The 2017 Philadelphia Eagles have celebrated their first ever Super Bowl win and now they need to look forward to next season.
Backup quarterback Nick Foles stepped up big time after Carson Wentz got injured. Even after carrying the Eagles to their first Super Bowl championship and winning Super Bowl MVP, he understands that this team belongs to Carson Wentz.
Wentz will be named the starter for the 2018 season. Eagles fans expect Wentz to do just as good as Foles did in the postseason since he is their franchise quarterback.
When asked about his future with the Eagles, Nick Foles had no worries about where he may end up.
“There will be a time and a place to handle all that,” Foles said after being handed his MVP award Monday by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. “I take a lot of pride in wearing the Philadelphia Eagles jersey and I just enjoy being here. Such a great team. I’m excited for Carson Wentz coming back healthy. I work with him every day. Dude is a stud and I’m just living in the moment.”
The Birds will have 13 unrestricted free agents from their 2017 roster. Blount and Sproles are two key factors to the Eagles’ offense and Burton, the tight end turned passer that is the now famous “Philly Special” play, was an unsung hero on the 2017 squad.
The Eagles will look to repeat as Super Bowl champs next season.
Doug Peterson has stated that he looks forward to coaching the Eagles for many years to come. The franchise may have potentially struck gold in the Wentz-Pederson quarterback-coach duo and they will try to one day leave a legacy on the league like the Tom Brady-Bill Belichick tandem in New England has had, appearing in eight Super Bowls and garnering 17 consecutive winning seasons.
The Wentz-Peterson era could be something special to bring to the city of Philadelphia.
