If my adopted city of Philadelphia has a million Eagles analysts, Ed Rendell, our former mayor, has to be in the top 100. He’s on a local post-game cable panel, looking right at home with a TV lifer, a Canton-inducted sportswriter and a retired Eagles player (Seth Joyner). What makes Rendell good at his current job is the same quality got him elected twice as mayor and twice as governor. He’s a two-pronged threat. He can do the wonky stuff—he can analyze the pass rush. But he also has the passion of the paying fan. By halftime he’s hoarse.
Ed Rendell, Former Mayor and Governor, on the Eagles: ‘They’re Not Pretty, But They’re Ours’
