Looking for a team that sums up season? It has to be Eagles
by Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times
Feb 04, 2018
3 minutes
MINNEAPOLIS - The themes of this NFL season could be told in snapshots.
Injured superstars watch from the sidelines. Next-generation coaches refashion crummy teams to contenders. Smothering defenses set the tone. Backup quarterbacks get their chance. Protests and the push for social change dominate the headlines.
The Philadelphia Eagles check all those boxes. In a sense, they are the perfect Super Bowl team - and they have kept alive a surprising trend: They're the third consecutive NFC champion who finished .500 or worse the
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