The evening previous to their revenge recreation towards the towering Chiefs, the Eagles reportedly had a “wild”, “emotional”, and certainly one of their greatest staff conferences all yr.
On Sunday afternoon earlier than kickoff, Fox’s Peter Schrager reported that reasonably than utilizing his typical motivational clips or speeches within the assembly, coach Nick Sirianni requested all of his veteran gamers to come back to the entrance and tackle the staff previous to their second Tremendous Bowl look in three years.
“All of the staff leaders obtained up. The captains obtained up they usually spoke,” reporter Jay Glazer added throughout the “NFL on Fox”. “And the 2 messages have been: Primary — man, we had such a good time collectively this yr. We don’t need it to finish. We went by means of so many ups and downs collectively. This brotherhood was so nice. Jordan Mailata truly grabbed the rostrum, shaking it and mentioned ‘Another!’ and that was the opposite factor.”
Two years in the past, the Eagles fell flat towards the Chiefs after what was doubtless one of the best recreation of Jalen Hurts’ profession in Tremendous Bowl 2022, 38-35.
A late flag on James Bradberry for a maintain on JuJu Smith-Schuster gave the Chiefs the ball within the remaining moments and Harrison Butker kicked the heartbreaker game-winning subject purpose.
This time round, the Eagles are hoping to come back out victorious in Tremendous Bowl 2025 and even past the emotional assembly, they’re harping on the truth that they solely have yet one more recreation to go.
“Nick Sirianni mentioned to me ‘Final week after we received the NFC Championship recreation, you realize me. I’m normally so emotional, I had no feelings and I believed one thing was incorrect with me,’ ” Glazer reported. ” ‘The explanation why I felt that approach, I figured it out, is as a result of we do have only one extra and that’s what a very powerful factor is.’ “
“Fairly wild assembly to be at,” Glazer added.
C.J. Gardner-Johnson, who was with the staff two years in the past and got here again this season, gave a speech to the gamers. Maliota additionally went as much as the entrance and quarterback Jalen Hurts spoke to his teammates earlier than the 6:30 p.m. kickoff at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.
“Jalen Hurts, the normally soft-spoken QB, got here out and gave an extremely inspiring speech about how that is the second,” Schrager mentioned.
If the Eagles win, it is going to be their first Tremendous Bowl title in eight years. However, the Chiefs are chasing a historic three-peat in what could be their fifth Tremendous Bowl win within the final six years.