Zoe Nguyen- Inside the Eagles' Super Bowl Run: The Stories That Led to Legends

Inside the Eagles' Super Bowl Run: The Stories That Led to Legends

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  Picture this exact scenario as described. The song "Dreams and Nightmares" breaks players into dance as champagne sprays in all directions. They all capture themselves singing Meek Mill's lyrics.  This was the song that blared when the Eagles stormed out onto the U.S. Bank Stadium field.  The party rages. Finally, head coach Doug Pederson gathers his team around for one final message."Right here," he tells his team, "right here" is the reason he's so hard on them. This moment. "You're world champions," he says, arms in the air. "Just look around. Look around." Jay Ajayi, wrapped in a British flag, leaps up and down like a kid in a candy store. Everyone pays attention. Everyone knows what's coming before Pederson gets the message out of his mouth. All that's left is joy in every form, because everyone also knows what led to this point: pain. That's the root of one, two, three improbable playoff upsets. “Long before this 41-33 Super Bowl triumph that may or may not have reduced the city of Philadelphia to rubble by the time you're reading this, Curry spotted his homeless mother on the street in the cold. Robinson was in a pit of mental misery in New Orleans. “As a personal football fan, I believe listening to stories of how different football players got into their career is truly inspiring.