Super Bowl LII was the perfect culmination of the 2017 NFL season
The Philadelphia Eagles are World Champions. That is a sentence that has never before been typed in the Super Bowl era. The night of February 4 proved to be the third time lucky for the Eagles, as they knocked off the dynasty that has ruled over the NFL for 16 years: the New England Patriots. It was a glorious display of football. Enjoying the game as a neutral was a blessing as it lived up to all of the hype of the Super Bowl. Even considering recency bias, this game has to make an immediate claim to be one of the top ten or better Super Bowls. Dare I say it was better than the Patriots’ victory last year? The Eagles ultimately prevailed, 41-33, thanks to one of the only big defensive plays of the game. Brandon Graham and Chris Long pressured Brady, enough to allow Graham to get the first sack and the first Patriots’ turnover of the day. The Eagles took over with just over two minutes left and hit a field goal with just one minute and five seconds remaining. The Patriots, ...