What we learned about the Eagles during Super Bowl Opening Night

The Philadelphia Eagles are preparing for their Super Bowl LVII clash against the Kansas City Chiefs. With the honor of making the Super Bowl comes a week of press obligations, and that process started on Monday evening. Here is everything you need to know about the Eagles from Opening Night.

Nick Sirianni

The Eagles Head Coach expectedly spoke vibrantly about his time in Philadelphia up to this point, but had no problem looking back to his very first day, admitting that his first press conference wasn’t the best representation of himself. Still, to overcome all of the mockery and doubting from national media in the way that he has, it’s safe to say that Sirianni had the last laugh.

Sirianni also mentioned that he does have a chip on his shoulder after not being retained by Andy Reid. For those unaware, Sirianni actually coached the Chiefs wideouts prior to Andy Reid’s arrival in 2012. He was let go by ‘Big Red’, giving us an extra wrinkle ahead of this weekend’s clash between the two.

He also credited the teams’ leadership for their sharp rise to the top. Sirianni mentioned that along with Philadelphia being the best sports town in America, having Lane Johnson, Jason Kelce, Brandon Graham, and Fletcher Cox onboard, really helped him set the tone and teach the young guys the right way.

Jalen Hurts

Jalen Hurts approached Opening Night just like we all expected he would—cool, calm, and collected. Hurts spoke of his preparation for moments like this and how he didn’t work this hard to come up short.

The one thing that stood out was Hurts preaching consistency from the coaching staff. For the first time since high school, Hurts would have at least a two-year stint with the same head coach. Hurts mentioned that he used that to his advantage and given the level of production we’ve seen from him, it’s safe to say he’s squeezed every last drop.

Hurts also was quick to praise his agent and his full-female team going into the Super Bowl. Agent Nicole Lynn is shattering every barrier possible and Jalen is doing all he can to empower her and the team around him, with Lynn becoming the first black woman to represent a player in the Super Bowl.

Hurts also mentioned how great the experience has been to play with guys he grew up with. Hurts described AJ Brown as being his best friend, while Brown mentioned that he’s matured a lot this year behind Hurts, who is a first in, last out, kind of guy.

Jason and Travis Kelce

Obviously the big narrative going into this weekend is the Kelce brothers. Travis and Jason will be playing each other in the Super Bowl and there’s even a petition for Mama Kelce to complete the coin toss before the game, just to put the icing on this amazing cake.

Naturally, Jason Kelce spoke about how incredible it is to be playing Travis on such a big stage and the wholesomeness was reflected by his brother.

What was interesting was Eagles LT Jordan Mailata saying that he has a picture of Jason Kelce as Batman as his phone Lock Screen, going on to say how much Kelce inspires him as a leader.