PHILADELPHIA -- The poster boy for backup-quarterbacks-turned-Super Bowl-champions is accepting company. It is up to the Philadelphia Eagles’ Nick Foles to make it happen.
There have been more than a handful of quarterbacks who began an NFL season on the bench and finished as starters on championship teams. Tom Brady is one. He entered the New England Patriots lineup in the middle of a Week 2 game in 2001 when starter Drew Bledsoe was injured. Brady, who has been the starter ever since, is attempting to collect a record sixth ring when the Patriots play the Eagles in Super Bowl LII on Feb.