Bleeding Green Nation
Sorry haters, it’s Jalen at the top.
The last 25 years of Eagles football has unquestionably been the best the franchise has ever experienced.
They have been to the playoffs 17 times. In only eight of the last 25 seasons did the Birds fail to reach the postseason. They’ve reached eight NFC Championship Games, won three of them, two in the last three years, been to four of their five Super Bowls and won two of them.
With all of that success, the Eagles have been blessed with a number of generational talents over the last quarter century of football in Philadelphia. Trying to organize them into a Top-10 list is probably stupid and will almost certainly lead to disagreement and name-calling.
Sounds like content to me!
Here are my Top 10 Eagles of the last 25 years:
I’ve seen all the other lists. I’ve seen what others are saying about Jalen Hurts. I know all the ways in which he doesn’t measure up to his contemporaries and I know he has his deficiencies.
The problem is that people allow their nitpicking of those issues to cloud reality. Simply put, Jalen Hurts is the greatest winner the Eagles have ever had under center. He is the fulfillment of what was promised with Randall Cunningham and Donovan McNabb. He plays his best games in the biggest moments, as evidenced by his two other-worldly efforts in his two Super Bowls.
Has he benefitted from outstanding rosters in his two Super Bowl seasons? Absolutely. He’s not the only one. Joe Montana had Jerry Rice, John Taylor, Roger Craig and Bill Walsh. Troy Aikman had Emmitt Smith, Michael Irvin and Jimmy Johnson. John Elway had Terrell Davis, some great receivers and Mike Shanahan. How many Hall of Famers did Terry Bradshaw play with? Every great QB had great talent around them when they won a Super Bowl.
Jalen Hurts plays the most important position in Philadelphia sports. He has led his team to the playoffs in every season he’s started. He’s led them to two Super Bowls in three seasons. He won one of them and was the MVP in it.
We really don’t need to over-complicate this.
The best defensive player of the last 25 years, B-Dawk is the most beloved former Eagle of all time.
The Hall of Famer played his entire career in one city (no, those three years in Denver definitely did NOT happen, OK?), was a first-team All Pro four times, made seven Pro Bowls with the Eagles, and compiled a slew of legendary hits that would undoubtedly be outlawed in the modern NFL.
Many of you would have him No. 1 on your list, and that’s fair.
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