Seahawks Beat Philly--Green Bay Up Next

It wasn't pretty, much like the regular season, but the Seattle Seahawks beat the Philadelphia Eagles 17-9. The score stayed close throughout and it looked like the Eagles could come back any time, but a long pass in the closing seconds from Russell Wilson to DK Metcalf put the game out of reach.

Next weekend, the Seahawks are off to Green Bay to play the Packers. 

Eagles Win Super Bowl In Game For The Ages

Yes, it's pretty clear that Tom Brady is the greatest NFL quarterback of all time, but he doesn't own the Lombardi Trophy.  The Philadelphia Eagles fought and clawed and used every weapon they had right down to the end to beat the reigning champion New England Patriots 41-33. 
No doubt, this will go down in history as one of the greatest Super Bowls in history.  The two teams combined set a record for most yards in a Super Bowl and that was before the 4th quarter started.    It was the first Super Bowl win for the Eagles. It denied New England it's 6th Super Bowl win.  The Patriots have played in a record of 10 Super Bowls. 
The Eagles lost their franchise quarterback Carson Wentz in the middle of the season and were thought to be dead in the water.  The Eagles quarterback, Nick Foles had considered retirement after last season.  Foles threw for over 370 yards. 
It was not a great day for defenses and both team's punter's got plenty of rest.  The Seattle Seahawks beat the Eagles earlier in the season. 

Seahawks Upset Eagles

The Seattle Seahawks, missing 3 key defensive players, upset the high flying Philadelphia Eagles 24-10 NBC's Sunday Night Football.  The Eagles were on a 9 game winning streak and were rolling over opponents, the Seahawks, on the other hand, seemed to be bumbling and stumbling their way to the finish line, all the experts had predicted a huge Philadelphia victory.
The Seahawks were not listening though and seemed invincible on both offense and defense.  Russell Wilson was working his magic eluding tacklers and kicker Blair Walsh was splitting the uprights everytime, his field goal in the first quarter gave Seattle a lead that it wouldn't give up.

Eagles Win Battle Of The Birds

The Philadelphia Eagles could have left their punter back home in a 26-7 drubbing of the Seattle Seahawks. After a 90 yard touchdown strike to Koren Robinson on Seattle's first play, the Seahawks were unable to perform much on either side of the ball. Only the previous day's 50something to nothing losses of both the Cougars and the Huskies made the final score look closer than it really was.