We live in a stat-obsessed world. We’ve fallen in love with sites like Pro Football Focus. A good number of the American population plays fantasy football. We love rankings. Nowadays, we don’t even have to wait for the regular season. In the case of the typical Philadelphia Eagles fan, one of the most overwhelming thoughts has been how this version of the Eagles might stack up against the one that raised the Lombardi Trophy just this past February.
If they intend to do that again, they’ll need to be better than the rest of the NFL again.