Nick Foles has earned Eagles’ opening night start, banner performance or not

Michael BryantOn the night Super Bowl LII is celebrated at Lincoln Financial Field, Nick Foles will quarterback the Eagles. Something about that seems right, regardless of how Foles struggled in a pair of preseason appearances, regardless of how much the Eagles' 2018 fate might still rest on the recovery of Carson Wentz from knee surgery.

Fellow wideout Nelson Agholor, asked the same question, said: "What hasn't he showed us?"

Of course, given the ups and downs of Foles' career, no one knows if the Atlanta Falcons will encounter the 2017 playoff Foles, who threw for 971 yards in three games, completing 72.6 percent of his passes, with six touchdowns and one interception, or the 2018 preseason…