider that the third-string TE completed 100 percent of his passes for TDs, and did all of his work inside two minutes of the end of the half. That’s not bad.
3: Carson Wentz — Sure, he didn’t actually throw any passes in the game. But the offense ran like he never left, so he deserves credit for that.
4: Tom Brady — He did throw for 505 yards, a Super Bowl record, but he also had a fumble that clinched the game for the Eagles. That’s pretty much a wash.
5: Nate Sudfeld — I mean, he gets a ring.
6: Eli Manning — Dude threw one practice pass to Odell Beckham in the third quarter and acted like they won the Super Bowl. You guys finished 3-13. Cut the celebrations.
QB: Nick Foles — team scored 41 pts WR: Nick Foles — caught a TD, in case we haven’t mentioned that
RB: Corey Clement — undrafted RB had 100 yds receiving
TE: Zach Ertz — Gronk had better stats, but he lost, so...
K: Jake Elliott — Eagles won every game where he missed an XP
DEF: Nevermind
D: Brandon Graham — One sack, one fumble, one win
“New England defensive coaches” edition
1st place: Matt Patricia — Allowed 41 points
Dude, the other team gave up 613 yds of offense and you were the one that couldn’t make a stop when needed. How is that possible?
** Chris Collinsworth believes that every single Eagles play is not a catch. If you listened closely, when he talked about the team fighting the flu late last week, he wouldn’t even say that they caught a cold.** Brady’s wife, Gisele Bundchen, was quoted by USA Today as telling her children after the game that the Patriots didn’t win because “You have to let someone else win sometimes.”
Weird that Brady’s version of letting another team win is throwing the ball until his arm falls off, but whatever.
** The New York Post front page on Monday had the headline “Giants win … best ad” instead of actually acknowledging the Eagles. And I get it, I wish I could ignore New York all the time too. But don’t you guys want to make fun of Brady instead of reminding everyone that the Giants were a joke this year?
You know we couldn’t skip this: The Philadelphia Eagles are the Super Bowl Champions
* Pep, holier hero. Weep again, Dallas chumps. Hail the best
FYI, Nick Foles has more playoff wins this season (three) than they Cowboys have in the last 21 years (two). But, America’s team, sure.
** Valiant effort by Dad, Who did a good job picking the post-season games but chose the under in the Super Bowl and fell short in his quest to unseat me this season. That's a clean sweep on football for me: Weekly picks,
playoff picks, and fantasy season title. On the other hand, neither of us really care about that right now. ** Folks, I don't want to alarm you but ... I think that actually happened. I think the Eagles won the Super Bowl
Week 21 standings 1 — Philadelphia Eagles, 16-3 (Coach Doug Pederson) — 41 pts
2 — New England Patriots, 15-4 (Coach Bill Belichick) — 33 pts
3 — Everybody else
It’s no Awesome Cup, but I think that Lombardi trophy will look just fine hanging around Philadelphia for the next year.
