Super Bowl 52 Final Score: Eagles 41, Patriots 33
Its over! The Eagles the ultimate underdogs all season go out and take the win. It was so well deserved and I am so happy I got my Super Bowl prediction wrong. That makes me 0-3 on Super Bowl predictions the last 3 years. I picked the favored Panthers in Super bowl 50 and the favored Pats this year in Super Bowl 52. Last year I picked the underdog Falcons and they blew it. I suck at Super Bowl predictions but boy am I happy I got this one wrong. Not to upset any of my readers but I am tired of the Pats winning and winning, its finally a new teams turn and may be the end of a dynasty era for New England. Lets start with Nick Foles. As we know, Foles' long career has been so up and down but the still young QB has a storybook moment in his career as he took over for MVP candidate Carson Wentz late in the year and upset every team they played in the playoffs to give the Eagles their first Super Bowl win ever. The dude is crazy good. All playoffs he has played so confidently and didn't let the pressure get to him, especially on the biggest stage. Now he is a Super Bowl champion. The Eagles RB game went off. LeGarrette Blount moved the chains on his former team including a barreling TD run that he got early on to help the Eagles stretch their lead. Jay Ajayi had some nice runs and proved helpful. Corey Clement had some monster plays including that huge 50+ yard play that got Philly to the red zone. Alshon Jeffrey, Nelson Agholor, and Zach Ertz were all amazing. All making huge catches. TE Trey Burton also helped with the biggest play of the game on 4th and goal as the Eagles did an end around that ended up with Burton passing it to Nick Foles in the end zone for a TD. This was a historic Super Bowl. It was the most combined yards total from both teams of any game EVER, including regular season. Eagles rookie kicker Jake Elliott capped his amazing rookie season with some clutch field goals, especially one to get the Eagles to 41 to give them a sizeable 8
point lead near the very end. Missing could have spelled the end for Philly. Both O-lines were amazing, only 1 sack was allowed all day and it was by the Patriots which ended up being one of the biggest plays of the game where Eagles D Brandon Graham strip sacked Brady to give the Eagles another offensive possession with 2 minutes left to ice the game. The Pats did not struggle, as Tom Brady delivered a 500 yard passing game. TE Rob Gronkowski had a huge 2 TD game. The Pats offense was beautiful even after losing key piece WR Brandin Cooks early on to a possible concussion. The Pats D was what killed them in the end as they could not contain a red hot Eagles offensive attack. The game ended in a Tom Brady hail mary that just missed Rob Gronkowski. What a season for both teams but its crazy that in just one season, the Eagles went from last in the NFC East to Super Bowl champions. Nick Foles is the goat. Tom Brady confirmed another season but who knows how much age will have caught up to him by the time next season rolls around. I doubt Brady will be the same but hey, he always surprises us. Nick Foles is now an experienced Super Bowl champ and a desperate team may be willing to give up a lot to the Eagles to get Foles to be their starter. Carson Wentz is the unquestioned starter in Philly despite Foles' amazing run. Its gonna be a fun off-season and I will keep posting. What a season and what a finish.Thanks for reading!
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