The Eagles were coming off their midseason bye, and they had won their previous game, against the Washington Redskins, and their young quarterback had played well again: 298 passing yards and a rushing touchdown in the midst of a five-game winning streak. And so the young quarterback was asked how he was handling this sudden rush of success and excellence at football’s highest level.
“I don’t think about it,” Nick Foles said in late November 2013. “A very wise coach once told me, ‘Clear the clutter.’ Just thinking about all that stuff, all it does is cause anxiety.