When Tom Brady and the New England Patriots beat Donovan McNabb and the 2004 Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl 39 (I’m done with Roman Numerals, by the way, we’re in the 50s now, enough already), it was a bitter pill to swallow.
After three straight seasons of falling short in the NFC Championship Game, Andy Reid’s squad finally got past that seemingly insurmountable hurdle and had to face a Spygate Pats team that ultimately outlasted the Birds 24-21, their third Super Bowl title in four years.
Thirteen years is a long time to wait for payback but, in Super Bowl 52, the Eagles and their fans got theirs.