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February 9

10:16 AM: The message from Jalen Hurts since before the NFC Championship Game win over the Washington Commanders was "two more."

Hurts teammates said this week it was evident even before the Eagles punched their ticket to Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans that the franchise quarterback was not going to be satisfied with a return trip to the championship game.

In Super Bowl LVII two seasons ago, Hurts played at an MVP level with 374 total yards and four total touchdowns, including a QB-record three on the ground.

However, the Eagles came up short, losing 38-35.

"Winning is what drives me," Hurts said.

Hurts has played three times against the Chiefs and averages more passing yards against Kansas City (280.3) than any other team. Only Joe Burrow of Cincinnati has thrown for more yards on a per-game basis against the Chiefs since 2021.

How will Chiefs Defensive Coordinator Steve Spagnuolo attack Hurts? The one major difference between the previous Super Bowl matchup and now is that Hurts is responsible for all of the protection calls at the line of scrimmage – truly embodying a triple-threat quarterback (arm, legs, and mind).

In this year's playoffs, when not under pressure, Hurts has completed 80.9 percent of his pass attempts for three touchdowns and a 120.5 passer rating. The Chiefs, meanwhile, have been able to pressure the QB 48.7 percent of the time in the playoffs, giving the Eagles a glimpse of what the game plan will most likely entail.

"We've been able to play ball and be on the same page and find ways to win," Hurts said. "And we're just looking forward to doing that one more time." – Chris McPherson

9:50 AM: Expect a chess match today as Defensive Coordinator Vic Fangio looks to stymie Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.

Since becoming a starter in 2018, Mahomes's 2024 performance wasn't brilliant on the stat sheet, but was prolific where it mattered most – the win column. Mahomes won 15 regular-season games, the most of his career, while the key stats from passing yards (245.5), passing yards per attempt (6.8), and passing touchdowns (26) were all the lowest.

Meanwhile, Fangio, a native of Dunmore, PA, guided the Eagles to top-in-the-league finishes in total yards and passing yards allowed. The Eagles were also second in points allowed and third in opponent passer rating.

Mahomes has faced the league's top pass defense in the playoffs before and to no one's surprise he's won all three of those matchups – to date.

"I think the one thing about Mahomes that gets overlooked and not appreciated because of his great talent and everything he does that's visible to everybody, his knowledge in pre-snap processing and post-snap processing is elite," Fangio said. "I don't think he gets enough credit for the intelligence part of the game that he has mastered." – Chris McPherson

February 8

1:23 PM: In Super Bowl LVII, cornerback Avonte Maddox was able to ger back on the field after rehabbing a foot injury suffered toward the end of the regular season and play the nickel position for the Eagles defense. That season was a battle for Maddox to stay healthy, and when he was able to play, he was a huge part of the NFL's No. 1-rated pass defense.

A steady part of the Eagles' D since the team drafted him in 2018, Maddox this season has seen his role change. He opened the year in the nickel position, but gave way to rookie Cooper DeJean after the bye week and saw his snap count drop. In the three postseason games to date, Maddox has played a total of 6 defensive snaps.

Still a big part on special teams, Maddox has handled the role change keeping the team in mind. He signed a one-year contract in April to stay with the Eagles after testing free agency and has been a quiet leader and mentor to DeJean and the young cornerbacks and defensive backs on the defense.

"Good year, a lot of fun. We have a great team, great brotherhood here. I've been enjoying it since I've stepped back into the building after free agency. I'm a player and I have pride and I admit that it has been tough at times for me, but I want to the young players succeed," Maddox said. "Cooper and Q (Quinyon Mitchell) are great guys and great players and me being able to help them reminds me of my young years and having guys like Malcolm Jenkins and Rodney McLeod help me. You have to pay it forward in this league.

"Anything I can do for this team, any role I can play for this team, I'm going to do it. We want to win the Super Bowl and to do that, we have to beat a great team, a team that is coached very well and that has great players. That is the only thing that matters." – Dave Spadaro

10:17 AM: He looks to his left and he looks to his right and rookie offensive lineman Trevor Keegan sees the same thing: All-Pro and Pro Bowl offensive linemen. That is the picture for an Eagles offensive line that is the best in the NFL and Keegan understands every bit of it.

"My mindset coming into this year was to be a sponge and learn as much as possible and to come in each and every day and learn something new," said Keegan, a fifth-round draft pick last spring after he helped Michigan win the National Championship in his final year of college. "I feel like I've done that. I've tried to watch and emulate the older guys as much as possible. These players are the best of the best and I want to see what their routines are, how they take care of their bodies, how they go through walkthroughs, how they prepare. It's really fascinating because each player is different. But it works for them and I'm taking pieces and incorporating into what I do."

Keegan played in one game, 35 offensive snaps, during the season. He has been inactive for the remainder of the season and, barring a change in the routine, will likely be inactive on Sunday for Super Bowl LIX. For a player who started in 37 of his 44 career games at Michigan, the inactivity on game days required some patience.

It wasn't easy for a player as competitive as Keegan.

"That was the biggest part that I struggled with at the beginning of the season," he said. "Everybody plays this game for that game day rush. Not getting that, it messed me up a little bit. I haven't had that feeling in a long, long time.

"I wanted to get out there and help the team win, be part of the action, but I also had to understand that my time is going to come and this is all part of my maturation and learning the game," Keegan said. "The attention to detail with technique for every single play is to a whole new level that I had never seen. Every practice. Every meeting. Every walkthough. In the games. So, even though I haven't played, I feel like I'm a much different and better player than I was when I got here."

The Eagles drafted Keegan for a reason, and he's been on the 53-man roster all season because they see something in him, and working with offensive line coach/run game coordinator Jeff Stoutland will pay off.

"I believe that my time will come and when it does," Keegan said. "I'm going to be ready." – Dave Spadaro

February 7

5:15 AM: Zack Baun finished fifth in the NFL AP Defensive Player of the Year vote despite leading the NFL's top-ranked defense with 150 tackles and being tied for second in the league with five forced fumbles.

Nonetheless, the meteoric rise for Baun from key special teamer to first-team All-Pro in his first year as an Eagle has not altered his goals.

"I work really hard. I'm not one for individual accomplishments, Pro Bowl, All-Pro, all of that stuff is cool, but I got my mind set on bigger things as a team, obviously the Super Bowl being the biggest one," Baun said. "It's cool just to be named a finalist with those names, I mean, T.J. Watt, Myles Garrett, those kind of guys."

On Sunday, Baun can play a critical part in fulfilling that team goal in Super Bowl LIX in the same city where he started his NFL career.

"The team one is the biggest thing for me. We work so hard at this and to have it all come down to this moment, I wouldn't want it any other way and it's all ironic that it's all coming down back here in New Orleans," Baun said.

Friday marks the team's final full practice and then the final countdown to kickoff is on. Regardless of the result, a whirlwind year for Baun and the Eagles is rapidly coming to a close.

"It's bittersweet because we're working for something so great and the connection we built all year long, I mean, Nick Sirianni talks about it all the time, connecting in the locker room makes a stronger team and that's the definition of what this team is and I keep trying to remind guys that, yeah, we're practicing, we have long practices, but embrace this. These are our last moments together," Baun said.

The only question is whether it will end with a parade down Broad Street. – Chris McPherson

February 6

3:15 PM: On Thursday night, we will learn whether or not Eric Allen, an Eagles legend at cornerback and a member of the franchise's Hall of Fame, will join the legacy of the NFL's all-time greatest players in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

On Sunday, one of the best cornerbacks of this generation, Big Play Slay, can add one of the final crown jewels to his impressive career with a Super Bowl title.

"It would be great, that's a dream come true. That's what you play this game for, to always be a champion at every level. It don't matter what level it is, Division III, Division I, you play this game to be a champion," Slay said on Thursday.

"I know I got a great opportunity to come play in this game again, so I'm thankful for this position. I'm thankful for this organization, I'm thankful for my teammates because, you know, without them, all of this would not be possible."

In his 12th NFL season, Slay is a six-time Pro Bowl selection, who has been honored three times since arriving in Philadelphia in 2020 after a trade with the Detroit Lions. A team captain, Slay recorded his first playoff interception in the second quarter of the Wild Card win over the Green Bay Packers this season.

Slay's 161 pass deflections lead all NFL players since he entered the league in 2013. He has 28 career interceptions and five total touchdowns. – Chris McPherson

11:45 AM: Braden Mann remembers the first time he ever kicked a field goal ("It was in high school and I made it."), the first time he ever kicked off ("College, glad I made contact with the ball!"), and the first punt he ever had in the NFL ("First game of rookie season in 2020 with Jets against Buffalo, out of our end zone basically, a 58-yarder, 16-yard return), and he's looking forward to his first Super Bowl action.

There will be nervous excitement that Mann will work out during the pre-game warmups. When he's on the field, it will be business as usual.

"If I'm on the field, it's usually not on the great thing because it's far better if our offense is still out there, so my job is to get off a kick that benefits our team. I just go out there and do my job," said Mann, who averaged 48.8 yards per punt this season, with a 42.1-yard net average. "Every play is important, every kick is important. In that sense, it's like every other game."

In Super Bowl LVII, you will remember, the Eagles gave up a big punt return to Kansas City that set up a critical late-game touchdown, something the special teams are acutely aware of this time around. The Chiefs are excellent in the return game and on special teams in general so Mann, also the holder for Jake Elliott's field goals, has a big Sunday in front of him.

"That's what we are here for, why we play the game," Mann said. "This is the Super Bowl. It is the goal for every player and every team. I'm enjoying it, experiencing everything and I'm prepared to be at my best. We're indoors in the dome (Caesars Superdome), so I can't ask for anymore more. It doesn't really get any better than kicking in a dome in the Super Bowl."

No doubt for Mann, this "first" will be something he will always remember. – Dave Spadaro

7:55 AM: In some ways for Jordan Davis, his rookie season of 2022 seems so, so long ago. In other ways, though, time has flown by quickly for Davis, in his third season with the Eagles and a key part of the defensive interior, which has a huge assignment on Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs' inside game led by center Creed Humphrey.

"They're good, they're coached really well, and they are tough," Davis said. "And then you have Patrick Mahomes, who has the ability to make plays from nothing, his football IQ, his ball placement, his arm. The guy can do it all and everyone sees that and respects it.

"So we have to be at our best. We've played him in previous seasons (both in the Super Bowl in the 2022 season and in the regular season of 2023 for Davis) and we know how great he is. We'll have a plan in place and then we have to go out and execute it."

Everyone has a plan in place for Mahomes, and he yet finds a way to defeat that defense. Philadelphia used a "crush rush" on Washington quarterback Jayden Daniels in the NFC Championship Game and limited his ability to win with his legs.

That was enough to slow the Washington offense in the second half of a 55-23 victory for the Eagles.

On Sunday, the defense is looking for a repeat performance.

"You have to be disciplined and everybody has to have the same mindset and keeping the guy contained that we want to 'crush rush' against," Davis said. "I don't think there is one thing you can do against Mahomes; you have to mix it up. We can't be reckless. We have to be unified in the work we do. We know the game will be decided in the trenches, so we have to do our jobs.

"Every game, we feel we can win it at the line of scrimmage." – Dave Spadaro

February 5

6:12 PM: There was Will Shipley returning a kickoff to the 40-yard line. There was Shipley again, forcing a giveaway on a kickoff return. And then there was Shipley late in the fourth quarter of the NFC Championship Game, busting off a 57-yard run, gaining 77 yards on 4 carries, and finishing off the scoring in the 55-23 win with a touchdown run.

All of that meant so much to Shipley, a fourth-round draft pick by the Eagles last spring.

"It was huge for me going out there and feeling like I helped the team accomplish something so significant. It meant a great deal to me," Shipley said. "You really don't know when your opportunity is going to come, and that's why you have to chip away and do everything you can because when it does come, you have to be ready for it."

Shipley has been in the running back room all season with Saquon Barkley and Kenneth Gainwell, learning from two veterans and seeing how they have success. The Eagles are high on Shipley, of course, and he has made most of his contributions on special teams.

Whatever it takes …

"The mindset is to be ready and to take those chances and making the most of them," Shipley said. "Having that kind of game boosted my confidence 100, 110 percent. You know you can do it but then you go out and actually make it happen and it means the world.

"Special teams, we've seen how it can change the game and I take that time on the field very seriously. If you can make a play, you can deliver so much to the team. We know Kansas City has a great special teams and that we have to be ready for everything and go out there and win on every down."

Shipley has done it when called upon whether it's been special teams coverage, as a return man, or in the offensive backfield. The Super Bowl stage is the grandest of all and he is prepared to be great.

"Taking it day by day. Having great days of practice and then on Sunday, I'll be ready to help the team win," he said. – Dave Spadaro

4:30 PM: Kenny Pickett was at Pitt when the team he cheered for as a kid, the Philadelphia Eagles, won Super Bowl LII against the New England Patriots. He watched the game with roommates from Sutherland Hall. After the triumphant victory, Eagles fans – yes, at Pitt – flooded Forbes Avenue.

Seven years later, Pickett is a part of the team that could cause several celebrations throughout the world as the backup to Jalen Hurts here at Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans.

Pickett grew up in Ocean Township, New Jersey, but his father, Ken, raised him an Eagles fan in Giants country and brought him to games at Lincoln Financial Field as a kid. Ken's father was in the Marines and was at one point stationed in Philadelphia.

Pickett was a first-round pick of the Steelers in 2022 after an outstanding career at Pitt. He started 22 games in his first two seasons and showed promise, but the Steelers dealt Pickett to the Eagles early in the 2024 offseason.

"I kind of just came in open-minded, just excited for a new opportunity and really enjoyed it so far," Pickett said on Wednesday. "And obviously being here this week is special, playing in the Super Bowl, something you dream of your entire life. This is always the expectation to get to the Super Bowl every year and now that you're here, it's kind of surreal. I'm really enjoying it."

In his one start this season for an injured Hurts, Pickett accounted for two touchdowns in a 41-7 demolition of the Dallas Cowboys to clinch the NFC East title.

Now, he's giving the defense looks as Patrick Mahomes on scout team duty.

"He's a special player. Trying the best I can, ad-libbing on some plays, maybe extending some more," Pickett said of Mahomes. "He does a great job inside the pocket, out of the pocket. So really just getting with the defensive guys and seeing some of the things he does and trying to emulate it." – Chris McPherson

3:20 PM: In the media frenzy that is part of the Super Bowl LIX festivities, Jalen Hurts was asked about something near and dear to him off the field – his advocacy for women in sports.

Wednesday marks National Girls and Women in Sports Day. Hurts doesn't just use his platform during press conferences to extol the benefits of increasing the number of women in integral sports roles. Hurts boasts an all-female marketing team.

"I think it's huge. I think it's monumental. I think in many ways it bridges that gap," Hurts said on Wednesday. "When I made those decisions to have a female-led team, I definitely wasn't thinking about being a trendsetter or trying to make this big drastic change in the world of business. Ultimately, I looked at individuals that I trusted and I have a lot of confidence in and I knew they stood on business in terms of what they were asked to do. It's cool to be able to pave a new lane in that as I walk through my journey in my career. All of that is a testament to their hard work and how they show up, so keep on rewriting history with that."

Hurts is also looking to rewrite history on the field this Sunday as the Eagles pursue their second Super Bowl trophy. To accomplish the feat, the Eagles' offense will need to keep Chiefs Defensive Coordinator Steve Spagnuolo's unit at bay.

"It comes down to trying your best to know how you want to attack a team and then understanding your opponent," Hurts said. "It's a team game, so you have to complement all of these different things and what your team does well. Ultimately, you have to bring all of these different things together and just try to find a way to win the game."

Hurts is coming off of his best performance of the year with 246 passing yards, four total touchdowns, and no turnovers in the win over the Commanders in the NFC Championship. In the Super Bowl two years ago, Hurts accounted for 374 total yards and four total touchdowns against the Chiefs. Of course, if Hurts didn't need any additional motivation, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is aiming to bring Kansas City its third consecutive Super Bowl crown.

Two of them would be at the hands of the Eagles.

"My mentality and my approach is to always find ways to better myself," Hurts said. "It's always looking internal first and then looking at my teammates and how I can better the guys around me as well. I've always been focused on what I'm asked to do and can I do it at a high level and then also process the way I'm taught how to see the game and how I already see the game. And then obviously, you have that burning desire to win. All of those things are a priority to me." – Chris McPherson

February 4

8:20 PM: His Tuesday media availability time was a popular one with reporters from around the world, who peppered rookie cornerback Cooper DeJean with questions about what he did with his rookie money (real estate investments with help from his father), whether he still liked basketball (he does, and hopes to play some in the offseason), his favorite milk (2 percent, white milk), and the Spiderman series of movies (Tom Holland is the only Spiderman he knows).

Football?

Oh, there was some of that.

But mostly, DeJean remains a curiosity for many perhaps because he is a rookie cornerback playing well for the Eagles and, well, there are other reasons that relate to the position he plays.

But make no mistake about it, DeJean has a big-picture view of what's going on here. The Eagles know they have to be on top of their collective defensive game on Sunday to deny Kansas City a chance at three consecutive Super Bowl victories.

"They make you pay for every mistake," DeJean said. "There is a reason they've won two straight Super Bowls. They are the best of the best and we know that."

Sunday will be the Eagles' 21st game of the 2024 season (not including preseason), an incredibly long run of challenges. DeJean says that keeping his body and mind in tip-top shape at all times is the key to career-long success.

"Everything you do matters," he said. "Being great isn't about doing it for a week or two, it's about being your best every time you step out on the field and that is hard. Every player out there is a great player. They're coming at you. It brings out the best in you and you have to maintain that level. I love that challenge and I've worked at it.

"The Super Bowl, every kid who plays this game dreams about it. I'm going to be prepared and I'm going to have fun playing my best football. It's what I've always wanted." – Dave Spadaro

7:00 PM: "I just thank my coaches for letting me be myself."

That's how second-year edge player Nolan Smith Jr. feels about the steps he's made in the 2024 season and especially in this postseason, during which Smith has set a franchise record with four quarterback sacks.

It has been a breakout period for Smith, who has a tall task on Sunday against the Chiefs and the variety they throw at defenses – screens, misdirections, quarterback Patrick Mahomes and his resourcefulness, etc. – and he has been asked many times in New Orleans how to explain his success.

"Film study has been a big part of it, learning how to be great at it. That's something you really don't know when you come into the league, so that has been a big part of it for me," Smith said. "My coaches have the same goals. Vic (Fangio, defensive coordinator) will call you out if he sees that you need to do more. If he thinks you're slacking, he will call you out. He'll let you know and sometimes you wonder how he sees everything he sees.

"The key to getting home for us is our DBs (defensive backs) doing a fantastic job in the back end. They've been doing an amazing job all year. Kansas City has some great wide receivers and so we have our job cut out for us on Sunday. But I can't get home if there are guys open, so the credit goes to them."

Smith, a first-round draft pick in 2023, has also worked on the technical part of his game.

"My get-off, that's the important thing," he said. "You're racing against the shot clock and I've worked so hard on that, on my moves to make sure they are polished. Using my hands, that's so important. Just working on getting better and better every day."

Having played and won a National Championship at the University of Georgia (Smith was injured in the second part of the Bulldogs' back-to-back titles) has also helped him for this moment.

"You're a small fish in a big pond," he said. "Just go out there and leave it all out there on the field. I'm glad to be here and I'm going to give it everything I have." – Dave Spadaro

6:24 PM: As you may have noticed by now, rookie cornerback Quinyon Mitchell is a man of few words. He has had a fabulous rookie season at one of the game's most demanding positions, and that's all that matters, but seeing him in an environment like the Super Bowl where there is media overload is, well, certainly interesting.

The reporters tried and tried and tried on Monday and Tuesday to get the most out of Q, to very little avail.

Asked "How does it feel to be here, at the Super Bowl, in your first year in the NFL?" Mitchell replied: "Good."

Asked what he thought about the Kansas City Chiefs receiving corps, he said, "They have a great group."

Asked why he's been so successful as a rookie, Mitchell said, "I'm just playing and trying to get better."

You get the idea. Mitchell has the right approach – little emotion, no self-hype, and appreciation for the challenge of the game.

"Sometimes, you get beat in this game," he said. "They are great players catching the ball, too."

Maybe it's best, then, to have someone else talk about Mitchell, a finalist for NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year.

"He has had a really great season and there is more to grow with him," Defensive Coordinator Vic Fangio said about Mitchell on Monday night. "He works hard and keeps his head down and does what he's told, follows coaching very well. He has room to grow. This is a player who won't get ahead of himself. He's going to stay hungry." – Dave Spadaro

5:20 PM: Honestly, says outside linebacker Josh Sweat, the Super Bowl LVII experience remains a blur in his brain. Tough game, Eagles were right there and lost in the end and then he moved on. Lessons learned in that loss to Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs?

"We have to finish the job," he said. "Nothing ever comes easy. It's the biggest stage and you definitely feel it leading up to it and, you know, just go out and play your best football."

The Super Bowl is the biggest sporting day in the country and the task for the Eagles is to dethrone the two-time defending champions, the Chiefs and quarterback Mahomes. The lights are brighter, the game is longer, and the atmosphere is the most intense.

Game on.

"Get your rest where you can, because it's a long week and a very, very long and busy day," said Sweat, who was drafted by the Eagles in 2018 after the team won Super Bowl LII. "Find enjoyment, because it will help you relax during the week. It is a lot for players who have never experienced it, and I felt that the first time. We're keeping our schedule the same for the most part, but there is still a lot going on.

"The Chiefs, man, they're a great team. We think we're a great team, too and we knew what kind of team we could be back in the spring. Mahomes is their guy and he makes plays. That's a fact. What we have to do is make plays when we have the chance to do so. We have played them enough (in the Super Bowl and in the 2023 regular season when the Eagles won in Kansas City) to kind of know what to expect, but they're going to throw some things at us."

Sweat needs to win on the edge and help collapse the pocket around Mahomes and that is a goal for the defense.

"He finds ways to escape pressure and get the ball out," Sweat said. "He's got all those wins and he is doing something right, but we will be ready to play our best ball." – Dave Spadaro

February 3

12 PM: Twenty years ago, Jeremiah Trotter Jr. was on the field following the Eagles' NFC Championship win over the Atlanta Falcons, being held by his father, Eagles Hall of Fame linebacker Jeremiah "The Axe Man" Trotter Sr.

On January 25, Trotter Jr. was on the field once again for the Eagles' NFC Championship win, but this time he was the one suiting up in Midnight Green, following in the footsteps of his dad as a linebacker.

"I definitely reflected on it. I thought it was pretty cool. Not many people make it to the NFL. Not many sons of NFL players can make it to the NFL and go to the Super Bowl. For it to happen on the field, home game, NFC Championship, it's pretty crazy. I'm extremely grateful," Trotter Jr. said.

Trotter Jr. was just 2 years old when his dad won the NFC title in the 2004 season, the first Eagles team to reach the Super Bowl since the 1980 team. He realized how fortunate to be able to not only play for a World Championship, but do so as a rookie.

"It's crazy, making it your rookie year and like the other rookies on the team, get drafted to a great organization, great team that has talent and all the other tools needed to make it here, it's crazy," Trotter Jr. said. "I'm extremely grateful. We got to go to try to make the most of the opportunity, try to not make it any bigger than it is, and just play football."

Did dad provide any advice for this week?

"You got to stay locked in on the main goal which is going to win a game and just try not to make it bigger than what it is," Trotter Jr. said. "It's just what we've been doing all year, for me, I've been playing my whole life, just got to keep it the same."

Trotter Jr., a fifth-round pick out of Clemson, played in every game this season, both regular season and playoffs, primarily on special teams. He did register 19 tackles and a half-sack in 104 defensive snaps.

The Chiefs' special teams unit, led by one of the game's best in Dave Toub, finished eighth in the league during the regular season, according to FTN Fantasy's advanced DVOA metrics. The Eagles were fifth.

Trotter Jr. made an impact on the opening kickoff of the Wild Card win over the Packers, recovering a fumble forced by Oren Burks. The Eagles capitalized, took an early lead, and never trailed.

"I think they got a lot of talented players on the special teams unit," Trotter Jr. said of the Chiefs. "It's going to be a big challenge for us, but it's going to come down to our techniques, our fundamentals, and the 11 guys on the field doing their job. When it comes down to that and you do it, you'll be executing the game plan." – Chris McPherson

7:58 AM: Jalen Carter has produced tremendously for the Eagles' defense this season. Whether it was drawing double teams to free up his teammates to make plays, or the 4.5 sacks he had this season, the second-year player has been a force.

Already a two-time National Champion at Georgia, Carter will now prepare for his first career Super Bowl as Philadelphia is in New Orleans preparing to face the two-time defending champion Chiefs.

"I know there's going to be a lot of media and stuff, but I'm just ready for the game. I'm not looking forward to the media and all of that. It's going to be a lot of talking, but I'm just ready for the game," Carter said at his locker on Saturday afternoon, following the team's final practice in Philadelphia.

"It's just a big game. Everybody's going to be watching it. I happened to go to the Natty twice, so I'm used to it, but the Super Bowl is still different. It's the NFL. It's the highest level, but I'm still taking it how I did the Natty, so I'm just ready for the game. As soon as the game goes, then that's when all the stuff we did before is out of our minds. We have to play 60 minutes or however long it takes."

Carter has seen the Chiefs once in his young career, when the Eagles took them down 21-17 in a rematch of Super Bowl LVII in Week 11 last season. Patrick Mahomes threw for 177 yards and two touchdowns in that game.

What do the Eagles need to do to slow down Mahomes?

"Sack him," Carter said with a smile. "That's the main goal, but they got explosive wide receivers, fast wide receivers. They got a lot of good guys, like you really take your time and go one by one. They got a lot of good guys. We just have to do our job and do what we do every season, stop the main guys and get back there, get him off his pivot and try to get a sack." – Liam Wichser

February 2

8:01 PM: The new beginning that Isaiah Rodgers wanted so badly after spending the 2023 season on the NFL's Suspended List for violating the league's gambling rules has been, truly, everything Rodgers could have ever imagined. He earned a place on the Eagles' 53-man roster with a strong summer. He played in 15 games with three starts helping the Eagles at cornerback, again establishing himself with his sticky coverage, his great athleticism, and his ball-hawking skills.

In this postseason, Rodgers has been a key piece in the Eagles' three NFC wins and he figures to play a similar role in the personnel packages the team throws at Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes.

It has been an amazing 12 months and then some.

"Such a blessing – knowing my story, knowing where I came from, knowing where I was around this time last year – it just feels good to be in this situation right now. I'm enjoying every part of it. I feel great where I am, the way I've played, and everything I've learned along the way.

"I know what I did and the rules I broke. I accepted those consequences and I learned my lesson and I changed my actions and, you know, I've taken advantage of this second chance. I'm proud to be here. I'm smiling every day."

The next challenge is to tamp down the Chiefs and Mahomes and a varied group of underrated wide receivers, along with future Hall of Fame tight end Travis Kelce.

"Legit group. Great offense, great game plan, great scheme. You know that going in," Rodgers said. "Fast guys over there and they all have good hands. We have to do what we've been doing all year. This is the Super Bowl. It's the best of the best."

This is the final game of the 2024 NFL season. And it means everything.

"We're all going home at the end of the day, so you leave everything out there," Rodgers said. "I know that's going to be the mentality and we want to focus on our details and what we need to do. I'm going to have my kids there (Isaiah Jr. and Maliyah, aged 2) and I've always dreamed of playing in the Super Bowl and having my kids there with me. So, that's special.

"Everything about this season has been special, my experience. I want to end the year on top." – Dave Spadaro

2:10 PM: Eight seasons. Three Super Bowls. A guy who played football at Old Dominion and then worked at his family's sandwich shop (Joyce's Subs and Pizza in Lincroft, N.J.) while training to get a shot in the NFL is more than grateful for his lot in life.

Rick Lovato is downright blessed. And he knows it.

"It's crazy and, yeah, I can't believe it and I'm so thankful," said the Eagles long snapper, a Pro Bowl player in the 2019 season and an alternate this season. "Not a lot of people get to go to one Super Bowl, let alone three. This is amazing and I'm preparing as well as I possibly can for this final game of the season."

Lovato has also been blessed by the birth of his son, Freddie. After two years of working through struggles with infertility, Lovato and his wife, Jordan, were helped through the process of IVF and Jordan gave birth to Freddie on October 11.

It has been, indeed, a year to remember for Lovato.

"Unbelievable and a blessing in every way," he said. "Now we're going to have him and here we are, in the final game of the season, one win away from a World Championship."

To beat Kansas City, Lovato knows the Eagles have to be at their very best against Dave Toub's special teams.

"You never know what to expect from them. They are a very well-coached team," Lovato said. "They have a great special teams and we know we have to prepare for everything and anything. We've played a lot of good special teams – including Washington, which is one of the best, if not the best. Again, it's different but we know we will be well prepared in every phase, mentally and physically." – Dave Spadaro

11:58 AM: Prepare for anything and any situation in the NFL. Remain confident. Stay patient. These are just some of the takeaways wide receiver Parris Campbell will someday impart to others as he recalls his 2024 life experience.

Campbell, a six-year NFL veteran, signed with the Eagles in free agency and then was released as the Eagles reached the 53-man roster limit prior to the regular season. He was then signed to the practice squad and was elevated to the gameday roster for Weeks 2-4, then signed to the active roster, released once again, and then signed back to the practice squad.

All by the end of October.

"It's been a roller coaster," Campbell said, laughing. "But here I am in the Super Bowl."

Campbell's roster jockeying wasn't finished in October – he signed back to the active roster in late November, was released a few days later, then signed again on the practice squad, and again elevated to the active roster for the NFC Wild Card Playoff Game against Green Bay.

A few days after that, finally, he was signed to the active roster and he's headed to New Orleans and ready to contribute any way he can to an Eagles' victory.

"You experience a lot of emotions with everything that has happened and you understand that you have to trust in the Lord, trust in your team, and believe in yourself and things will work out," Campbell said. "It has been a transformative year for me spiritually, as a man, as a father and husband, player, everything. I've seen a lot and I've learned a lot. This is definitely something that my kids are going to hear about all the time.

"I'd like to go into coaching someday and this will be a story that I refer to. You keep working. You just never know what's going to happen, but you keep your head down and you work hard. Earlier in my career, I don't think I would have handled things this way. I might have just been moseying through. This has happened for a reason and I'm embracing that." – Dave Spadaro

9:32 AM: For most of the first nine years of his NFL career, tight end C.J. Uzomah had a stable, if not predictable path: He spent seven seasons in Cincinnati with the Bengals, starting 61 of the 79 games he played, chipping in as a pass catcher and, especially, as a very good in-line blocker, and doing the little things that made him so valuable to the Bengals. Uzomah started in Super Bowl LVI as the Bengals came up just short against the Rams in the 2021 season, and then in 2022 and 2023 Uzomah played with the New York Jets.

Solid, solid NFL career.

Uzomah's 2024 season has been a roller coaster, by comparison. He signed with the Eagles in April, was cut as the team made its way to 53 players on the roster prior to the start of the regular season, and then signed with Philadelphia's practice squad in October. Uzomah was promoted to the gameday roster for Weeks 11-13 before, on December 4, signing to the active roster from the practice squad.

By then, Uzomah had carved out a niche for himself in the offense as a reserve tight end mostly called on to block and that served him well as he played between 20 and 30 snaps per game.

"Fun ride," said Uzomah, who caught 192 passes for 1,881 yards and 16 touchdowns with Cincinnati and the Jets. He has played in seven games with three starts for the Eagles this season, and has not caught a pass. "I've embraced my role and everyone here does that and I think that is one of the reasons this team is so successful. It is a great group."

Uzomah suffered an abdominal injury in the win over Dallas on December 29 and was placed on Injured Reserve and he has not played since then. But the Eagles opened his practice window in preparation for the Super Bowl – along with that of defensive end Brandon Graham, who has gained all of the attention – and Uzomah is holding out hope he can prove he is healthy enough and valuable enough to play next Sunday against Kansas City.

"It was tough for me coming off of a knee injury (that he suffered in December 2023 playing for the Jets) and figuring that out and I felt like Bambi out there initially and in Training Camp especially," Uzomah said. "I felt like I was getting into a good little groove being able to do the things they asked me to do and to do them well. It's been good contributing to the team's success.

"It would mean the world to me to play in the Super Bowl, obviously. It's every little boy's dream to do that, so we will see what happens. But I'm working hard and I'm just going to do everything I can to be ready if I'm called upon." – Dave Spadaro

7:20 AM: For a regular-season and playoff game right up until the Conference Championship games, an NFL halftime lasts 12 minutes from the time the players leave the field after the second quarter.

No more. No less.

And usually with about 4-5 minutes remaining in those 12 minutes, you will see the Eagles' specialists make their way back to the field to get in some warmup work for the second half – punter Braden Mann will generally try to get in a few boots and placekicker Jake Elliott will kick into his sideline net and maybe get in a kickoff or two and loosen up as he does.

That all changes in the Super Bowl.

A typical halftime clock for the Super Bowl lasts between 25 and 30 minutes, with the musical act occupying 12-15 minutes of that time. There is setup time and breakdown time needed as the stage on the field is there and gone, so the question is this: How do the kickers handle the extra time?

Elliott has been in two previous Super Bowls, so he has his routine down.

"It is different, that's for sure," Elliott said. "We just have to sit and handle the situation at halftime in the locker room, longer than we'd like. But we will also try to stay on the same schedule and just add time for waiting around. We will head out towards the end of the performance and wait, and once they start moving the stages around, we'll try to sneak in some spots and get some kicks in."

For the record, Elliott is a kinda, sorta Kendrick Lamar fan. He professes to know all of one song of Lamar's, so maybe when Elliott is on the field, he will hear it.

"Money Trees," Elliott said. "A high school banger for me." – Dave Spadaro

January 31

6:38 PM: C.J. Gardner-Johnson is a winner, and he brings that culture with him everywhere he goes. His energy and passion are contagious, and it motivates the guys in the locker to play to their best standard. After coming back to the Eagles in the offseason, Gardner-Johnson played in his third straight conference championship (he made it with the Lions in 2023) and next Sunday, will appear in his second Super Bowl in three years.

All he wants to do is win. That's the only thing that matters and it's a big reason why he came back to Philadelphia.

"I'm glad we're going back to where we were a couple of years ago. It's something that means a lot to me and this team. I just want to be able to win, help this team win, and help change lives in this locker room," Gardner-Johnson said at his locker on Friday afternoon after practice. "I'm trying to win football games. I'm not picking a team that goes 5-5 or 6-6. I'm trying to go back-to-back-to-back-to-back as much as I can."

There is one thing standing in the way of the Eagles' second Super Bowl and Gardner-Johnson's first – the Kansas City Chiefs, led by quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who has three rings of his own, including the last two Super Bowls.

It will not be the first time the eighth-year safety will play against Mahomes in the Super Bowl, having played him the last time Philadelphia reached it this far in 2022.

Gardner-Johnson was asked what's important to have success against the two-time league MVP: "To be honest with you man, that's a hell of a player. Just honestly go out there and focus what you can focus on. He's the new (Tom) Brady of the league, don't want to describe him like Brady, but it is what it is. Got to be on your P's and Q's with him. Hell of a quarterback and just appreciate the opportunity to play against him again for a championship. Should be a good game, just got to be on my toes and be ready." – Liam Wichser

4:15 PM: It is something that running back Saquon Barkley says often: "You can't be great without the greatness of others." Head Coach Nick Sirianni has made that phrase one of his themes this season, and it has stuck with Barkley, who credits the team-first attitude and the close relationships in the locker room and throughout the organization as a reason for the team's success.

"I didn't really hear that quote until I got here," Barkley said. "You know, we give all the praise to everybody. Whether it's, like, the quarterback or it's me or whether it's A.J. (Brown wide receiver). We can't do it. We play the ultimate team game. I love this game. I've been playing this game since I was 7 years old and have wanted to do it since I was a little kid and the way you win championships and the way you do special stuff is together. I'm a running back, you can hand me the ball and I don't care how great you are, if I've got five guys in the backfield, I'm not Superman. I can't make those guys miss. That's just the reality of it. … that's how the game works. I think we've lost that in today's world with how much we all get paid and you have stats of Tom Brady vs. Peyton Manning, like it's those two guys going against each other. That's not the truth. It's a team sport."

Barkley has had the kind of season he visualized, that he knew he could have if put in the right situation with the right group of players and coaches around him. Everything is attainable with one game remaining.

The feeling of family is, Barkley believes, fueling the Eagles.

"It's been everything. The craziest thing about how close I am to a lot of these guys is, knowing that, however many months ago I just walked into the building," Barkley said, "and being familiar with a lot of them, going against them, knowing them through competing, but being able to actually develop relationships and friendships with these guys has been everything. It's been a super-fun process for me whether it's on the golf course, whether it's in the weight room, or crazy conversations that we have in the lunch room – all those things go a long way.

"I think it's pivotal to your success as a team when you a team that's really super close and actually genuinely cares about each other and wants to see each other perform at a high level." – Dave Spadaro

12:00 PM: He has seen just about everything in his NFL career, and yet tackle Lane Johnson understands that Kansas City Chiefs Defensive Coordinator Steve Spagnuolo is likely to add a wrinkle in Super Bowl LIX that nobody could anticipate.

Spagnuolo, a former Eagles defensive coach from 2001-06, is that good.

"He throws a lot at you," Johnson said. "He tries to do whatever he can to mess up communication. If you have a tendency to slide (blocking scheme) to a particular player, he'll blitz the opposite way. They do a really good job of blitzing the corners, blitzing the edge, and they're really good with their linebackers and secondary of adjusting to all of your shifts and motions. They make it really hard for everybody to be on the same page."

Johnson has played against Spagnuolo twice in his career while Spagnuolo has been in Kansas City – in Super Bowl LVII and during the 2023 regular season. Spagnuolo also served as the Giants' defensive coordinator from 2015-17, so Johnson understands the challenge of preparing for and executing against the defense he will see on February 9.

"Anytime you play a defensive coordinator like that, there is always something that they may hold in their back pocket until the end of the game," Johnson said. "You may have a game plan, but those in-game adjustments between series are probably more important than anything.

"That's what they'll do, man. They might show something in the first half and come out with something totally different in the second half. Every time we've played his defense, it's been a battle. I think we know we have to prepare for everything and anything." – Dave Spadaro

January 30

11:35 PM: The game is what matters. Nothing more. But when you play in a Super Bowl, you are part of an all-consuming extravaganza, including an enormous amount of media responsibilities. The game itself is a spectacle and, if someone were to say, "it's just like any other game," well, that person has never been in a Super Bowl.

After the 55-23 win in the NFC Championship Game over Washington, wide receiver A.J. Brown made the comment that he felt like "a paid actor" in and around Super Bowl LVII. On Thursday, after the team practiced for the first time since winning the NFC title, Brown elaborated on his comments.

"It's about us, but it's not about us," Brown began. "We have so much we have to do for everyone else – for the media, the fans – and there's so little time that we get to focus on what's important, and that's the game and we have to do a really good job of staying locked in, staying focused. When I say 'a paid actor,' even the game. There are so many commercials and everything, you can't ever really get in a rhythm. The whole week is really different. So you've got to try to stick within your routine as much as you can and not get carried away with everything."

Going through it once, Brown said, will no doubt help him for this experience. That's the positive out of all of it, and Brown intends to help those who are playing in their first Super Bowl with some words of wisdom.

"I've been turning down media left and right," he said. "I'm required to do this (press conference), but none of this stuff matters. These are just words, regardless of whatever anybody gets us to say, you've got to go out and play your best. You know what we're playing for."

Brown said he will enjoy it, cherish the moment, and create memories. But what matters, and the only thing that matters, is the game, and winning the game. – Dave Spadaro

8:00 PM: Oren Burks knows what it's like to play in a Super Bowl and, like the 2022 Eagles, he knows how it feels to lose in it. The linebacker played 71 snaps for the 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII, including overtime, as his former team fell 25-22 to the team he will face again, the Kansas City Chiefs.

While Burks is filling in for the injured Nakobe Dean, stepping in for big moments isn't new for the seventh-year player.

"It was kind of the same thing for me last year. I was with the Niners and played a lot, was kind of like the third linebacker. Then, Dre Greenlaw goes down (with an Achilles injury), I had to step in and play a lot. So, it's not something I'm not used to, but just excited. Different group, different team, this team is very special. It's been cool to be a part of it, just excited to get out there."

For the first time since that Super Bowl last season, Burks will see Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, who had nine catches for 93 yards in that game.

"He's a great route runner. He has a great feel for the game, great feel for zones, sitting down. He has just great chemistry with (Patrick) Mahomes, they've been playing together for a long time. They have a great duo. For us, it's just going to be a matter of plastering once Mahomes gets out of the pocket, being physical with him, but we're up for the challenge," Burks said. – Liam Wichser

5:58 PM: Defensive end Brandon Graham returned to the practice field on Thursday, just two-and-a-half months after having surgery to repair a torn triceps injury suffered in the November 24 victory over the Los Angeles Rams, and while he said he was "overly excited" with energy, Graham understands the impact of at the very least giving himself a chance to play in Super Bowl LIX against Kansas City one week from Sunday.

"It went really good. It's the first day and I'm really excited to be in this position to at least make a run to get back," said Graham, in his 15th season as an Eagle, a franchise record. "I want to make sure I'm in the best shape I can be for this one game. Whenever my name is called, I want to make sure I'm in the best shape and best position I can be in to help the team."

Graham was able to stay strong working with the Eagles' athletic training staff, so he said he was confident in that aspect of his recovery. By rushing back for an injury that could take six months to heal, Graham said the danger is that he could re-tear the triceps.

"I'm feeling good and that's why we're in this position, taking it one day at a time and listening to their protocol," said Graham, who had 3.5 quarterback sacks in the regular season, including one in a dominating performance against the Rams before suffering the injury. "I'm doing everything possible that I can do, so we'll see how it goes, see how strong I am."

The Eagles opened Graham's practice window (along with that of tight end C.J. Uzomah) on Thursday, so there is some time to make a decision. Graham has played in two Super Bowls, of course, providing one of the iconic plays in team history late in Super Bowl LII when he had a strip-sack of New England quarterback Tom Brady.

Now, he's closing in on Super Bowl LIX.

"The guys are working hard and it was just great being out there today, being back on the field in uniform," Graham said. "Now, I'm just going to keep working and see where I am next week. I just want to win and finish the season the right way."

His teammates were well aware of BG's presence back on the field Thursday.

"It was amazing having him out there again, just the energy, it's infectious, man," tackle Jordan Mailata said. "The right timing. It's the right timing. God's timing." – Dave Spadaro

4:45 PM: Some 2024 season nuggets to help you pass the time before kickoff on February 9 …

• The Eagles are 4-0 in 2024 in games outside of the Eastern Time Zone – Super Bowl LIX will be played in the Central Time zone in New Orleans. The Eagles won those games by an average of 13.3 points – Week 1 vs Green Bay in Brazil (34-29), Week 3 at the New Orleans Saints (15-12), Week 10 at the Dallas Cowboys (34-6), and Week 12 at the Los Angeles Rams (37-20).

• The Eagles have won 17 games in the 2024 season, including playoffs (17-3 record). Those 17 victories set a franchise record, breaking a tie with 2017 Eagles and the 2022 Eagles for the most wins in a season in franchise history.

• Two notable improvements with the 2024 team over the 2022 Eagles team that went to Super Bowl LVII: The Eagles in 2024 finished with a +160 in point differential vs a +133 point differential in 2022, and the 2024 Eagles ended the regular season at +11 in turnover margin vs +8 in turnover margin through the regular season in 2022. Of course, the Eagles are +10 in turnover margin in their three playoff victories.

• Jalen Hurts will become the first quarterback to start and lose their first Super Bowl appearance at age 25 or younger and return to the Super Bowl as a starter - Hurts was 24 years old in his first SB appearance. Hurts is 1 of 9 QBs to lose their first SB start at age 25 or younger.

• Hurts will be the 8th quarterback to start 2 or more Super Bowls in their first 5 career seasons. The others: HOF John Elway, HOF Troy Aikman, HOF Kurt Warner, Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisberger, Russell Wilson, and Patrick Mahomes. Impressive company.

• And if you believe in omens, this is a great one: February 9 is the date for Super Bowl LIX and also the birthday for running back Saquon Barkley and cornerback Cooper DeJean. And, um, the jersey numbers of Barkley (26) and DeJean (33) add up to 59. As in Super Bowl 59. How is that for a sign from above!!! – Dave Spadaro

12:02 PM: The Eagles announced they have opened the practice windows for defensive end Brandon Graham and tight end C.J. Uzomah, both of whom are currently on Injured Reserve. Also, the Eagles signed running back Lew Nichols to the practice squad and released tight end Nick Muse from the practice squad. – Chris McPherson

11:39 AM: Some differences with the Eagles from the Super Bowl appearance two seasons ago? The roster has turned over twice since then, and the Eagles have 35 new players on the active roster since Super Bowl LVII (Kansas City has 32, for comparison's sake). So, while there is a healthy level of Super Bowl experience returning – the Eagles will start eight of the same players on offense who started against Kansas City in Arizona, for example – there is also some new blood for February 9.

And some of that new blood has reached heights never before experienced: The Eagles are the first team in the Super Bowl era to add two non-special teamers in free agency who were both named First-Team All-Pro that season – running back Saquon Barkley and linebacker Zack Baun.

Executive Vice President/General Manager Howie Roseman has also hit it big in the NFL Draft since Super Bowl LVII (and before that, of course), adding four defensive starters in the first two rounds of the draft in the persons of defensive tackle Jalen Carter, linebacker Nolan Smith, cornerback Quinyon Mitchell, and cornerback Cooper DeJean.

What Roseman has managed to do, not an easy feat in the NFL, is to get younger AND get better on the 53-man (and beyond) roster as the Eagles gear up for their second Super Bowl appearance in three seasons and their third in eight seasons. Remember, the Eagles have only two starters who are aged 30-plus – cornerback Darius "Big Play" Slay and offensive tackle Lane Johnson – and both players have been outstanding in 2024. – Dave Spadaro

January 29

6:30 PM: What is the best way to handle a bye week? And what about a bye week between a Conference Championship Weekend and a Super Bowl? Both Nick Sirianni and Andy Reid are outstanding at making the most of their bye time – Sirianni is 7-1 in his Eagles head coaching career after a bye week and Reid is 32-6 in his years coaching in Philadelphia and Kansas City.

While Sirianni has had private conversations with Reid through the years about how to best handle the situation, he's also tailored things to fit what he thinks is best for the Eagles. And what is best, Sirianni says, is a combination of getting players to enjoy some downtime, rehabilitate some injuries, and, at the same time, get a head start on preparing for Super Bowl LIX against Reid's Chiefs.

"The guys will be off (at times this week). They have to have a certain amount of time off. This week is a little bit different because you're going into a week next week that's a little unusual with some of the things," Sirianni said. "So you've got to get a lot of the game plan done. You've got to get practice in to practice against the stuff. You also want to get guys rested and healthy and ready to go.

"There are definitely differences, one, by the rules of it, and two, just about what the following week looks like. So it's handled a little bit differently."

How does all of that impact the team for Super Bowl LIX? Tune in on February 9 (6:30 PM on FOX) and find out! – Dave Spadaro

1:45 PM: Two iconic plays, one iconic voice

In 1981, on the second play from scrimmage for the Eagles' offense, running back Wilbert Montgomery took a handoff from quarterback Ron Jaworski and bolted 42 yards for a touchdown to jumpstart the team on its way to a win over Dallas in the NFC Championship Game.

In 2025, on the first play from scrimmage for the Eagles' offense, running back Saquon Barkley took a pitch from quarterback Jalen Hurts and bolted 60 yards for a touchdown to jumpstart the team on its way to a win over Washington in the NFC Championship Game.

In 1981, it was the crowd at Veterans Stadium that went crazy after Montgomery's run.

In 2025, it was the crowd at Lincoln Financial Field that went crazy after Barkley's run.

Both times, the Eagles won the game and advanced to the Super Bowl – Super Bowl XV in 1981 and Super Bowl LIX in 2025.

Both times, destination New Orleans.

Both times, Merrill Reese made the call on the radio.

"Absolutely amazing," Reese said on Wednesday. "When Saquon made his play, the crowd went crazy and it obviously had a huge impact on the game and I didn't make the connection at the time that Wilbert's run came on the second play. I was so into the game against Washington.

"The comparisons, the connections, really remarkable. It was a bitterly cold day at Veterans Stadium for Wilbert (January 11, 1981) and that play sent the crowd into a frenzy and the Eagles never looked back, and it was the same on Sunday with Saquon. We've seen what Saquon has meant to the Eagles this season – the 2,000 rushing yards, the big, electrifying runs, what he has meant to this team. Wilbert was the same kind of back. Fans were on the edge of their seats when he had the football."

There are plenty of similarities, including the guys up front clearing paths for the running game. Reese recognizes and appreciates that.

"This offensive line here is the best in the game and we've talked about that," he said. "Back then, it was also just a great group – Guy Morriss at center, Woody Peoples and Petey Perot at guards, and Jerry Sisemore and Stan Walters at the tackle spots.

"Both were important, exceptional moments in the history of this football team. Now, let's change the storyline and go win the Super Bowl. That 1980 Eagles lost to Oakland (27-10). I'm expecting the Eagles to win this game against Kansas City." – Dave Spadaro