Nick Foles outside of the Philadelphia Eagles was a journeyman quarterback capable of being a useful backup and little else. Nick Foles as a Philadelphia Eagle, however, was a supernova lighting up the night sky in a series of explosive bursts.
Foles was Super Bowl 52 MVP after a legendary performance that saw him rise up in Carson Wentz’s stead and lead the Eagles to their first Super Bowl win, out-dueling seven-time world champion Tom Brady in the process. With Brady in the booth doing color commentary for Fox (and adding insight like suggesting the Chiefs wanted to stop the Eagles from scoring in order to win), Foles took Philadelphia’s second Super Bowl victory as an opportunity to needle his former, brief rival once more.
It's really cool that Tom Brady got to be there for the Eagles' two Super Bowl wins! He might be a good luck charm.
Have a great night!
— Nick Foles (@NickFoles) February 10, 2025
Foles isn’t wrong. The Eagles are 2-1 with Brady in the house in the Super Bowl, having lost to him 20 years earlier. While that’s hardly enough data to determine a trend, it’s worth monitoring. And worth remembering that, for one night, Nick Foles was better than the greatest quarterback in NFL history.
