There won't be a parade in Boston this time.
The five time Super Bowl champion New England Patriots could not make it six as they fell 41-33 to the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LII who earned their first championship in the Super Bowl era. The Eagles won the NFL Championship Game versus the Green Bay Packers back in 1960. Despite passing for 505 yards and three touchdown passes, Tom Brady couldn't do it alone.
Except for a brief period in the fourth quarter, the Eagles led most of the game and set the pace. There were two questionable touchdown catches by Corey Clement and Zach Ertz. Frankly, they would not have been counted as TDs during the regular season. Nevertheless, Eagles backup QB Nick Foles rose to the occasion with three TD passes for 373 yards and wasn't the least by intimidated by Brady or Belichick. Foles shone when he caught a TD pass by tight end Trey Burton. Earlier in the game, Brady had tried the same thing but dropped a ball thrown to him by Danny Amendola. It also didn't help that Stephen Gostkowski had missed two field goal attempts (the first miss could be attributed to a bad snap by Ryan Allen). The Pats weren't bad, but this was far from their best effort despite briefly coming back from yet another 10 point deficit.
Needless to say, Foles won the Super Bowl MVP. Despite this, he will be revert to being a back up QB after Carson Wentz returns from injury next season. Some back up.
It's probably just as well. Boston has had 10 championship parades since 2002. Yet we never seem to entirely appreciate what we have. It's not that we're sick of winning it's just that misery is our default disposition. Well, let Philly have their parade. It's been nearly a decade since they last had one after the Phillies won the 2008 World Series. Perhaps they will savor it better than us.
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