{"id":1227,"date":"2018-02-03T06:00:28","date_gmt":"2018-02-03T11:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2017-2018\/?p=1227"},"modified":"2018-02-05T16:12:33","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T21:12:33","slug":"superbowl-preview-eagles-flying-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2017-2018\/2018\/02\/03\/superbowl-preview-eagles-flying-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Superbowl Preview: Eagles Flying High"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By: Giquan Williams and Gaurav Bhanot<\/div>\n
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The Philadelphia Eagles have been soaring<\/span><\/span>\u00a0since entering the playoffs, embracing their underdog status, and currently stand 60 minutes away from winning the franchise’s first Superbowl. Their opponents have\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>been considered favorites in both of their playoff games, thus far,\u00a0<\/span>and they have surpassed expectations in each of them.\u00a0<\/span>With a quarterback that has had only one memorable\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>season in the last five years, Nick Foles is destroying\u00a0<\/span>doubters as the backup QB has been playing exceptionally well<\/span><\/span>. With a defense that has managed to only allow 3\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>total touchdowns in three games, the Eagles are looking\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>to upset “Pretty Boy Brady”, as Eagles lineman Lane Johnson called the star Patriots QB, and his Goliath-like team.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Eagles\u2019 defense has been nothing short of\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>incredible in the playoffs. The Eagles disrupted the\u00a0<\/span>Falcons and Vikings, teams\u00a0<\/span>known for protecting their quarterback and having a incredible running game, holding both teams to a combined score of only 17. They managed to\u00a0<\/span>hold Pro-Bowler Devonta Freeman of the Atlanta Falcons to just seven yards on ten carries.\u00a0<\/span>They also held star rookie running back Jerick McKinnon to just 40 yards on ten carries. Their\u00a0<\/span>passing defense is nothing to laugh about either. They managed to force two interceptions and\u00a0<\/span>only allow two total passing touchdowns in their deep playoff run. This defense will be a difficult one for\u00a0<\/span>Brady, who has played poorly in the first half against strong defenses. But, Brady is capable of leading impressive fourth quarter comebacks; he has the most in NFL postseason\u00a0<\/span>history, according to pro-football-reference.com.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Eagles\u2019 offense should give New England the headaches the Jacksonville Jaguars couldn\u2019t or just didn\u2019t\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>provide. Foles and his Eagles offense won\u2019t take themselves out of the game like the Jaguars\u00a0<\/span>did. The Eagles also have a great chance to lead in the fourth quarter, similarly to the Jaguars last\u00a0S<\/span>unday and the Falcons last year. They should keep their foot on the Patriots\u2019 throat, the way\u00a0<\/span>they did against the Vikings. Foles has been nothing but the truth in the postseason with an\u00a0<\/span>amazing 122.1 passer rating with completing 77.7% of all his passes averaging 9.5 yards,\u00a0<\/span>according to Fox Sports. One of the major factors the Eagles face is to keep Tom Brady off the\u00a0f<\/span>ield. Their offense has proven to be great at moving the chains — but Philly has a\u00a0<\/span>great third-down offense, too. The Eagles have been ranked third in the NFL in third-down\u00a0<\/span>conversions percentage during the regular season and have been unstoppable in the playoff\u00a0<\/span>going 16-for-27, according to NFL.com.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Eagles are deeper and more dangerous in many different ways than anyone else in the league.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Foles has great weapons and great coaches to help him. The Eagles are great enough to beat\u00a0<\/span>Goliath — Tom Brady and the Patriots.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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