All week long, the players and coaching staff heard from just about every outside analyst how the Eagles, the No. 1 seed with 13 regular-season wins, were the underdogs against the defending NFC champion Atlanta Falcons.
Tackle Lane Johnson embraced the sentiment so much that he paraded around the field wearing a dog mask following the 15-10 win over the Falcons.
“Everybody’s entitled to their own opinion,” said cornerback Jalen Mills, who made the game-clinching stop against Julio Jones in the end zone on fourth-and-goal. “As long as we go out there and execute like we did today, come out with a win, that’s all that matters.