The Eagles won their second Super Bowl on Sunday night.
The Philadelphia Eagles won the Super Bowl on Sunday night. It stinks.
At no point during Super Bowl LIX did it feel like any other result was possible, to be honest. Philadelphia dominated from start to finish and proved themselves to be absolutely worthy champions, even if we dislike them as division rivals.
Maybe you are pleased with the result as there was a lot of fatigue surrounding the Kansas City Chiefs these days. Whatever the case, the Eagles have now won two titles since 2017 which ties the New York Giants for the most in the NFC East since the Dallas Cowboys last did anything of serious note.
Some Cowboys fans from what I have seen seem to feel that this Eagles win will help incite change from the team’s front office. The idea there is that the embarrassment felt could or would lead to change, but consider what happened last time Philly won it all. In the 2018 offseason the Cowboys saw Jason Witten retire (obviously he came back a year later) and cut Dez Bryant before going with their infamous wide-receiver-by-committee approach. They in no way acted with urgency born from Philly tasting the glory that has so long eluded them.
Perhaps things will be different this time around. The Eagles have proven, twice now, that by being aggressive and relentless with building your roster that good things can (and likely will) happen.
Most Super Bowl Victories by NFC East Teams
- Dallas Cowboys (5): 1971, 1977, 1992, 1993 & 1995
- New York Giants (4): 1986, 1990, 2007 & 2011
- Washington Commanders (3): 1982, 1987, 1991
- Philadelphia Eagles (2): 2017 & 2024
If you care about divisional pride the NFC East continues to boast the most Super Bowl victories of any division across the NFL. They are the only division in which every team has won the Super Bowl, something that became official when Philly won their first seven years ago.
The unfortunate truth is that Philadelphia has established themselves as the roster-building standard in the NFL. Obviously some teams (like the Chiefs!) have incredible individual players or quarterbacks who propel them, but the Eagles continue to adjust, attack and adapt. Consider that they have now won their two titles, and lost another Super Bowl in the process, and that none of the three they played in were started by the quarterback who they traded everything to draft in 2016. Ironically enough, fate took him to the Kansas City sideline during Sunday night’s beatdown.
I’m going to do something that I try not to do here and speak on behalf of the fanbase as a whole, but I am certainly interested in hearing whether or not you agree with me.
When the Eagles won their first title in 2017 it was one of the most annoying sports results of my and our collective lifetimes. Hoisting the Lombardi was something they had never done so that they finally joined the exclusive club and that we could no longer hold it over them was a bitter pill to swallow.
But this title does not feel that same way. It is annoying, don’t get me wrong. And there will be days where it feels more annoying than it does now. But the Cowboys have done this to themselves. I don’t view this as the Eagles having something incredible over them now because the Cowboys aren’t exactly trying as hard as they are. Philly should be dominating Dallas with how much more aggressive they are as a team. It makes sense that this is the case. Maybe the best way to put it is that I am at logical peace with it and can process it in that way.
You need no reminder that this most recent season from the Dallas Cowboys was one from absolute hell. It started with Jerry Jones saying the team was all in and ended with the Eagles lifting the game’s ultimate prize.
That is poetry in the worst possible way.
