Now that the streets have been swept and all the police horses are safely back in their stables, the Eagles have turned their focus from the giddy joy of simply getting into the Super Bowl to the real business of actually winning the damn thing.
Whatever happens in Minneapolis on Feb. 4, and we’ve seen enough this season to not bother with predictions, this isn’t a happy-to-be-here team that will show up and be overwhelmed by the magnitude of the moment. The Eagles are going to compete and if the team in their way is the most consistent winner of the last two decades, that’s fine, too.