28/43, 373 yards, 3 TD & 1 INT
Felt like Foles couldn’t miss anything when it mattered most (3rd downs and the 4th quarter)
Meanwhile:
Tom Brady: 28/48, 505 yards, 3 TD & 0 INT. Both played absolutely out of their minds
The stat that always blows my mind is that this game broke the record for total scrimmage yards in an NFL game. Not the Super Bowl record, the overall NFL record for any regular season or postseason game.
Wasn't the Eagles defense #1 by DVOA that season too?
Edit--
Just checked -- Eagles defense was slightly worse than I remember at #5...the Pats defense was a LOT worse than I remembered. Thought they were like middle of the pack, not #31. 😱 And that was WITH Butler. Fucking Matt Patricia.
Pats got hilariously close to #1 offense and #32 defense by DVOA that year.
I don't know if it's confirmed, but I think it was also Patricia's call that Butler was benched in the Super Bowl.
With how close the score was, legit one single play from Butler could have swung the game.
Matt Patricia is really a scrub.
It's why I have a hard time saying for sure we win the Super Bowl with Wentz. Foles played so freaking well that duplicating it is far from a foregone conclusion.
And Foles's passes weren't just to wide open guys. He was consistently either dropping dimes or otherwise slinging into small windows.
He's straight up the most bizarre QB in recent memory.
His career is batshit insane. Drafted and came out as Vick's backup and was... mediocre. Then he ascended to a different plane of existence the next year and came back to earth the following (though still solid).
Then he got traded and got a bag from the Rams and was... not good. Went to KC and had a passable backup season then came back to Philly and put up the best postseason performance of all time in the Super Bowl.
Then rode off into the sunset with another bag from the Jags that didn't end well.
[One of only 8 qbs who have ever done so. ](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/pass_td_single_game.htm) Better yet, only 3 qbs since 1969 lmao he’s up there with Manning and Brees.
And off to the Titans he went
Edit: Now that reason is [known](https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/boston/news/malcolm-butler-super-bowl-lii-benching-patriots-matt-patricia-nfl-seth-wickersham/)
Matt Patricia is the gift that keeps on giving for the Eagles. Benches the Patriots best CB in the Super Bowl and traded away Big Play Slay. I hope he moves down to the Saints so we can continue the pipeline.
> In the years that followed, Patricia seemed to take credit for the play, as he was the one who sent Butler on the field just before the interception.
If this is true then even more he’s just a shit coach. BB is the one who recognized what the hawks go to is at the goal line and made sure every DB knew the play and butler doesn’t make that pick if browner didn’t tell butler the play (or even if Wilson remotely pays attention and/or doesn’t stare the throw down).
You can see browner walk right up to butler say something as he points to the exact spot the ball will go. Sure enough butler sees the in slant and kearses pick (a god awful pick) and butler just has to react and he does. Defense recognized and made a great play thanks to BB
Patricia is garbage and likely deserves zero credit for butlers pick too
That was news to me and just oh so hilariously predictable.
Patricia is just as shitty and toxic as urban Meyer but he has staying power somehow. The gift that keeps on giving!
Wickersham says it was because of a blow up between Patricia and Butler at practice. Take that for what it's worth. Wickersham isn't exactly reliable, but with Matt Patricia, it's not hard to believe.
The best speculation I heard was Butler was suffering from concussion like symptoms. They suppressed that news to give more flexibility but he wasn’t ready even by their standards. Would explain the hush hush nature and the fact BB and Butler were willing to reunite last year. Just speculation tho.
It helps that post-snap, Foles just stands there for about a second to make sure that defenders don't pay any attention to him, so when he starts to roll right he knows he's completely open.
"an undrafted rookie running back tossing to a third string tight end throwing to a backup QB, there isn't a play in the play book that illustrates what makes this Philly team special more than the Philly special"
-NFL Films narration on the game
Eagles lost their QB, starting LT, starting mlb, and their returner/3rd down back that season. So I always thought it really summed things up well.
Oh dude yes SO much. They time it up with a shot of BG and the music really starting up, get the clip of Merrill saying "they're xx minutes away from a super bowl, but there's a man by the name of Tom Brady who will have something to say about that" just as it pans to Brady. And then the replay. NFL films is freaking spectacular at what they do, I get goosebumps just thinking about it
I wonder how many newer NFL fans (like ones that started watching after this game) might mistakingly think that this play happened towards the end of the game. Kinda like how it took me a while to discover that the Gary Anderson miss in the 98 NFC title game wasn't right at the end of regulation
The Ertz game winner gets completely overshadowed lol
The top 3 most famous plays from this game seem to be:
Philly Special
Brady not catching the ball
Brady strip sack
So annoying because that one was so much more clearly a catch than the Clement one.
Given how strictly they were calling catches in 2017, I do think we got away with one with Clement, but the Ertz catch was not really a question. He wasn't falling or stumbling as he caught it (as wasn't the case in literally every counterexample everyone brought up at the time), took 3 steps as a runner, then dove into the end zone.
Very frustrating when the announcer whose job it is to demystify what's going on down the field simply refuses to learn the rules.
I've still never heard a (national) commentator so blatantly root for a team before.
As I recall, even Pats fans were like "Okay dude at least try to be neutral"
Branding Cooks getting smashed by Malcolm Jenkins is pretty famous too, probably on par with the Brady non-catch.
You're right about the Ertz catch, and the Corey Clement TD too, and one of my favorite plays was the [other time](https://youtu.be/r-IUC5wyEdA) one of our safeties embarrassed Brandin Cooks.
Nobody talks about what bullshit it is Anderson got scapegoated for that loss.
If you're blaming the kicker for not taking a 10 point lead you have bigger problems. IIRC it was 27-20 Vikings when he missed. Like, okay, play defense then.
See this is all the Jets fault, if they made it to the Superbowl and faced off against the NFC East the AFCE wouldn't be 2-9 against them anymore.
They'd be like 2-11 or something
Especially since both Giants SB wins and the Eagles SB win were against a STRONG Brady Pats team.. David beat Goliath each time and as a neutral fan I was here for it all three times
Exactly this. We didn't dominate them. Brady brought his A game, but Foles and the gang brought their A+ game.
That team was special, and that play, while it may not be the most important in that game, was iconic because of what it represented that season.
Undrafted rookie RB, tossing to our 3rd string TE, passing to our backup QB. The balls on Foles and Doug to call that play, in that moment, against the greatest dynasty, HC, and QB ever, will always be a Philly special.
One of the low key greatest Super Bowls ever played. Turned into an absolute shootout with players from both teams making huge plays and a shocking strip sack late in the 4th being the deciding factor.
The game had everything you would want as an observer.
The Pats scored a total of 6 points on five possessions that went Fumble, FG, FG, Missed FG, and Turnover on Downs and that doesn't include their final drive.
Brady was on one that day getting those stops was pretty good.
Second highest scoring Super Bowl ever, (go niners), most yards of offense in a game ever, Philly Special, that attempt by the pats to mimic the Philly special where Brady dropped it, what’s not to love?
Worth waiting for. The fact that we won our first in that fashion has forever changed me as a fan for the better. I am no longer a bitter pessimist about the birds and it feels good.
Before that game I legitimately believed the Eagles would never win a Super Bowl, that failure was just baked into the team’s DNA. To win that way, against the Pats, it still feels like a dream lol.
My conspiracy theory is that Collinsworth and Michaels thought they were calling Brady's last game. At the time there was a bunch of chatter about him retiring if they won (crazy to look back on now that's he's played five more seasons), so it seemed like Collinsworth was rooting for Brady so he could be the guy that called his last game and get to narrate the GOAT riding off into the sunset.
it only got better in hindsight after the slog that was Pats-Rams the following year, a game that was so unwatchable that I turned it off midway through the third quarter.
So frustrating too cause Alshon catches that pass and we're probably there for the rematch. Still had to beat the Rams but Doug P always had their number. Rematch would've been a much better game than what we got
I only wish J Tizzle's halftime show would've been more memorable. I loved him doing I Would Die 4 U by Prince (his most underrated single) but I thought it could've had more of JT's older hits.
PS. Nfl Network is currently airing this superbowl for you Philly fans trying to get more hype for next week.
There. I did my part. I can rest now, and look forward to the clusterfuck that next season's Packers will be :)
I always loved how hurt chris collinsworth sounded when the eagles won. Dude straight up showed lil to no excitement for the win and was pro patriots the whole fucking game.
The denial when they showed the replay of the Ertz td is some of the worst commentating I've ever heard. It took him so long to admit it was a touchdown and sounded so defeated when it wasn't overturned
I vaguely remember hearing that Burton wanted to take his glove off his throwing hand for the play but didn’t because it might’ve tipped the Pats defense of an upcoming trick play
As an Eagles fan I’ll never get over how terrible Collinsworth was on this play and for most of the game, trick play on 4th and goal in the fucking Super Bowl and he’s sounding like Tony Dungy
The *only* redeeming thing Collinsworth said this game was something like the philly special has the chance to go down as one of the greatest plays in NFL history. but he was otherwise gargling brady's nuts the whole game.
So, confession time: i was in rehab for this Superbowl. A decently nice one and it was right outside of Philly so this was a big deal and they got us all food and stuff to watch the game in our house(like 30 men sharing this house was our living siruation)
95% if us there were Eagles fans. There was 1 dude from Massachusetts who was a Pat's fan. And 1 guy from NJ who was a huge Jets fan. This dude ordered himself a Foles jersey, in his very limited computer time, just to wear for the SB, just to root against Brady.
I respected the fuck out of that AFCE hatred
As Bills fan, for the longest time we’d root for 2 things:
1. The Bills to win (LOL)
2. The Patriots to lose the big one. That was our only recourse but did put a nice little capper on a whole streak of otherwise depressing seasons.
Your absolutely right. It speaks volumes of that Philly team (and Doug Pederson’s offensive game plan) to triumph over Brady on arguably his best Super Bowl performance.
I feel like nobody ever mentions that Brady tried this same exact play maybe 5 minutes before this and dropped the pass. Big dick Nick caught it for a touchdown to really put some salt in his wounds. Absolutely legendary play and game.
One of the best SB’s I ever seen. Crazy thing is not a lot of people really thought the Eagles were gonna pull it off until Graham caused that fumble.
Now Philly fans can experience going from the only team in the division without a SB win to potentially 2 SB titles in 5 years. SB 57 is either gonna be like this SB or SB 55. Though Mahomes actually has a healthy O line unlike that O line of backups he had 2 years ago
the taste of rain ...why kneel?
28/43, 373 yards, 3 TD & 1 INT Felt like Foles couldn’t miss anything when it mattered most (3rd downs and the 4th quarter) Meanwhile: Tom Brady: 28/48, 505 yards, 3 TD & 0 INT. Both played absolutely out of their minds
The stat that always blows my mind is that this game broke the record for total scrimmage yards in an NFL game. Not the Super Bowl record, the overall NFL record for any regular season or postseason game.
One of the best Super Bowls ever as a neutral fan
We played a game where we took a shot every time the eagles scored : /
My pals do that but with shots of pinot grigio so you don't die.
I too like to pair my wines based on the sport I watch
Do you even remember how that game ended?
That playoff run my buddy and I did a car bomb every touchdown. I didn’t work many Mondays
One of the best Super Bowls ever as an Eagles fan (we don't have a lot to choose from)
What the hell is that flair
Definitely my favorite aside from 48
Philly waited 13 years for revenge on the 2005 loss to the Patriots. I couldn't believe Brady was still playing at an MVP level.
Someone with a Falcons flair was neutral watching that game? You didn’t want to see the Pats lose?
One of the best ones as a Patriots hater.
When the Pats were rolling into the SB year after year, was there such a thing as a neutral fan?
Between that and New York ruining the Pats' perfect season, nobody puts on a show like the NFCE beating up on Tom Brady.
Wasn't the Eagles defense #1 by DVOA that season too? Edit-- Just checked -- Eagles defense was slightly worse than I remember at #5...the Pats defense was a LOT worse than I remembered. Thought they were like middle of the pack, not #31. 😱 And that was WITH Butler. Fucking Matt Patricia. Pats got hilariously close to #1 offense and #32 defense by DVOA that year.
The Matty P difference
Have a little respect for the process
I don't know if it's confirmed, but I think it was also Patricia's call that Butler was benched in the Super Bowl. With how close the score was, legit one single play from Butler could have swung the game. Matt Patricia is really a scrub.
One of the reasons the game was so good. There was no defense on the field, it was like a college game.
Ironically a key defensive play sealed the game. It seemed like Brady was driving at will for another game winning drive, If not for that sack fumble.
I always tell people this stat and they don’t believe me!
has it been broken since? Idk how you even check for that
Crazy to think that Brady went over 500, no interceptions, never punted, put up 30+ points…and still lost
Is this a poem? Because it’s beautiful
Also that 1 int was a bobble by the WR into the CBs hands
On an absolutely gorgeous throw no less
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Might've been the best game of Brady's career
500 yards, three touchdowns and no ~~turnovers~~ picks, not exactly pedestrian
He had a turnover on the strip sack
go into detail about this strip sack... i like to hear about it
Our boy BG
Just make sure and tell the story...slowly...
That makes it even better. Brady brought his A game and it still wasn't enough. What a great SB
Even the INT shouldn’t have been one lol
best superbowl I've ever seen for sure
The best game I ever seen Brady play
And the INT was kinda BS, off of Alshons hand. It felt like we were starting to pull away if that drive hadn’t ended in an int
It was the best two game stretch a quarterback has ever played. He is our king.
It's why I have a hard time saying for sure we win the Super Bowl with Wentz. Foles played so freaking well that duplicating it is far from a foregone conclusion. And Foles's passes weren't just to wide open guys. He was consistently either dropping dimes or otherwise slinging into small windows.
Nick played the two best games I’ve ever seen, and we needed every last bit of it
I don't think you win the super bowl with Wentz, no. Foles ran the offense better and was on fire those playoffs.
Hopefully after next week we can have co-consuls
It's the greatest a person has ever played in the history of men throwing balls around, it seemed like he was seeing everything in slow motion
The history books will remember Foles as a meh QB with an * that says “except for when he was literally the best of all time during the Super Bowl”
He's straight up the most bizarre QB in recent memory. His career is batshit insane. Drafted and came out as Vick's backup and was... mediocre. Then he ascended to a different plane of existence the next year and came back to earth the following (though still solid). Then he got traded and got a bag from the Rams and was... not good. Went to KC and had a passable backup season then came back to Philly and put up the best postseason performance of all time in the Super Bowl. Then rode off into the sunset with another bag from the Jags that didn't end well.
The term "High Variance" has never been more appropriate.
**and also the season he somehow threw for 27 scores and only two picks
*** and also the game he threw 7TD passes
[One of only 8 qbs who have ever done so. ](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/pass_td_single_game.htm) Better yet, only 3 qbs since 1969 lmao he’s up there with Manning and Brees.
And fucking chip Kelly pulled him out after 1 drive in the 4th quarter
To be fair, Chip gave him a shot for the 8th TD, but I think we went three and out that drive (the chip Kelly special)
Tom Brady better hope Foles doesn't retire this year. BDN would steal the HOF spotlight.
Brady should be inducted by Eli and Foles.
He also tied the most completed passes in a row in 2018 IIRC
Except for when playing in Philly*
This. Foles’ passer rating in Philly is 93.2. Outside of Philly his passer rating is 76.9.
I honestly didn't think it'd be almost a 20 point swing. That actually is fucking crazy.
I respect this win a lot. Was it painful, yes, but this is the one SB loss I can go back and watch it and be proud of how the team performed.
Yeah both teams were killing each other's offense. We just made 1 more stop than the Pats. From the beginning to the end it was so exciting.
he was dialed into the matrix
Pats D was so lost on this play, not only was Nick uncovered, but Torrey Smith was also wide open in the back of the end zone.
yeah unfortunately our coach decided to be petty and bench one of our starting CB’s for unknown reasons
And off to the Titans he went Edit: Now that reason is [known](https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/boston/news/malcolm-butler-super-bowl-lii-benching-patriots-matt-patricia-nfl-seth-wickersham/)
Matt Patricia is the gift that keeps on giving for the Eagles. Benches the Patriots best CB in the Super Bowl and traded away Big Play Slay. I hope he moves down to the Saints so we can continue the pipeline.
> In the years that followed, Patricia seemed to take credit for the play, as he was the one who sent Butler on the field just before the interception. If this is true then even more he’s just a shit coach. BB is the one who recognized what the hawks go to is at the goal line and made sure every DB knew the play and butler doesn’t make that pick if browner didn’t tell butler the play (or even if Wilson remotely pays attention and/or doesn’t stare the throw down). You can see browner walk right up to butler say something as he points to the exact spot the ball will go. Sure enough butler sees the in slant and kearses pick (a god awful pick) and butler just has to react and he does. Defense recognized and made a great play thanks to BB Patricia is garbage and likely deserves zero credit for butlers pick too
Ernie Adams actually told BB that was the play Seahawks love to play. Patriots have been trash ever since Ernie retired.
I mean Bill gets the final say on that as the HC and GM so it's ultimately on Belichick.
He’d be great in Dallas!
Heard they need a new OC
Fatty P strikes again
Literally he needs to just leave the league
Not only is he a horrible coach but he’s also a horrible person. I don’t think I’ve ever disliked someone more in the history of the NFL
Belichick sticking with that fat fuck is an eye sore stain in an otherwise legendary coaching career. Not sure why he's so obsessed that guy.
just when you thought Patricia doesn't suck enough
Because of fucking course it was that whale
I wouldn't trust Seth Wickersham if he told me the sky was blue.
That was news to me and just oh so hilariously predictable. Patricia is just as shitty and toxic as urban Meyer but he has staying power somehow. The gift that keeps on giving!
No one still knows why right?
Wickersham says it was because of a blow up between Patricia and Butler at practice. Take that for what it's worth. Wickersham isn't exactly reliable, but with Matt Patricia, it's not hard to believe.
The best speculation I heard was Butler was suffering from concussion like symptoms. They suppressed that news to give more flexibility but he wasn’t ready even by their standards. Would explain the hush hush nature and the fact BB and Butler were willing to reunite last year. Just speculation tho.
Not a single pats defender was moving left until burton was already getting into throwing motion.
It helps that post-snap, Foles just stands there for about a second to make sure that defenders don't pay any attention to him, so when he starts to roll right he knows he's completely open.
He didn’t just hesitate or delay, he stands straight up and turns like he is going to stand there and watch the play.
"an undrafted rookie running back tossing to a third string tight end throwing to a backup QB, there isn't a play in the play book that illustrates what makes this Philly team special more than the Philly special" -NFL Films narration on the game Eagles lost their QB, starting LT, starting mlb, and their returner/3rd down back that season. So I always thought it really summed things up well.
don't forget their ST Ace, their Starting Kicker, and their back up MLB so they had to sign a new MLB in about Mid November.
Didn’t we wind up signing Stephen Tulloch and Dennel Ellerbe?
Tulloch retired in April of 2017 Ellerbe was playing in the SB.
Yes! The corpses of these guys, if we're being honest
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Oh dude yes SO much. They time it up with a shot of BG and the music really starting up, get the clip of Merrill saying "they're xx minutes away from a super bowl, but there's a man by the name of Tom Brady who will have something to say about that" just as it pans to Brady. And then the replay. NFL films is freaking spectacular at what they do, I get goosebumps just thinking about it
NFL Films is such a treasure.
Even the music is epic
I wonder how many newer NFL fans (like ones that started watching after this game) might mistakingly think that this play happened towards the end of the game. Kinda like how it took me a while to discover that the Gary Anderson miss in the 98 NFC title game wasn't right at the end of regulation
The Ertz game winner gets completely overshadowed lol The top 3 most famous plays from this game seem to be: Philly Special Brady not catching the ball Brady strip sack
On that Ertz catch....Collinsworth was literally begging for it to be incomplete.
So annoying because that one was so much more clearly a catch than the Clement one. Given how strictly they were calling catches in 2017, I do think we got away with one with Clement, but the Ertz catch was not really a question. He wasn't falling or stumbling as he caught it (as wasn't the case in literally every counterexample everyone brought up at the time), took 3 steps as a runner, then dove into the end zone. Very frustrating when the announcer whose job it is to demystify what's going on down the field simply refuses to learn the rules.
Yeah at that moment whatever little respect I had for him went out the window. The dude is an ass clown
I've still never heard a (national) commentator so blatantly root for a team before. As I recall, even Pats fans were like "Okay dude at least try to be neutral"
Branding Cooks getting smashed by Malcolm Jenkins is pretty famous too, probably on par with the Brady non-catch. You're right about the Ertz catch, and the Corey Clement TD too, and one of my favorite plays was the [other time](https://youtu.be/r-IUC5wyEdA) one of our safeties embarrassed Brandin Cooks.
Jenkins crushing Cooks is up there too Alshon and Clement TD passes were both otherworldly throws from Foles that don't get mentioned much
I forgot about Brady not catching the pass. That was hilariously bad. Thanks for the memory.
Nobody talks about what bullshit it is Anderson got scapegoated for that loss. If you're blaming the kicker for not taking a 10 point lead you have bigger problems. IIRC it was 27-20 Vikings when he missed. Like, okay, play defense then.
My whole bar thought it was a miss-snap at first when it happened. "NOOoooo fuuucc- wait hey HEY YEAAHHHH"
Literally every time the AFC East is in the SB, the NFC East fucks us up:/
Pats did beat the McNabb Eagles
Some people would say McNabb beat the McNabb eagles
[Seems like a good guy I wouldn't talk shit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_2sCsipYM0)
I'm pretty sure that's Tiger Woods dude
Don Cheadle
I believe the AFC East is like 2-9 against the NFC east in the Super Bowl. Pats are 1-3, bills are 0-4, Dolphins are 1-2
See this is all the Jets fault, if they made it to the Superbowl and faced off against the NFC East the AFCE wouldn't be 2-9 against them anymore. They'd be like 2-11 or something
Yea. Bills got swept We lost to Washington in revenge and Dallas in 71 Pats we all know
I wish that were true but The Pats beat the Eagles in 2004
By contrast, the AFL Eastern Division is still undefeated against the NFL Coastal Division
Best day of my life as a eagles fan!!
So far
Nah the first one will always be the most special for getting the monkey off the back
Also, beating Brady is extra special.
Especially since both Giants SB wins and the Eagles SB win were against a STRONG Brady Pats team.. David beat Goliath each time and as a neutral fan I was here for it all three times
One of the very few times I cheered for Philly.
Aw, baby. You too (in 2007, not 2011)
Shoutout to Kevin Harlan for by far having the best call of this play. "WHAT DID WE JUST SEE?!"
link anyone?
https://youtu.be/7O8dTxn_Uow
The coaching job that Doug did that year was tremendous and of course, this year with the Jags and even winning against the Chargers.
Eagles beat Brady when Brady brought his A game. What a special SB. I will always be thankful.
Exactly this. We didn't dominate them. Brady brought his A game, but Foles and the gang brought their A+ game. That team was special, and that play, while it may not be the most important in that game, was iconic because of what it represented that season. Undrafted rookie RB, tossing to our 3rd string TE, passing to our backup QB. The balls on Foles and Doug to call that play, in that moment, against the greatest dynasty, HC, and QB ever, will always be a Philly special.
One of the low key greatest Super Bowls ever played. Turned into an absolute shootout with players from both teams making huge plays and a shocking strip sack late in the 4th being the deciding factor. The game had everything you would want as an observer.
Except defense lol... thanks Patricia
Outside of one play Eagles weren't stopping shit either.
The Pats scored a total of 6 points on five possessions that went Fumble, FG, FG, Missed FG, and Turnover on Downs and that doesn't include their final drive. Brady was on one that day getting those stops was pretty good.
I feel like, "Brady was on one" should be the title of that mfkers memoir.
Dude made some entertaining super bowls outside of 53. Just wheeling and dealing
Low key? In what way was it low key? Lol
Right. I remember basically all the casual watchers I knew in real life loving that Super Bowl because of all the offense.
Second highest scoring Super Bowl ever, (go niners), most yards of offense in a game ever, Philly Special, that attempt by the pats to mimic the Philly special where Brady dropped it, what’s not to love?
Worth waiting for. The fact that we won our first in that fashion has forever changed me as a fan for the better. I am no longer a bitter pessimist about the birds and it feels good.
Before that game I legitimately believed the Eagles would never win a Super Bowl, that failure was just baked into the team’s DNA. To win that way, against the Pats, it still feels like a dream lol.
Damn, I forgot this was 4th down. Ballsy play call. And why was Collinsworth silent, lol.
Patriot stan. He definitely had money on the game.
My conspiracy theory is that Collinsworth and Michaels thought they were calling Brady's last game. At the time there was a bunch of chatter about him retiring if they won (crazy to look back on now that's he's played five more seasons), so it seemed like Collinsworth was rooting for Brady so he could be the guy that called his last game and get to narrate the GOAT riding off into the sunset.
One of the funnest sbs I can remember. Foles was out of his mind and Pederson was great.
it only got better in hindsight after the slog that was Pats-Rams the following year, a game that was so unwatchable that I turned it off midway through the third quarter.
So frustrating too cause Alshon catches that pass and we're probably there for the rematch. Still had to beat the Rams but Doug P always had their number. Rematch would've been a much better game than what we got
I only wish J Tizzle's halftime show would've been more memorable. I loved him doing I Would Die 4 U by Prince (his most underrated single) but I thought it could've had more of JT's older hits.
PS. Nfl Network is currently airing this superbowl for you Philly fans trying to get more hype for next week. There. I did my part. I can rest now, and look forward to the clusterfuck that next season's Packers will be :)
Thank you for your service. Turning it on now.
I can’t wait bro 😂🤙🏼
It's also just on youtube for your full viewing pleasure whenever
I always loved how hurt chris collinsworth sounded when the eagles won. Dude straight up showed lil to no excitement for the win and was pro patriots the whole fucking game.
The denial when they showed the replay of the Ertz td is some of the worst commentating I've ever heard. It took him so long to admit it was a touchdown and sounded so defeated when it wasn't overturned
Such a low energy call for one of the best plays in super bowl history
Al and Chris were extremely biased against the Eagles that game.
Yeah it was pretty despicable. Mainly Chris, tho.
glad its not just us Eagles fans that think so
Confused the defense, why not confuse the broadcasters too? LANE! LANE!
Sadly, Michaels sounds absolutely ecstatic here compared to how he called TNF games this season. Guy’s a legend but…
The more I watch this the more I realize Burton doesn’t get enough credit for not only throwing a dime, but not fucking that throw up.
I vaguely remember hearing that Burton wanted to take his glove off his throwing hand for the play but didn’t because it might’ve tipped the Pats defense of an upcoming trick play
Man I can just see the exact moment where #70 goes "OH SHIT HE'S WIDE OPEN" and runs like he's going to get out there in coverage...
Some say his dick grew 3 inches on this play alone
I thought it'd grow more than 0.5% in this play. I guess diminished returns kicked in.
Nick acts like he's been there before henceforth his brain not sending his penis a signal to grow all *that* much
As an Eagles fan I’ll never get over how terrible Collinsworth was on this play and for most of the game, trick play on 4th and goal in the fucking Super Bowl and he’s sounding like Tony Dungy
Collinsworth sure didn't hide his loathing for any of the eagles success.
It's weird how much he loves Jason Peters, Fletcher Cox, and Lane Johnson but hates the Eagles
The *only* redeeming thing Collinsworth said this game was something like the philly special has the chance to go down as one of the greatest plays in NFL history. but he was otherwise gargling brady's nuts the whole game.
I forgot that the Philly Special was on 4th and goal. Such a ballsy playcall gahdamn
I remember hugging a complete stranger after the final whistle. Nothing brings humans together as much as Brady’s demise.
So, confession time: i was in rehab for this Superbowl. A decently nice one and it was right outside of Philly so this was a big deal and they got us all food and stuff to watch the game in our house(like 30 men sharing this house was our living siruation) 95% if us there were Eagles fans. There was 1 dude from Massachusetts who was a Pat's fan. And 1 guy from NJ who was a huge Jets fan. This dude ordered himself a Foles jersey, in his very limited computer time, just to wear for the SB, just to root against Brady. I respected the fuck out of that AFCE hatred
As Bills fan, for the longest time we’d root for 2 things: 1. The Bills to win (LOL) 2. The Patriots to lose the big one. That was our only recourse but did put a nice little capper on a whole streak of otherwise depressing seasons.
Hey man, preaching to the choir. You bet your sweet table smashing ass I'd be willing to rock an Allen jersey in a Cowboys v Bills Superbowl
One of the gutsiest calls I’ve ever seen on a Super Bowl. Also one heck of a game, definitely underrated
That's the thing: Philly needed to be super aggressive in this game to beat the Pats on a night when Brady was firing on all cylinders.
Your absolutely right. It speaks volumes of that Philly team (and Doug Pederson’s offensive game plan) to triumph over Brady on arguably his best Super Bowl performance.
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["....yea let's do it. Hold on, hold on, hold on..."](https://youtu.be/fV7mWuCdkpY)
How in the world do QBs like Foles, Flacco, and Eli Manning randomly turn into hall of famers during the playoffs?
Some guys just have the clutch gene. You wouldn't know about it.
I can’t believe the Eagles won a Super Bowl because of a Chad Morris trick play
The Lions ran this exact same play against GB earlier in the season for a 2-pt. Same QB setup and everything. https://youtu.be/wqDQghmzAtY
Ah yes, the year basically everyone except Pats fans were rooting for the Eagles, lol.
This SB was a casual fans wet dream, It was just packed with action start to finish
I’m sorry, five years ago?!
And the greatest super bowl play ever was born… You want Philly Philly???
honestly my favorite scoreboard graphic out of them all. I dont know why they changed it
What I love it that complete stop from Foles. Like “I’m a quarterback my job is done.” Followed by oh shit he’s an elligible receiver, touchdown lol.
I feel like nobody ever mentions that Brady tried this same exact play maybe 5 minutes before this and dropped the pass. Big dick Nick caught it for a touchdown to really put some salt in his wounds. Absolutely legendary play and game.
completely forgot this was a 4th down play. crazy
Cajoneiest play ever
Greatest super bowl I’ve ever watched no debate
And it came one year after the legendary Pats comeback against the Falcons. The following SB was dreadful though.
One of the Coolest plays I have ever seen
Greatest play call ever!
One of the best SB’s I ever seen. Crazy thing is not a lot of people really thought the Eagles were gonna pull it off until Graham caused that fumble. Now Philly fans can experience going from the only team in the division without a SB win to potentially 2 SB titles in 5 years. SB 57 is either gonna be like this SB or SB 55. Though Mahomes actually has a healthy O line unlike that O line of backups he had 2 years ago