The Philadelphia Eagles celebrated their Super Bowl LVII victory with a traditional ceremony on the Art Museum steps, featuring speeches from players, coaches, and team executives. The event was marked by heartfelt gratitude, humorous anecdotes, and a few choice expletives.
No Eagle got up there and attempted to pull a Kelce, and rightfully so, but there were plenty of thank yous, a lot of expletives, and even some singing on the Art Museum steps. outfit, and, well-lubricated with anti-inhibition juice, for slightly less than six minutes, he spewed forgivable profanities in the most memorable speech Pennsylvania has heard since Gettysburg.LII. Wisely, after the Birds won No. 2 on Sunday in New Orleans, nobody tried.
The 40-22 demolition of the Kansas City Chiefs, who’d won the last two and had beaten the Eagles after the 2022 season, was statement enough.Most kept it short Friday, which Kelce gloriously did not. Most sprinkled in foul language, but nothing like the nuclear naughtiness Kelce reached. But all were sincere and genuine, and almost all were selfless. It was exactly the sort of ceremony you’d expect from a massively talented group of players who realized they could best amplify their greatness if they amplified the greatness of each other. That was coach’s motto this season, and that was how the most gifted team in Eagles history delivered the best season in Eagles history, and it was how they finished the year on the Art Museum steps. Jalen Hurts wore a signature Nike Jumpman 23 brand sweatshirt that read, “Love, Hurts,” which mimicked the altered L-O-V-E statue in Love Park. strode down the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, an outsized cigar in his teeth … and a crescent-shaped, beer can scar on his forehead. A fan threw a brewski to him just a little too hard. When the Birds finished their 4.6-mile flight from South Philly (Kelce himself preceded them on the route, then disappeared, beer in hand) they took a break, gathered themselves for lunch in the museum, then faced the one million adulators on the Parkway, hanging from trees and clinging to statues. Sixteen executives and players took a turn at the mic. Brandon Graham, went last, but what he said might have been the most important thing said regarding this season and next: “The only problem I had was it’s over, and we’re getting ready for the next one! … We’re gonna stay gritty. We’re gonna stay gritty.” Does that mean he’s not retiring, as he’d indicated at the start of the season? When asked afterward, Graham remained noncommittal. But he seemed pretty committal during his speech. At the end of his address, which largely was G-rated, Graham, perhaps unable to resist, recited the nastiest parts of Kelce’s “No one likes us, we don’t care” ditty from seven years ago. Oh well. It was a vibe. led the team down the Art Museum steps to DMX’s anthem, “What’s My Name,” holding the Lombardi Trophy aloft in his right hand, the silhouette of the Rocky statue on the top step behind him. Jeffrey Lurie, went first and rubbed it in: “It would seem, Jeffrey, that the Philadelphia Eagles are now ‘America’s Team.’ You hear that, Dallas?” Mayor Cherelle Parker, who, during the playoff run, famously misspelled “E-A-G-L-E-S,” indulged herself until the yawning crowd booed, but Lurie followed and revived the masses. “There are no friggin’ words to describe delivering a world championship to our incredible fan base,” he said, thereby perfectly describing delivering a world championship to his incredible fan base. “You are the greatest. Whether it’s at Lincoln Financial Field or halfway around the world,” he said, referencing the team’s latest globe trot to São Paulo, Brazil, to open the 2024 season. He called his team “humble” and “selfless” and “a model for us all,” patted himself on the back for winning two titles, and finished with “let’s shoot for three.” this might actually be the new norm. This core group, with the best offensive line and the youngest defense in the NFL and the Super Bowl MVP quarterback, should, in fact, contend for at least the next two seasons; that’s the shelf lives of the contracts of Saquon Barkley and Eagles coach Nick Sirianni, usually as long-winded as that Gettysburg addresser, thanked the fans, led the spelling bee cheer, and was done. Similarly, in what likely were his last words as a Bird; at 34, he’s probably going to be one of Roseman’s salary-cap casualties. Even security chief Big Dom DiSandro, in his signature black Eagles windsuit with the Italian flag embroidery, took a turn to thank the fans, many of whom he is related to. DeVonta Smith, the best receiver in team history and a well-documented diva, thanked the fans, then had this message for his critics: “They said I was a diva,
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