In 2022, the Philadelphia Eagles won a franchise-record 14 regular-season games and had a 10-point lead at halftime of Super Bowl 57.
However, the Kansas City Chiefs would score on four-straight second-half possessions and would defeat the Eagles 38-35.
Despite the loss, so many great things happened for the Eagles in 2022. Jalen Hurts became a star, the defense sacked the quarterback a lot(78 times), and they had two one-thousand-yard receivers, but unfortunately, it wasn’t enough.
With great success comes changes. The offensive coordinator(Shane Steichen) and defensive coordinator(Jonathan Gannon) took head coaching jobs. They have 20 free agents, including 10 starters, so things will look slightly different in Philadelphia next season.
Much can be learned from a loss, and on Thursday, at the end of the season press conference, Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni discussed the most significant piece of wisdom he learned from the Super Bowl.
“The wisdom is that I think we were there; we were close,” Sirianni said. “And all that does to me is make me hungrier to get back at it; that’s about the last time you’ll hear me say get back because what you’re going to hear me say is we’re going to do it one day at a time one day at a time because that’s the right mindset. But that doesn’t stop you from when you see the red and yellow confetti fall or you have a piece of it stuck on your shirt, that you don’t think to yourself, I have to do everything I can to help our guys get back to this moment.
“Maybe that’s not a wisdom thing, maybe that’s more of my drive, and I know our players’ drive, and I know Howie’s drive to be like, oh, my God, we were there. We talk about climbing the mountain. We climbed the mountain. We’d look one step at a time, one step at a time, one step at a time, and then we slip right before we were able to put our flag at the top of the mountain.
“All that does is make you more determined, driven, to make that climb again, to get back to the top and hopefully stand at the top.
“Like Rocky, before he fought Drago, and he’s yelling out “Drago,” over the top of Moscow — I use too many Rocky analogies, I get it. But that’s the wisdom that happens.
“The other part of it is that half the fun of this thing, half the reason we do this, and a big part of the reason is the journey. So, without getting sentimental here, that is the last time that that group of men will be together.
“So you know you’re going to — like Howie said, not everybody — it’s not going to be the same team. There’s going to be draft picks. Jonathan [Gannon] is gone. Shane [Steichen] is gone. Different things are going to happen. But you look back. You always cherish that journey. It didn’t end the way you wanted it to, but the journey was special.
“The men involved in the journey were special. The relationships that were built will last forever.”
It’s hard to get a Super Bowl and to get one is an accomplishment, but when you don’t get the victory in the big game, it’s tough, but there’s still a lot of talent on this roster, so maybe they can get back to the Super Bowl, but nothing is guaranteed.
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