Philadelphia Eagles Clinch 2nd Lombardi Trophy Win

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00:00In the fifth-ever Super Bowl appearance for the Philadelphia Eagles as a franchise,

00:05the second Lombardi trophy making its way back to the city of brotherly love.

00:10Grease up those light poles. You know it's going to be a party in Philadelphia.

00:16Donnie, when this season is done, you will look at the Eagles' resume,

00:19and you might ask yourself, where does this team rank among the best

00:23we have ever seen do it in the National Football League?

00:2718 wins. 18 after a 2-2 start in a bye week.

00:33And even emerging out of the bye week in week number six

00:36as more than a touchdown favorite at home against the Cleveland Browns,

00:41Philadelphia struggled. There was conversation.

00:44Is Nick Sirianni really the right guy in Philly? Does he have the temperament?

00:49Is he astute enough to be the successful head coach to elevate his team to a Super Bowl win?

00:55The Eagles win 16 of their last 17 games, and they won 15 in a row

01:02that Jalen Hurd started and finished. And they cap it off last night, Donnie,

01:07in New Orleans with perhaps the most dominant performance in a Super Bowl

01:12we have ever seen, at least in the last decade or so.

01:16A 13-1 price for the Birds to win a Super Bowl championship before the year got underway,

01:22fifth shortest around the National Football League. They cashed that ticket last night.

01:27Donnie, you will add that second Lombardi replica to your set in just a few days.

01:32You have been a lifelong Eagles fan. How will you remember this 2024 campaign for the Birds?

01:39As Kelsey said, you know, nobody likes us and we don't care at this point.

01:43And you want to talk about that kinship now between the coach and also the quarterback.

01:47Similarities here. And for a while, Ben, they didn't actually get along.

01:51There were rumbles in the streets the past two years.

01:53These guys don't even like to be in meetings together.

01:55How can they bridge that gap? But you know what they had under the same umbrella was,

01:59you know what? When I listen to Sports Talk Radio, they can't stand me talking about Nick Sirianni.

02:04They want to be out of here. The national media, after they go into the bye week,

02:07after getting clapped by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Scott doesn't have it.

02:10Should they move on? Bill Belichick's waiting on call number two over here

02:14so we can get him in next year. This season is a disaster.

02:16And the same thing with Jalen Hurd. It was like nobody thought he wasn't going to be

02:20a good quarterback, but just not getting any credit and saying, boy,

02:23if this team had any other quarterback, they would be a really good performer that you can trust.

02:27So these two players, coaches and player, sort of galvanized each other by saying, look,

02:33we know we're good. Nobody likes us. We don't care. Let's still get the job done at this point.

02:38So from looking at the season in totality, it was a crazy roller coaster ride.

02:42But understand, Ben, this roller coaster wasn't ups and downs.

02:45This was a slower start to the season after the bye, an absolute rocket ship to the moon,

02:52which saw them lose only one game because their MVP quarterback got knocked out in the first

02:58quarter and ended up losing a double digit lead on the road to Washington, who was an

03:02NFC champion finalist in that season. It wasn't as if that this team was like, hey,

03:07I hope we can get it together. Maybe we'll be the hot football team once the playoffs start.

03:11They were tremendous and still have the doubters. How about game number one of the playoffs?

03:16Oh, my goodness. The one team you don't want to face the best seven seed in the history of the

03:20sport. The Packers wiped them out. The Rams come to town. The hottest team in football. Oh,

03:25my goodness. Nobody wants to see them handle their business. Wow. Washington,

03:29maybe the best quarterback in football, even better than Patrick Mahomes is Jaden Daniels.

03:33Wipe the floor with them. Oh, no. Here come the Chiefs where nobody can win. They're headed for

03:38a repeat and they're going to make history. Wipe the floor with them, too. So from a fan perspective

03:44for me, I caught myself riding that wave saying this is unbelievable. Enjoy every minute you have

03:50and the differences as well, Ben, where you put this in perspective from 2017. We'll never get

03:55that feeling again. That was right down to the wire. It was Tom Brady. The Eagles have never won

03:59a world championship. It was unbelievable to see. And I tell everybody, maybe the best night of my

04:03life. But yesterday watching that game with no stress in the second half, understanding that

04:08nobody can tell the Eagles like, hey, everybody eventually gets one. That was a fluke. They got

04:13two Lombardi's now and used to getting back to the Super Bowl. And I was telling my daughter

04:17last night, you don't understand this. When 1980s and 1990s, Ben, the Super Bowl wasn't for Eagles

04:23fans. It was to have fun with your friends. And, you know, hey, the game's going to be a blowout.

04:27Look at that. Another Cowboys victory. Another, you know, Giants victory at this point. Another

04:32Washington victory at this point. So now you take a look at the Philadelphia Eagles going like,

04:36we are used to this now. One of those gold standards that Jeffrey Lurie said 20 years ago,

04:40where we never won a Super Bowl and people laugh. The Philadelphia Eagles today, the gold standard

04:46of the NFL.

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