PHILADELPHIA -- Three hours before I hopped into an Uber, six Philadelphia Eagles fans hopped into the very same car outside Lincoln Financial Field early in the fourth quarter on Sunday. Their team was up 17-0 over the Carolina Panthers, and they wanted to beat the traffic. They were deliriously happy the Eagles seemed to be on their way to an impressive victory.
Then the driver turned on the radio. The lead had been cut to three.
"I was, 'Whaa-aat?'" recalled the driver, also an Eagles fan. "What happened?"
What happened was the Panthers went to a no-huddle offense that turned quarterback Cam Newton and an anemic offense into a scoring machine.