The Philadelphia Eagles have been the best team in the NFL this season, and now they have the chance to win their second Super Bowl in the last six years. They have ridden a suffocating defense and a relentless rushing attack to the top of the NFL.
Yet people soon forget that this franchise had bottomed out as a four-win team in 2020, resulting in a fired their head coach and a traded franchise quarterback. It's remarkable that they've been able to return to the mountaintop so quickly -- and teams should be taking notes.
Joe Patrick joined Chris Thomas on Saturday afternoon to explain why the Falcons are set up to follow the lead of the Philadelphia Eagles.
"Yes, absolutely, 100 percent," Joe Patrick exclaimed when asked about how the Falcons could follow the lead NFC Champions. "I think the Eagles are the model [teams] need to look at if you don't have that kind of superstar quarterback to build around."
That isn't to say that Jalen Hurts isn't a fantastic player, because he certainly is. Just look at the team's success when he starts (15-1) compared to when doesn't (1-2). There is a reasonable argument that he would've been the NFL MVP if it weren't for his injury.
The point that Joe is trying to make is that the strength of the Eagles is found in the team built around Hurts, rather than through him.
"You have got to look at the Eagles as the way you can build a team that's not necessarily singularly focused on the quarterback position which has been the winning approach in the NFL over the last couple of decades," Joe Patrick continued. "But I think that the Falcons already have some of those building blocks already in place, they've done a good job in the draft and just the way they've gotten the roster to this point, but that goes to show why this free agent and draft class are so important to the success that they hope to have over the next two or three years."