By Max Harper
No matter what the bobo announcers on Fox say, the Eagles are the best team in the NFL, and they have been so all season.
The Eagles didn’t just advance to Super Bowl LVII — they bulldozed their way in.
First, a 38-7 trouncing of the New York Giants in the divisional round of the playoffs. Then, a clobbering of the next best the NFC had to offer, the San Francisco 49ers, in the NFC Championship Game.
It is the Eagles’ fourth trip to the Super Bowl in their history — their most recent coming in the 2017 season when they won their first Lombardi Trophy. That year, they weren’t favored in any of their playoff games and played the underdog card so hard that players donned dog masks in the wake of each victory. This team, in contrast, has been the class of the conference from start to finish, fully comfortable in the alpha role.
The Eagles leaned into their strengths against the 49ers. The team that had 32 rushing touchdowns in the regular season — third most in NFL history — scored on the ground four times against San Francisco. And a defensive unit that paced the league with 70 sacks had three and seven QB hits despite limited dropbacks because of the injuries to 49ers quarterbacks Brock Purdy and Josh Johnson.
“Easiest path to the Super Bowl” I thought we played the “red-hot” Giants and the “best defense in football” 49ers?
— Victor Williams (@ThePhillyPod) January 30, 2023
