MINNEAPOLIS – It’s 19 degrees in Minneapolis as the Eagles settle into their hotel and prepare for the week ahead, but it feels like a warm, wonderful day. This is Super Bowl week, when reality hits and the enormity of what’s in front of the team is clear …
MINNEAPOLIS – It’s 19 degrees in Minneapolis as the Eagles settle into their hotel and prepare for the week ahead, but it feels like a warm, wonderful day. This is Super Bowl week, when reality hits and the enormity of what’s in front of the team is clear.
The countdown to Super Bowl LII is on, and it’s beyond exciting. As the Eagles continue on with their practices and meetings and the substantial media obligations coming, this much is very obvious: This is a business trip. It is time to win the Super Bowl for the first time in franchise history.
“It’s a great way to go, to see our fans here on this rainy day to send us off to Minneapolis, we’re excited to get out there and go back to work,” head coach Doug Pederson said as the team boarded the buses from the NovaCare Complex to the airport with the help of Season Ticket Members, cheerleaders, SWOOP, and the Pep Band. “It’s been a business week, quite honestly. The guys are in a great frame of mind. They’ve worked hard this week, gotten in some good preparation time and now we’re ready to get out there, get settled in, and continue with the work.
“Everything comes down to this last week. As coaches, we have to make sure that the players, and myself included, are extremely prepared. Obviously, we’re going against a great opponent. Basically, it’s fine-tuning what we’ve done already. Keep doing what we’re doing and we’ll see what happens next Sunday.”
It’s been fabulous already: The NovaCare Complex was alive, and then a few dozen fans and some television trucks were there as the buses turned left onto Pattison Avenue on the way to the Philadelphia International Airport. At the airport, another few dozen fans and more…
