As a sports writer, everything is about the story. What’s the angle? How can this be spun? What will people find interesting? At times, you have to dig a little deeper. At other times, stories are aplenty, and they just pop out at you. Throw the Philadelphia Eagles game versus the New England Patriots in the latter category.
It’s ‘The Birds’ and the defending World Champions in Week 11. It’s the two teams that have won the last two Super Bowls, and the last time they played each other in a game that mattered (they met in a preseason game in 2018), NFL fans everywhere were treated to an offensive explosion in Super Bowl LII.