Soon after Carson Wentz went down with a season-ending knee injury and Philadelphia's Super Bowl hopes were placed on backup Nick Foles' right arm, Jeff Hostetler's phone lit up.
Out of all the quarterbacks who have gone from holding clipboards to begin the season to Super Bowl starter to end it, Hostetler's path might have been most similar to Foles' journey. It provides some hope to the Eagles heading into Sunday's title game against five-time Super Bowl winner Tom Brady and the New England Patriots.
"When it happened, all of a sudden my phone starts ringing off the hook," Hostetler said.