Nick Sirianni and Jeffrey Lurie made some history with the Eagles Sunday, and so did their players during a 55-23 romp in the NFC championship game.
The Philadelphia Eagles can trace their run to the Super Bowl to an epic collapse last season. The Eagles were 10-1 and flying high as the best team in the NFL in 2023.
Saquon Barkley dashed 60 yards for a touchdown on Philadelphia’s first play and finished with 118 yards and three scores.
Barkley is near the top of the short list of all-time great Philadelphia sports free-agent signings. He ran for 2,005 yards, rips off 60-yard scoring runs with the ease of a Joel Embiid layup and has turned the offense into its most elite dual threat since the halcyon days of Donovan McNabb and Terrell Owens.
Nick Sirianni overcomes his own adversity for another Super Bowl trip - NBCSP But he’s also a pretty good coach, especially for this team. And it’s time Sirianni gets his flowers. Next season, Sirianni is set to enter the final year of the five-year contract he signed when he was named the head coach in 2021.
Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley (26) scores a touchdown during the NFC Championship NFL football game against the Washington Commanders, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Derik Hamilton) (AP Photo/Derik Hamilton) Looking for a ticket to Super Bowl 59 on Feb. 9, 2025?
PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Eagles were indeed flying high as the best in the NFL, boasting a 10-1 record and with a No. 1 seed, home-field advantage in the playoffs, and yes, a Super Bowl ring all ahead as credible goals.
"Fire Andy" chants echoed throughout the stands in Philadelphia during Andy Reid’s final season coaching the Eagles in 2012.
Super Bowl LIX will be a battle between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles, and 13 players from both teams come from two notable colleges. When fans watch the championship game, they will notice that seven players are from Oklahoma and six are from Georgia.
For more than five decades, the NFL has announced the host cities for each Super Bowl. One of the cities that was never named: Philadelphia. Why? Lets get into it.
The Eagles, given their loaded roster and unfulfilled aspirations from a year ago, were expected to be here — despite Terry Bradshaw’s puzzling question to owner Jeffrey Lurie on the trophy ...