On Feb. 6, 2005 the New England
Patriots, and the Philadelphia Eagles met in Super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville,
FL. The Patriots won a close one 24-21, where future Hall of Famer Tom Brady
threw for 236 yards, and two touchdowns in leading the Pats to their third
Super Bowl win in four seasons. Brady, and head coach Bill Belichick will be
looking to add to that great history this Sunday night in Minneapolis, MN when
they face off again against the same opponent, who will be looking to make
their own history.
For both the Patriots (15-3), and
Eagles (15-3), their paths to Super Bowl LII were very similar, and different.
They both won their Divisions, with the Patriots winning the American Football
Conference (AFC) East for an NFL record ninth consecutive season, 10th
in the last 11, and 15th in the last 17 seasons, and the Eagles
captured the National Football Conference (NFC) East Division for the first
time since 2013. Both were No. 1 Seeds in their respective conferences. How
they reached the opportunity to compete for the Vince Lombardi Trophy this
Sunday night is very different.
For the defending Super Bowl
champion Patriots, they were quickly brought back down to earth opening night
versus the eventual AFC West champion Kansas City Chiefs (10-6) on Sept. 7,
2017 where they rolled up 537 yards of offense in winning at Gillette Stadium
42-27, where they were outscored 21-0 in the fourth quarter.
Now Washington Redskins’
quarterback Alex Smith was 28 for 35 passing for 368 yards, four touchdowns,
and no interceptions. Rookie running back Kareem Hunt had 148 rushing yards,
and a touchdown, while also catching nine passes for 98 yards, and two scores.
Wide receiver Tyreek Hill had seven receptions for 133, and a score.
To put how bad of a night this was
for the Patriots into context, Hunt’s 246 total yards from scrimmage were the
most by any player making their NFL debut since the 1970 AFL NFL merger. Smith
became the first signal caller to have 300-plus yards passing, four touchdown
throws, and no interceptions against coach Belichick. The 42 points the Chiefs
scored were the most allowed by the Pats in the 17-plus seasons under coach
Belichick.
In the Patriots first four games,
they allowed an average of 27.5 points in getting off to a 2-2 beginning in the
first quarter of this season.
After that point, the Patriots went
on an eight-game winning streak, where the opposition only averaged 11.9
points.
After the first four games of this
season, Matt Patricia’s defense looked like the one that was No. 5 in points
allowed (18.5).
Offensively, only the NFC West
champion Los Angeles Rams (11-5) had a higher scoring average than the 28.6 of
the Pats. They were No. 1 in passing yards per game (394.2) during the regular
season, thanks to Brady’s league leading 4,577 passing yards, and No. 3 ranking
in touchdown passes with 32, and just eight interceptions. They were also
ranked 10th in rushing yards per game at 118.1.
Even when they slipped up in their
Monday tilt at their AFC East rival the Miami Dolphins (6-10) 27-20 to end
their eight-game winning streak. They bounced back with a gritty 27-24 win at
the AFC North champion Pittsburgh Steelers. The roasted the Buffalo Bills (9-7)
on Christmas Eve; and blew out their over division rival the New York Jets
(5-11) 26-6.
In the Divisional Round versus the
Tennessee Titans on Jan. 13, that balance attack was on full display.
After the Titans’ rookie wideout
Corey Davis caught a touchdown pass from quarterback Marcus Mariota, to
complete and 11-play 95-yard drive in the opening stanza, to take a 7-0 lead,
the Patriots went to work in the second quarter putting together three scoring
drives that put them in the lead 21-7, and they never let go of the rope to win
the game 35-14.
The Patriots with the victory
advanced to their seventh consecutive AFC Championship Game, the longest streak
in the Super Bowl era.
Brady was incredible going 35 for
53 passing for 337 yards, three touchdowns, and no interceptions. Wide receiver
Danny Amendola had 11 catches for 112 yards, while running back Dion Lewis had
15 rushes for 62 yards and caught nine passes for 79 yards.
Those three scoring passes gave him
43 career touchdowns at home in his postseason career, compared to just 18
interceptions. Brady also set the NFL record for most postseason games with
three touchdown passes with 10.
“I know how hard it is to get to
this game, and we’re very blessed to do it,” Brady, who recorded the third game
of his postseason career with 35 completions said after the game.
“The reality of the NFL is what we
did this week, will have nothing to do with what happens next week, and we’re
going to have to go and repeat it. So, you got to get right back to work.”
The Patriots’ defense held the
Titans to 5 for 15 on third down; held them to just 65 yards rushing; and
registered a franchise record eight quarterback sacks of Mariota by six
different players, with defensive ends Geneo Grissom and Deatrich Wise each
recording two.
The only other time the Titans saw
the end zone was when Davis scored on an 11-yard touchdown pass from Mariota
when the game was already decided.
His touchdown to tight end Rob
Gronkowski, who recorded a touchdown catch for a sixth straight postseason
contest in the fourth period, who had six receptions for 81 yards on the evening
was the 10th scoring connection between the two, which tied them for
all-time in NFL playoff history. Right in front of them is the Hall of Fame
pass catching duo of Joe Montana, and Jerry Rice with 12.
The future first ballot Hall of
Famer improved to 18-3 at home in his postseason career, and became the oldest
starting quarterback at 40 years, and 163 days young to win a postseason game,
surpassing former Green Bay Packer, and Minnesota Viking Brett Favre, who led
the Vikings passed the Dallas Cowboys in their 2009 Divisional Playoff tilt.
Their AFC Championship Game tilt
with the AFC South champion Jacksonville Jaguars (12-6) was a living testament
to the resolve and fortitude of the defending Super Bowl champions.
After grabbing a 3-0 early in the
first quarter, the Jaguars outscored the Patriots 14-7 in the second period to
lead 14-10 at intermission. One field goal by the Jags early in the third
period, and another in the early part of the fourth had them ahead 20-10.
Things seem to only get worse when
Gronkowski was lost early in the game due to a concussion. Without their chain
mover on the field, the Jaguars were able to get to Brady sacking in three
times, forcing an interception from him, and holding the Pats rushing offense
down as they compiled just 46 yards on the ground on the afternoon, while Jags
had 101 yards rushing. The Pats were miserable on third down as well converting
just 3 of 12 chances.
Brady kept on trucking with an
eight-play 85-yard scoring drive that ended with a nine-yard scoring pass to
Amendola that cut the deficit to 20-17 in the fourth quarter.
After the Patriots forced the
Jaguars to a three-and-out three possessions later, Brady led the eventual
game-winning five-play drive that he capped with a four-yard touchdown pass to
Amendola that put them up 24-20.
The defense finished things off by
holting the Jaguars final drive, and they won 24-20 to punch their ticket to
Minneapolis for a chance to repeat as Super Bowl champions.
Brady, who shook off the affects on
an injured left hand sustained in practice earlier in the week was 26 for 38
passing for 290 yards, two touchdowns, and no interceptions.
“That’s why you play all four
quarters too,” Brady said after the win. “Games never over after the halftime,
and you got to go to the end.”
Wideout Brandin Cooks had six
catches for 100 yards, while Amendola finished with 84 yards on six receptions.
He said after the win that when Brady got going, the Jaguars were in serious
trouble.
“Everybody knows how tough he is.
Everybody knows how that he’s our leader, and it’s just a testament to his
career, his personality. The man he is,” Amendola, whose two scores in final
moments of the game were the difference said. “Not only is he the best player
in our locker room, but he gets everyone else to play well and step their game
up, and that’s why he’s the best.”
While Jags signal caller Blake
Bortles had a solid game going 23 for 36 for 293 passing yards, and a
touchdown, the Pats defense held him down late, with his final pass on 4th
and 14 to wide receiver Dede Westbrook to keep the drive alive was broken up by
cornerback Stephon Gilmore to preserve the four-point win. The Patriots defense
also sacked Bortles three times and held rookie running back Leonard Forunette
to just 76 yards on 24 carries, though he did score a touchdown.
“We close. We’re a team, we’re not
individuals.” Pats cornerback Malcolm Butler, whose game winning interception
in Super Bowl XLIX preserved the 24-21 victory over the Seahawks. “We’re a
team. When one loses, we all lose. When one shine, we all shine. It might not
look that way on the outside, but in this locker room, that’s the way it is.”
As for the Patriots opponent on
Super Bowl Sunday, the Philadelphia Eagles were the talk of the NFL who after
splitting their first two games, went on a nine-game winning streak.
A big reason head coach Doug
Pederson’s squad ran away with the competition of the NFC is because of the
stellar play of second-year quarterback Carson Wentz, who threw for 3,296
yards, 33 touchdowns, second only the 34 of Seattle Seahawks QB Russell Wilson,
and just seven interceptions.
It helped a great deal that a
plethora of pass catchers to get the ball two in tight ends Zach Ertz (74
receptions, 824 yards, 8 TDs), Trey Burton (30 receptions, 248 yards, 5 TDs),
and Brent Celek; and wideouts Alshon Jeffery (57 receptions, 789 yards, 9 TDs),
Nelson Agholor (62 receptions, 768 yards, 8 TDs), and Torrey Smith (69
receptions 430 yards, 3 TDs).
He was aided by a running attack
led by running backs LeGarrette Blount, Jay Ajayi, and Corey Clement that
ranked third in the league in rushing yards per game at 132.2, and fourth in
yards per carry at 4.5 per attempt.
That offensive balance is why the
Eagles were No. 3 in points per game at 28.6 and were a +11 in the
giveaway/takeaway ratio.
The defense was just as good
ranking No. 4 in points allowed at 18.4; led the NFL in rushing yards allowed
at 79.2; No. 6 in rush yards per attempt at 3.8; No. 8 in passing yards per
play at 10.7; tied for fourth interceptions with 19; tied for No. 3 in passed
defensed with 87.
After a 24-10 loss at the Seattle
Seahawks (9-7) in Week 13, the Eagles came back to win at the Rams 43-35.
Wentz was remarkable going 23 for
41 passing, for 291 yards, four touchdowns, and just one interception.
Unfortunately, he sustained a knee injury, that was later that week from an MRI
a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in Wentz’s left knee which prematurely
ended his season and turn things over to his understudy Nick Foles.
The next week at the New York
Giants (3-13) Foles rallied his team from a 13-3 deficit to eventually pull one
out the fire 34-29.
The Eagles starter in 2013, when he
threw 27 touchdowns, and just two interceptions was 24 for 38 for 237 passing
yards, four touchdowns, and zero interceptions. He outdueled his counterpart
Eli Manning, who was 37 for 57 for 434 passing yards, three touchdowns, but one
interception.
That victory earned the Eagles a
First-Round bye in the Postseason, and while they had an ugly performance on
Christmas night 2017, a 48-yard field goal by place kicker Jake Elliott with 22
seconds left held off the Oakland Raiders (6-10) to garner a 19-10 victory and
the No. 1 Seed in the NFC.
The Eagles regular season finale
loss versus the Cowboys (9-7), 6-0 on New Year’s Eve 2017 had a lot of Eagles
fans, and analyst concerned. Could the Eagles make it to Super Sunday with
Foles under center?
In their Divisional matchup versus
the Atlanta Falcons on Jan. 13, he was okay going 23 for 30 for 246 yards, and
while he had no passing touchdowns, he did not throw an interception in leading
the Eagles to a 15-10 win.
While the Eagles managed to reach
the end zone once on a one-yard run by Blount to cap a 14-play, 86-yard drive
in the second quarter, they were to go 6 for 13 on third down to keep that
high-octane Falcons (11-7).
“We were able to get a rhythm as an
offense, and defense did an amazing job as well. Special teams” Foles, whose team dating back to last season won their 16th in succession
when leading after three quarters said to CBS Sports' Jamie Erdahl after the game. “It feels
amazing to get that win. It was a team win."
It was the Eagles defense that was
the star of this game as they held the high scoring Falcons to zero points in
the second half. They were just 4 for 13 on third down; forced two turnovers; and
held the running back tandem of Tevin Coleman, and Devonta Freeman to just 86
rushing yards combine, and no rushing touchdowns. While all world wideout Julio
Jones had nine catches for 101 yards, he too was held out of the end zone.
Matt Ryan, whose team fell to 0-7
this season when failing to score at least 20 points was 22 for 36 for 210
passing yards and a touchdown, drove the Falcons right to the Eagles goal with
a chance to win it, but his last pass to Jones on 4th down from the
Eagles’ two-yard line was incomplete.
Since the injury to Wentz, the
Eagles have had a lot of doubters, and Foles has had a lot of doubters since
becoming the starter, and as the team headed into their NFC Championship tilt
versus the NFC North Champion Minnesota Vikings (14-3) one week later, the
Eagles were given very little chance to advance to their third Super Bowl in
franchise history.
After 25-yard touchdown pass from
Vikings quarterback Case Keenum to tight end Kyle Rudolph that capped
nine-play, 75-yard drive that gave the Vikings a 7-0 lead, they were outscored
38-7 the rest of the way as the Eagles earned their first trip to the Super
Bowl in 13 years.
Foles had a stellar performance
going 26 for 33 passing for 352 yards, three touchdowns, and not interceptions.
His 141.1 quarterback rating in the game marked his third straight postseason
game, dating back to 2013, which made him the fifth quarterback of all-time to
accomplish that.
“I felt good all week. I felt good
coming into the game,” Foles, who earned the victory on his 29th
birthday said to FOX Sports Terry Bradshaw during the George Halas Trophy
presentation after the win.
“We have such a close-knit group of
players that we all lean on each other. So, it takes away from the nerves. You
got the natural nerves, but just coming out here and competing as an offense,
defense, special teams, we felt great all day, and we were able to come away
with a huge victory here.”
The well documented great Vikings
defense was lit up for three touchdown scoring drives in the next four
possessions, and the Eagles be the first team in NFL postseason history to
register three scores of 40-plus yards in a Conference title game.
When the dust settled, the Vikings
defense allowed season-highs in points (38), with 17 of them coming in the
second quarter. Total yards of 446, with 346 of them coming through the air;
allowing 10 for 14 on third down; 110 yards on the ground, and no forced
turnovers.
The Eagles defense was incredible
holding the Vikings to 70 rushing yards and forced three turnovers, including
two Keenum interceptions.
“We’re not surprised at all,”
Eagles defensive end Chris Long, who had two tackles, two quarterback hits, two
passes defensed, and a fumble recovery on the night said to Bradshaw after the
win.
“They went up seven early. A lot of
teams would have folded their tents, not us.” “We don’t panic. Offense, defense
and we just keep grinding.”
What made this moment even more
special is that Long had this performance with his father, the Hall of Famer,
and FOX Sports pregame, and postgame analyst Howie Long, Chris’ son Waylon
James in attendance at Lincoln Financial Field.
“Every time he shows up, we played
pretty well,” the young Long, who earned a Super Bowl ring with the Patriots a
season ago when they came back to beat the Falcons 34-28 in overtime said. “So,
I hope he comes to the next one.”
Mr. Long said of his son coming to
the Eagles in free agency in the off-season, “When you make a choice to come to
a city like this, and a team like this, you hope for something like this.”
“I’m not sure what they expected to
get out of Chris. He has a great passion for football. He donated his salary,
playing for free this year. But his passion off the field, and his passion for
his family, and this guy is special. I think we’ll keep him. I like him a lot.”
There have been 51 Super Bowls
played to this point, and all of them have had their number of storylines,
personalities, and implications. The realities of how the history for a team
can be changed with a victory or a loss. This one is no different.
When the Patriots and Eagles
matchup in Minneapolis on Sunday night, as mentioned earlier, we will have one
team trying to add another chapter in their story book of nearly two decades of
dominance, while the other is looking to create their own place in the annals
of the NFL.
For the Patriots the 2017 season
marked their 15th straight with 10-plus wins, the 2nd
longest streak all-time. This marked their eighth consecutive season with at
least 12 wins, the longest streak of all-time, and won the AFC East for the
ninth straight season, longest in NFL history. Their eighth First-Round bye in
succession, longest in NFL history.
This will be the eighth Super Bowl
appearance for Brady and Belichick, which is twice as many as any other head
coach/quarterback combination. Belichick will be coaching in his NFL record 11th
Super Bowl, with eight coming as Patriots head coach, and he will be looking to
tie Curly Lambeau and George Halas for the most NFL titles by a head coach with
six. On top of that, counting regular season wins, the Brady/Belichick duo has
196 wins, the most in NFL history. The next closet is the Miami Dolphins Hall
of Fame combination of Dan Marino and Don Shula with 116 wins. They are
followed by the 107 victories Bradshaw and Chuck Noll, who led the Pittsburgh
Steelers to four Super Bowl wins in the 1970s. The other Steelers combination
on this list is future Hall of Famer Ben Roethlisberger and Mike Tomlin with
106 wins and a 1-1 mark in the Super Bowl together. The New Orleans duo of
fellow future Hall of Famer Drew Brees and Sean Payton have led the Saints to
105 wins and a Super Bowl victory.
For the Pats, this will be their 10th
Super Bowl appearance in team history, extending the all-time NFL record.
Brady, a four-time Super Bowl MVP,
and is 5-2 in the Super Bowl as the Pats starting signal caller will make
history on his first snap becoming the first quarterback to start a Super Bowl
at age 40.
The one thing that the Patriots
will have in their favor is they will be wearing their white road jerseys on
Sunday night, and they have an unblemished 3-0 mark in Super Bowl when they
wear their white jerseys, and 12 of the last 13 teams to do so have walked away
with the Vince Lombardi Trophy.
Having said that, the Patriots led
by Brady are taking the focused, leave no stone unturned, respect your opponent
approach going into the big game, especially Brady who is still dealing with
that injured left hand he hurt in practice two weeks ago.
“I’m still working on it. It was
only 11 days ago that I hurt it, so. But, I think were in a decent place, and
hopefully it can get better over the course of the next seven days. Not quite
where I want it to be right now, but hopefully by game time it should be,”
Brady, whose thrown 68 touchdowns in his postseason career, an NFL record said
to ESPN/ABC’s Suzy Kolber one week ago.
Having Gronkowski on the field for
the big game, as he cleared concussion protocol, and was a full go at practice
on Thursday should make things easier for Brady and the Pats in the passing
game.
For the Patriots though, for them
it is not about what might happen if they do win on Sunday night. It is about
crossing all the T’s and dotting all the I’s before then so when the lights
come on, and everyone is watching, they will be ready to play, and put their
best foot forward to earn that sixth Super Bowl title in their last eight
attempts.
“The enjoyment for me comes from
just the process of the training. The preparation for the games, and then going
out and playing,” a reflective Brady said to Kolber.
“I love getting out there with my
teammates. We [we’re] laughing this morning like I was 22-years-old. It’s been
a while since I’ve been 22 years old, but we’re having fun.”
“We have a great opportunity for
us. So, hopefully we can just go out there. Keep our preparation where it needs
to be. Enjoy the moment. You never know if you’re ever going t have this
experience again, but we got to go out, and play our best game against the best
team we’ll face all year.”
That team is the Eagles, who enter
Sunday with an 0-2 mark on Super Sunday, losing Super Bowl XV 27-10 to the
Oakland Raiders, and as mentioned Super Bowl XXXIX to the Eagles 24-21. However,
they do have three NFL championships to speak of, winning it all in 1948, 1949,
and 1960.
Most teams who enter as a heavy underdog
would feel happy just to be on this stage, not the Eagles. They come into this
championship bought with confidence, and an understanding that this is a moment
that should be embraced from the plane ride to Minneapolis, to Media Day, to
the practices to the game itself on Sunday.
“It just moves so fast. We got here
fast, and it’s like, ‘Man. Now we’re here,” Eagles defensive end Brandon Graham
said the prior weekend.
“Enjoy it, because you look back on
it, you want to say you maximized everything you could as far as your
preparation. You enjoy it as much as you could.
While their signal caller Nick
Foles has not been in this position before, he and the team have embraced the
challenge of taking one of the most storied franchise in the history of the
NFL, and one of the best organizations currently in professional sports.
After that stellar 2013 season,
Foles’ career took a serious downturn, and he went from a star, to a spot
starter, and then a backup going from the Eagles, to the then St. Louis Rams,
and then the Kansas City Chiefs.
At one point he thought about giving
up on football all together when the Chiefs declined the second-year options on
his contract, and he became a free agent.
On Mar. 13, 2017, Foles signed a
two-year deal to return to the city of “Brotherly Love,” to be Wentz’s
understudy. When Wentz got hurt, and as mentioned was lost for the season,
Foles came in, and has simply done his part in leading the Eagles to their
first win in the postseason in nine years when they beat the Falcons three
weeks ago, and a week later help lead them to a win versus the Vikings, who
were three-point favorites coming into the NFC Championship Game.
One person who has been in Foles
corner from the first time he met him to now is his head coach Doug Pederson.
“It means the world to me to be
playing for coach Pederson,” Foles, whose 22-17 in his career said to Kolber.
“He was the one who drafted me. He was the one who came down to Austin, TX, and
worked me out at Westlake High School. He was the only coach that did that.
Philadelphia Eagles were the only organization that had a private visit with
[me] outside the Senior Bowl, and the combine. So, for him to have that faith
in me from the beginning is huge, and now to play for him as he’s my head coach
is something that’s really special. I’m grateful for it.”
Pederson echoed that same sentiment
after the NFC title game, when he said to Bradshaw, “I’m so happy for Nick. I’m
so happy for the entire offense. The entire team.”
“For Nick, and everything that he’s
been through. He battled. He stayed the course. He stayed true, and we all
believed in him, and he had a performance tonight. We still got one more to
go.”
The other thing that Foles said to
Kolbe that he appreciates more than anything is how Wentz has been in his
corner aiding him from prep time for the games to be another set of eyes from
the sidelines helping him see the game and knowing how to attack the opposing
defense.
Wentz admitted last week that it
was tough for him to see the offense run out on the field, and he is not with
them, but once the game starts he is okay. That real feeling of emotion is
something Foles respects about Wentz’s competitive spirit.
“He’s that type of competitor. He’s
an amazing player,” Foles, whose completed 75 percent of his passes in both
postseason games said to Kolber.
“He should win the MVP award this
year. I believe that. I’m with him every day. I see what he does, and he’s in
tune. He knows all our checks. His preparation hasn’t changed a bit, and that
is something really special, that says a lot about his character and his person,
and I have all the respect in the world for him. I can’t wait to see what he
does in the future once he gets healthy.”
The other thing that Foles will
have in his corner on Sunday are teammates in Blount and Long who in this same
position last year helping the Patriots win it all.
He will a defense that will get
after Brady led by Long and Graham and their fellow defensive lineman Fletcher
Cox, Derek Barnett, Vinny Curry, Tim Jernigan, and Destiny Vaeao. Linebackers
in Nigel Bardham, Dannell Ellerbe, Najee Goode, and Mychal Kendricks that will
try to contain Gronkowski, Amendola and others over the middle. Also, a strong
secondary of Jalen Mills, Michael Jenkins, Patrick Robinson, Rodney McLeod,
Corey Graham, and Ronald Darby that will be tasked of keeping Cooks from making
back breaking long catches.
Above all, Foles and the entire
Eagles team will have all of Eastern Pennsylvania in their corner rooting them
on to slay the mighty Pats.
“The resilience this group of men
has is unreal,” Eagles chairman and CEO Jeffery Lurie said two Sundays ago to
Bradshaw.
“What we’ve gone through, I just
can’t tell you. I’ve never seen anything like it. This group of men wants to
win so badly for Philadelphia fans in sports, and by the way, we’re not only
going to Minneapolis, we have something to do in Minnesota. One more win.”
That confidence in taking down the
defending champions was put on display by Jeffery at the close of the week when
he said, “When we win on Sunday, ain’t no telling what we’re going to do. But
we’re probably going to celebrate, have some fun…We’re bringing that trophy
back to Philly.”
A little over 13 years ago, the New
England Patriots were in the beginning stages of writing their championship
legacy, and the Philadelphia Eagles were the latest team they took down in that
journey. Less than 24 hours from now, they will look to do it again with a
different supporting cast, led by however the quarterback/head coach
combination of Tom Brady and Bill Belichick. The city of Philadelphia has not one
a sports title since Hall of Famers Julius “Dr. J.” Erving and the late Moses
Malone led the 76ers to the Larry O’Brien Trophy in 1983 when they swept the
Los Angeles Lakers 4-0 in the NBA Finals. The Eagles have not won a NFL title
in 57 years.
On Sunday night one team will be
trying to add to its legacy, while another will be trying to start its own, and
end a pro sports title drought that is at year No. 34. All the action can be
scene this Sunday night, Feb. 4 at 6:30 p.m. on NBC with Al Michaels, Cris
Collinsworth, and Minneapolis native Michele Tafoya.
Information, statistics, and
quotations are courtesy of 1/13/18 8 p.m. AFC Divisional Playoff Game Tennessee
Titans versus New England Patriots on CBS with Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, and Tracy
Wolfson; 1/14/18 11 p.m. edition of WABC 7 “Eyewitness News,” with Joe Torres,
Sandra Bookman, Jeff Smith with Accuweather, and Anthony Johnson with Sports;
1/21/18 6:30 p.m. NFC Championship Game Minnesota Vikings versus Philadelphia
Eagles on FOX with Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Erin Andrews, and Chris Myers;
1/21/18 10 p.m. State Farm Postgame Show on FOX with Curt Menefee, Terry
Bradshaw, Howie Long, Michael Strahan, and Jimmy Johnson; 1/22/18-2/2/18 ESPN
Bottom Line news crawl; 1/21/18 11:50 p.m. edition of FOX 5’s “Sports Extra,”
presented by Toyota with Erika Wachter; 1/28/18 NFL Pro Bowl on ESPN/ABC with
Sean McDonough, Matt Hasselbeck, Louis Riddick and Lisa Salters; 2/2/18 3:30
p.m. edition of “Sportsnation,” presented by Toyota on ESPN 2 with Michelle
Beadle, LZ Granderson and Marcellus Wiley; www.espn.com/nfl/team/schedule/_/name/ne/new-england-patriots;
www.espn.com/nfl/team/schedule/stats/_/name/phi/philadelphia-eagles;
www.espn.com/nfl/statistics; www.google.com; https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Patriots;
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles;
and https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Foles.
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