Philly Special: Why Philadelphia loves Nick Foles, beyond his Super Bowl win

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Philly Special: Why Philadelphia loves Nick Foles, beyond his Super Bowl win
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He doesn't deserve to have his No. 9 retired. He's got a statue, and he's Philly Special, and that's just perfect.

. Not that there was any question he would do so as anything else. Foles played for six teams, but everything he ever was of significance on a football field happened with the Eagles, and the best thing that ever happened to the Eagles happened because of Nicholas Edward “Big Game” Foles.for Philadelphia, and the way things are going, he might be the only one.

He was great in 2017 for 5¼ games, playing the role of Lurie’s pet overpaid understudy after Carson Wentz shredded his knee late in the season. He finished winning the game in which Wentz was injured, then threw 11 touchdowns but just two interceptions in the following five games that mattered, and beat Tom Brady and Bill Belichick in

It was Foles picking up Jeffery on the field in New Orleans in the divisional playoff game after the 2018 season, then hugging him on the sideline. This, after a pass bounced off Jeffery’s hands in New Orleans, leading to a game-sealing interception. It was Foles’ last pass as an Eagle, and Jeffery botched it for him, and Foles cared more about Jeffery than any interception.It was maybe Foles’ finest moment as a man, if not as an Eagle.

Despite his intermittent heroics, Foles isn’t even the best backup quarterback in Eagles history . That would beThat was something Nick Foles never did. He never proved himself as a starter. He failed in Philadelphia in 2014, in St. Louis in 2015, in Jacksonville in 2019, and in Chicago in 2020. He was 29-29 as a starter with an 85.0 passer rating. He was Mark Sanchez.

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