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There are so many heroes from the Eagles’ first ever Super Bowl victory.

The undrafted rookie, Corey Clement, led the team in receiving. Zach Ertz came through in the clutch, time after time, before scoring the game winning touchdown. Alshon Jeffery made two of the greatest catches in his life on the biggest stage. I still can’t believe this one:

LeGarrette Blount made his old team regret letting him walk. Brandon Graham crippled the evil empire with one swat of his hand, and Nick fucking Foles somehow eclipsed his NFC Championship game performance while taking down the greatest quarterback of all time.

It wasn’t such a great night for the Eagles’ defense, though. The unit that carried this team throughout the season was taken to task by Tom Brady. New England didn’t punt once. Even Brady, the ultimate competitor (and douchebag), threw a back-handed jab at the defense after the game when he was asked about Graham strip sack:

“They made a good play. They made one good play at the right time.”

Last night, in the midst of the overwhelming feeling of victory, or the 25 beers I drank, I agreed with him. But after re-watching the game, that wasn’t the case.

All week leading up to the game, everyone talked about the Patriots’ “bend but don’t break” defense, but it was the Eagles’ defense that didn’t break on Sunday, particularly in the first half where they made four plays that, looking back, had a major impact on the outcome of the game.

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I’ve got this idea for the celebration, which starts at 11 a.m. on Thursday.

I would love to see the Eagles milk the hell out of this thing. Make it as long as possible. Whatever with the temperature; it’s a Super Bowl parade. We’ve never done one of these before. If people can’t stand outside in the cold for the Birds, then get ’em out of here!

They should announce every single player individually. Give each guy their moment in the spotlight. Why not? This was one of the most incredible collective team performances I’ve ever seen.

Here’s how it works.

You do the parade, okay? South Broad to the Art Museum. Lurie speaks. Howie speaks. Doug speaks. He shouts out all of the coaches, who do a short recap and say something to the crowd.

Then you go down the ENTIRE roster and give props to every single guy on the team with a brief blurb about what they did this season. It’s sort of like college graduation; you walk up the steps and get your diploma, but instead of just shooing you off the stage they actually say something nice about you.

They should have Merrill do it. Something like this:

Merrill Reese: “This next player was a rookie from West Virginia University, a corner back who picked off Eli Manning in week three… everybody make some noise for RASUL DOUGLAS!”

Crowd: “yea! awesome man! Rasuuuuuuul!”

Merrill Reese: “Next up is a guy who was a beast against the Chargers, with two tackles for loss and a big sack when the Birds needed one. He also has great hair! It’s BEAU ALLEN!”

Crowd: “Oh yea! Beau Allen baby, what a guy!”

Merrill Reese: “And this guy is a mean motherfucker! He blocked a punt in the playoffs and urged his teammates to rip the intestines out of the Patriots and keep them as trophies! It’s BRYAN BRAMAN!”

Crowd: “Yeeaaaaaaaaaa!”

Do that for everybody. Find something nice to say. I don’t care if it’s Shelton Gibson or Nate Gerry or whatever, everybody contributed in some way, shape, or form.

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