Super Bowl runner-up rings: What NFL players really think

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FOUR MONTHS AFTER the Philadelphia Eagles lost Super Bowl LVII, Cam Jurgens glanced at the team schedule and came upon something that stopped him.

"Ring Ceremony."

It was June 2023, and Philadelphia still wasn't over its 38-35 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. "What the hell is the ring ceremony for?" muttered Jurgens, then a second-year offensive lineman. "We lost."

But it was supposed to be a nice thing. The team gathered in a meeting room and watched a highlight video of the 2022 season, and boy, were there some lovely highs -- the 13-1 start, the 70 sacks. The reel ended, and the Eagles were…