I’ve spent almost half a century covering the Eagles. That’s roughly 800 games, give or take a few preseason affairs I barely remember. Typically, I’m tucked away in the press box with no influence on the game itself and that’s fine with me.
Only once did I factor into the storyline and it was on December 30, 1995, when the Eagles buried Detroit, 58-37, in an NFC Wild Card game at Veterans Stadium. It happened more or less by accident, but head coach Ray Rhodes gave me credit nevertheless.
I was writing for the Philadelphia Daily News at the time and I went to Detroit to write a piece previewing the game.