Five seasons ago, the Eagles toppled the Patriots for the franchise’s first Super Bowl title after a breakout year from a young quarterback and with a brash coach in his second season who oversaw a top-5 offense and defense that defended the conference’s No. 1 seed.
As the franchise stands on the precipice of another Super Bowl berth, the cast populating those roles has largely been swapped out for upgrades.
In lieu of Doug Pederson, fired in 2021 after a 4-11-1 season, stands the trash-talking Coach Nick Sirianni. Carson Wentz, signed to a $128 million contract extension in 2019, is gone (as is his backup, Nick Foles), replaced by another M.