Nick Foles stood on the podium in Minneapolis after the Super Bowl with his daughter in one arm, the Lombardi Trophy in front of him, a worldwide audience watching him, and the standard for him forever raised. Winning the Super Bowl MVP comes with its perks — a trip to Disney World, a best-selling book, an indefinite period of fame. But it's also an inescapable shadow.
Every time Foles takes the field for the rest of his career, he's the Super Bowl MVP. If a No. 2 quarterback turns the ball over three times in a preseason game, it's less newsworthy than when the Super Bowl MVP does it.