V is for Violence

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V is for Violence

Posted: February 10th, 2025 | Author: Tommy Lawlor

The Super Bowl is the most analyzed sporting event of each year. Often that means it is over-analyzed. Let’s talk about scheme and adjustments and gameplans. Which coaches had the best ideas? Which players were able to execute better?

There has been a lot of talk about how physical the Eagles have been this year and certainly were in SB LIX. Brian Baldinger made a point on the NFL Network that I think is important. The Eagles weren’t just physical, they were violent.

Wow. That is your 235-pound edge rusher just blowing up a 320-pound RG who is one of the more physical blockers in the league. Plays like that set a tone and show which team is going to be the hammer and which one is going to be the nail.

The Eagles have been a violent team for most of the year. They have bullies on the OL and the DL. They have big hitters in the secondary. Dallas Goedert can be a bully of a TE. Anyone remeber this play from Saquon?

Nick Sirianni said in his press conference that sometimes we make things too complicated. He talked about his defense being good because of basics. They tackle well. They destroy blocks. They take the ball away. They play with relentless effort in going after the football. They are also a violent defense.

Not dirty. This isn’t Gang Green blowing up players with vicious hits. The current defense has to play within stricter rules. Tyler Dunne pointed out in this piece that there is still room for violence in football.

KC wasn’t ready for this. The Eagles DL didn’t try to fly off the edges. They used power rushes and boxed Mahomes in by driving his OL back into him.

Watching BG blow up 74 is probably my favorite moment on there. That was friggin beautiful. I only wish BG had gotten one final sack. His retirement isn’t a sure thing, but I would guess he goes out while he’s still a good player and leaves as a champ.

The Eagles will go right on mauling people and winning the line of scrimmage. Check out this for some context.

That is crazy. Amazing job by Howie and the front office.

The Chiefs were physically pounded, but also overwhelmed by the atmosphere. On the NFL Daily podcast they talked about the crowd affecting the Chiefs. The crowd was clearly pro-Eagles. Beyond that, they were a boisterous crowd. Sometimes the Super Bowl can have more of a corporate feel. Apparently this one felt like an Eagles home game. The trio on the podcast said the level of hostility caught the Chiefs off guard.

There is also the fact the Eagles are simply more talented. When you have good players who are also smart and play with the level of physicality the Eagles do, you can do special things. That’s how the Eagles were up 40-6 over the two-time defending SB champs.

It is mind-blowing to think that an Eagles team played at that level in a Super Bowl. Eagles fans who have been around a while are used to the team making mistakes or having bad luck at the worst possible moment. Michael Vick’s INT in 2010. Giving up a long KOR at the end of the wild card game in 2013. Alshon Jeffery’s drop in 2018. Carson Wentz getting hurt in 2019. The slick field in 2022.

This year’s team took care of business. They played their best game on the biggest stage.

This is a young team so they can be a contender for the next few years. I’ll write a piece in the coming days on what the future might hold. Some of the players talked about this being just the beginning. That’s very possible, but definitely easier said than done. Still, this team is unique.

I need to write a piece on just how special a season this was. As you can probably tell, there are a ton of good stories here. That’s part of what makes the Eagles winning so compelling.

*****

If you need a good laugh…

Great work by Jimmy Bama. My favorite one is the Commanders fan who thinks they were just a few plays from winnng the Super Bowl. Drug test that man!

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[UK_EaglesFan89]

Be the bully was pretty much the constant message right? Be the aggressor and fight fight fight. That’s what this team did all year and they turned it up in the Super Bowl. Nolan doing what he did was just out of this world. That’s an "undersized” DE that’s just bullying guys bigger than him. That’s such growth from him as a lot of us were worried that perhaps he was too slight and not prepared to play in the NFL.

This team truly represented the city. We went about our business. Nobody liked us all year but the team didn’t listen to that nonsense. And this team was physical and flat out dominated teams. They absolutely reflected this incredible fan base.