Former Philadelphia Eagles HC Andy Reid qualifies for another Super Bowl
Well, this is as close to a Philadelphia Eagles victory that you can have without actually seeing the Birds win. Andy Reid is off to another Super Bowl.
Once upon a time, and many, many moons ago, the AFL and NFL merger gave way to the dawn of the greatest sport on Planet Earth’s biggest game. The Super Bowl was born, and in its first, the Kansas City Chiefs fell to Vince Lombardi and his might Green Bay Packers by a score of 35-10. How ironic is it that the final game of the NFL’s 100th season will feature the Chiefs again? This time, they’ll be led by former Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid.
It’s been a long road for ‘Big Red’.
Of all the great coaches in NFL history, no head coach has won more games without winning the game’s biggest than Andy Reid. He’s been close. He took Philly to five NFC Championship Game appearances and the 39th Super Bowl. He took the Chiefs to the AFC Championship a season ago, but no matter how many times that he’s stood at the door of football immortality, he’s never been able to kick it in.
That could change on February 2nd. After erasing many of the memories about how last season ended with an AFC Championship Game win over the Tennessee Titans, Reid joined Bill Belichick as the only coaches in league history to beat every team twice.
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Reid won 140 of his 243 games as the Eagles head coach, including the playoffs. No, he never won that elusive Super Bowl, but if he’s able to do that now, he’ll give Eagles fans a feeling that they haven’t had since they saw Dick Vermeil lead what was then the Saint Louis Rams to a world title, (his first and only), a win that feels as close to the Eagles winning a Super Bowl as a fan can feel without actually winning one.
Go get them Coach! This is your time! You deserve this.