Eagles

Eagles Secure Playoff Berth and Late Sunday Broadcast Position

By Philip Keidel

Published: Dec 30th, 2018 · 9:41 PM EST

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Well what do you know, the defending champion Super Bowl Eagles are an entrant in the 2018-2019 Super Bowl tournament.

While we are here, what do you know, a team that has Kirk Cousins as its quarterback choked away a must-win game at home as a touchdown favorite over a Chicago Bears team that essentially had nothing to play for.

Twitter has written the narrative for this piece, but let’s start with the fact that Jeffrey Lurie will almost certainly find a way to shuttle this missing million dollars to Big Dick Nick:

Eagles’ QB Nick Foles has a $1 million incentive if Philadelphia goes to the postseason AND he plays 33 percent of team’s plays. His bruised ribs that prevented him from finishing today’s game now mean he played 32 percent of Eagles’ plays – 1 percent short of $1 million. Ouch.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) December 31, 2018

Besides, given what Foles will clearly command on the free agent market in the offseason, a million dollars is just a rounding error to the reigning Super Bowl MVP.

Suddenly, the Eagles have gone from the team that couldn’t get out of its own way to the fearsome sleeping giant that woke up just in time to wreak havoc on an unsuspecting playoff field. People have thoughts:

Thanks, @ChicagoBears!

…but see you next week. 😏 pic.twitter.com/6ttOruOYCe

— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) December 31, 2018

The Philadelphia Eagles are heading back to the playoffs to defend their Super Bowl title. YOU LIKE THAT?!?!?! #BearDown #FlyEaglesFly pic.twitter.com/Ib6irthZvv

— Adam Smith (@SmittyBarstool) December 31, 2018

#Eagles WR Nelson Agholor 🔥🔥 says Eagles will be DANGEROUS if they make the playoffs Today:

"I think we're a problem, I definitely think we're a problem"@6abc #NelsonAgholor#NFL #flyeaglesfly⁠ ⁠ pic.twitter.com/jX6JnaOaiT

— Jeff Skversky (@JeffSkversky) December 30, 2018

You know who else thinks the holders might be a problem? The national media, particularly the highly paid executives who determined that the last wild card game of next weekend would feature the team that features both a three-game win streak in must-win games and the allure of having a team take the belt from the champion:

The Bears and Eagles will kick off Sunday at 3:40 p.m. CT from Soldier Field. That wild-card game will be broadcast on NBC with Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth.

— Chris Emma (@CEmma670) December 31, 2018

Michaels and Collinsworth! I can’t be the only one to remember the last time they called an Eagles playoff game:

It is on. It is very on.