From MMQB:

“Obviously it’s bigger,” Wentz said. “There’s more of a media machine now. And you play against guys you’ve been watching since you were a kid [Wentz was 11 the day the Steelers drafted Roethlisberger]. But it’s a game. Just a game. Just football. I’ve been playing it for a long time. My thought is, keep preparing. Prepare, and play the game we all love.”

It shouldn’t be happening this fast, coming up from 7-9 with a rookie head coach and a quarterback coming from North Dakota and a defense that needed a new leader. But it is, and there’s nothing fluky about it. The Eagles are legitimate deep-into-January contenders right now.

Read the full thing here. I haven’t seriously gotten choked up by a positive Philly sports article since, I think, the Four Aces. Today I did.*

*That might be because my wife is playing Adele in the background. It is just like a movie.