Hurley's Picks: Eagles Showing Just How Hard Sustained Success Can Be In NFL
Obviously, just winning at all in the NFL is extraordinarily difficult to do. But continuing to be good? More often than not, that proves to be next to impossible.
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Obviously, just winning at all in the NFL is extraordinarily difficult to do. But continuing to be good? More often than not, that proves to be next to impossible.
Even with the new season underway, and last year's Super Bowl now a distant memory, the Philadelphia Eagles are still doing their best to troll the New England Patriots.
Nobody cares about your Super Bowl pick.
Boomer Esiason, Inside The NFL analyst and ex-NFL quarterback, thinks the Jets are comparing rookie Sam Darnold to the Eagles' Carson Wentz.
This is not what Patriots fans still smarting over a Super Bowl loss to the Eagles wanted with their Dunkin' coffee.
In the interest of satisfying some curiosity, here's a ranking (based on passer rating) of the preseason performances from reigning Super Bowl MVP quarterbacks since 2002.
Here are the highs and lows from the Patriots' 37-20 win over the Eagles at Gillette.
Tom Brady moved the New England Patriots with ease in their Super Bowl rematch against the penalty-prone Eagles, with a little help from running back James White and fifth-round draft choice Ja'Whaun Bentley.
Isaiah Wynn took the field for the Patriots' preseason game against the Eagles on Thursday night, which was a positive step for the rookie. However, that positivity did not last long.
Some people are still mad that Tom Brady didn't shake Nick Foles' hand after Super Bowl LII. These people aren't thinking very clearly.
This is a sport and a league where opportunity is everything. Thursday night offers at the very least a brief window for some players to prove themselves.
Lane Johnson says he's over the "disrespect" the Patriots showed the Eagles leading up to Super Bowl LII. But that doesn't mean he's done talking about it.
Objectively speaking, that billboard stinks. It stinks out loud. So here are some better ideas that would have worked.
CBS TV sports anchors weigh in on the biggest concerns heading into the upcoming season and more ahead of training camps opening this week.
If fired NFL coach Ben McAdoo hopes to make a name for himself in the media landscape known as The Land Of The Hot Takes, then the mustachioed fella is off to a blazing start.
President Donald Trump has called off the Philadelphia Eagles' White House visit for Tuesday
There's been a whole lot of talk about how little fun it is to be a Patriot from a lot of non-Patriots this offseason. But Bill Belichick doesn't care what people on the outside think of his organization.
These days, it doesn't matter who's talking about the Patriots. Anyone can make national news.
Lane Johnson really dislikes the New England Patriots.
NFL rules can confuse people. The people who make NFL rules can also confuse people.
The infamous Super Bowl benching remains a mystery to Malcolm Butler himself.
"That was the first time that I had seen my kids really react in that way," Brady said.
"He will never get over the Giants losses, and I don't think he'll ever get over this Eagles loss either."
We might never get the full, honest answer from Belichick, but it turns out that the AFC Championship Game tape against Jacksonville does provide some reason why the Patriots might have lost trust in having Butler on the field.
"The Patriots, obviously, they've won five Super Bowls, so it's the Patriot Way to win the Super Bowl. Does that mean that everybody has to act the same way, do the same thing? Is that necessarily the guidelines to win the Super Bowl?"
