BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — The downside to getting a Super Bowl rematch with the New England Patriots will hit Eagles fans like a burst of cold Minneapolis air this week. Before Sunday night’s kickoff at U.S. Bank Stadium finally arrives, you will have to live through the nightmare of Super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville, Fla., over and over and over again.
The NFL Network will replay the Feb. 6, 2005 game ad nauseam. ESPN will pull out highlights from New England’s 24-21 victory. Terrell Owens will take some more verbal shots at Donovan McNabb. And we’ll keep wondering why the Eagles weren’t in more of a hurry to score when they were down by 10 points with less than six minutes to play.