Super Bowl LII

   Lets start by congratulating the Philadelphia Eagles winning their first ever Lombardi trophy by defeating the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII where the halftime show was bland and so where the defenses.

   With the final score of 41 to 33 I really didn't expect this to be a shootout. I don't know whats more impressive, that Tom Brady and the Patriots offense can put 30+ points on anyone or that Nick Foles and the Eagles offense put it together plan to score more than 40+ points against, well anyone. Doug Peterson and his crew deserve mayor props for getting Foles comfortable, running the ball so effectively and being aggressive in a pair of 4th downs especially the one ending in a TD just before the end of the first half giving them a very meaningful 10 point lead. They needed to be focused and not give Brady a shot to get back in the game, but they almost blew it. Down by just 5, the Patriots got the opportunity to end this game with a TD but when Brandon Graham stripped sacked Brady and recovered by rookie Derek Barnett it seemed that the Eagles where going to shut the door by running down the clock, but for a moment it looked like they forgot how they got to where they were and got too conservative by running the ball three times even with a 10 men front on 3rd and 5, they ended kicking the FG to increase the lead to 8 points, which was good but left Brady and the Patriots 1 min and change on the clock and hope, a thing you don't want to give this team. It all came down to a hail mary that took 3 players to stop Rob Gronkowski to snatch the ball, even after being batted down it took a bounce on an Eagle player that kept the ball alive for another split second but ultimately fell to the ground giving the Eagles fans a brief sigh of relief before their harts exploded in emotions... and in a large majority their heads exploded as well, as many feared.

   I just feel kind of awkward about the situation the city of Philadelphia lived moments after the game ended, what should have been a time of "Brotherly love" turn out to be a pillage. I'm saddened about the work places that where severely damaged and the time the authorities had to take to deal with these people that just don't get it and smear a bad name on their fan base. This wasn't a group just loosing their heads, it was a movement almost organized just to make mayhem and there is no place for that in what should have been a time of celebration and joy long awaited by many, luckily it ran out at the day of the parade which went how you would expect it to go. I don't really expect the players to shine a light on the situation, but I probably would have expected the team to address the behavior of their fans on that Sunday night, but I didn't catch any article that stated anything of the sort, so I guess they are alright with it? Hope not, maybe im asking too much.

   Now we can start thinking and imagining what the 2018 season will look like starting with the combine to see what rookies can impress with their body skills. But what everyone will be waiting will be march madness, the news on new contracts and who gets let loose to go in free agency pool.

   Patriots can be hated more by the haters with the news on Josh McDaniels bailing the Colts HC position the day he was going to sing his contract. This makes Ryan Pace look pretty good with his decision to not go with McDaniels which was reported he was interested and instead go with high praised Matt Nagy to speed up the process of filling the other coaching positions pending which they have done and dodge a bullet in the process. Keeping Vic Fangio and getting an offensive brain at HC are huge moves by Pace, so things are looking good at the start of next season.