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NFC capsules: Eagles heavy favorites to win East

Last season: Magical.

Three things: Doug Pederson is 20-12 in his first two regular seasons, same as Chip Kelly was in his first two. That's just about where the similarities end. … Rookie Dallas Goedert hopes to become the ninth player from South Dakota State to catch a pass in an NFL regular-season game. The most notable is Pete Retzlaff, who had 452 catches with the Eagles and another (for 41 yards) in the 1960 title game. The most famous relatively recent SDSU football alum is Adam Vinatieri. … Of the previous 19 Super Bowl winners, eight failed to make the postseason the following year, two lost in the wild-card game, five lost in the divisional round, one lost in the conference championship, two lost in the Super Bowl, and one repeated (New England (2003, 2004).