A Season that Started In South America Begins It’s Final Push to the Super Bowl.
On Sunday afternoon at sunset — the Eagles will begin the second chapter of what has been one of the finest seasons in team history. The team’s fourteen wins — tied for the best record in team history — has been an amazing ride for Philadelphia fans. But for the Eagles — it is not so much about the journey as the destination.
The Eagles will host the Green Bay Packers for the second time this Sunday — not bringing the best of South Philly to South America — but rather unleashing the glowing green illumination and ravenous fanbase of Lincoln Financial Field amid a freezing January night. It’s a reality that no team wishes to face. Even for a team from Wisconsin that is quite used to the cold.
When the Eagles face the Green Bay Packers on Sunday afternoon one week after Jordan Love was knocked out of a game against the Bears — they’ll face a team that they previously hosted in Corinthians Stadium in Sao Paulo Brazil back in September — when they knocked Jordan Love out of that game. Since that introduction of South Philly to South America — capturing the hearts and minds of the Brazilian people as first time that the home field Eagles have played a game outside of America and the first time that any NFL game has been played in Brazil — this Eagles team has grown more confident each week.
Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio — who has molded this group that was among the worst in the league last season into the best in the NFL — and has them quietly poised for a championship run. The Eagles defense is a merciless combination of rookies and veterans alike. On offense, Sirianni and Hurts have operated on the same page and have the Eagles attack humming with an amazing aerial onslaught of talent combined with franchise runner who has been everything from a potential MVP to a record-setter to basically unstoppable.
The start of the Eagles second season — the home team of both Philadelphia and Sao Paulo Brazil will be watched by not only the 14.6 million social media followers — ranking them as the fourth most-popular NFL Team on social media.
For a Packers team who started the season by being whalopped in Brazil — a cold 4:25 P.M. matchup with the best of the NFC may just be — well — just a little too frigid.
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