It’s tough to play 11 years in the NFL. It’s even more difficult to spend those 11 years with just one team. To play that long in one city without having been to a Super Bowl, considering the sacrifices often made, can be an experience too cruel.
Brent Celek will no longer have to endure such a fate.
The Eagles’ longest-tenured player will play in the first Super Bowl of his career after a convincing 38-7 win over the Vikings in the NFC championship game Sunday. And the smile that kept forming each time he tried to express his feelings said more than words.