It would be difficult to find a football career more bizarre than Nick Foles. From his days as a college quarterback slinging 400-yard games for a losing team, to putting up one of the greatest seasons a quarterback has ever had, to the virtual NFL scrap heap, to leading a team to the Super Bowl as a backup.Through all the ups and downs in Foles career, its always been plain to see that hes immensely talented, but for one reason or another, finds himself in tremendous lows at times.Sunday night was not one of those times. Foles had an all-time great playoff performance in leading the Eagles to a 38-7 trouncing of the Minnesota Vikings in the NFL Conference Championship.Foles was 26 of 33 for 352 yards and three touchdowns, which equated to a quarterback rating of 141.3.NBC Philadelphia dug up this gem of a statistical comparison for Foles outing:Heres a list of players who have completed 78 percent of their passes for at least 350 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions in NFL playoff history: Kurt Warner, Aaron Rodgers, Peyton Manning and now ... Nick Foles.Foles is also just the third Eagles quarterback to ever throw for 350 yards in a playoff game and his passer rating is second in franchise playoff history.Warner, Rodgers and Manning all have one particular thing in common: A Super Bowl trophy.Is it possible that Foles could have one as well?Remember, this is the same man who one threw seven touchdowns in one game. As strange as it is to say, if theres any quarterback out there capable of the kind of wacky, unexpected performance it would take to beat the New England Patriots in the playoffs, it might actually be Nick Foles.
Unlikely Hero Nick Foles Leads Philadelphia Eagles To The Super Bowl
January 22, 2018
It would be difficult to find a football career more bizarre than Nick Foles. From his days as a college quarterback slinging 400-yard games for a losing team, to putting up one of the greatest seasons a quarterback has ever had, to the virtual NFL scrap heap, to leading a team to the Super Bowl as a backup.Through all the ups and downs in Foles career, its always been plain to see that hes immensely talented, but for one reason or another, finds himself in tremendous lows at times.Sunday night was not one of those times. Foles had an all-time great playoff performance in leading the Eagles to a 38-7 trouncing of the Minnesota Vikings in the NFL Conference Championship.Foles was 26 of 33 for 352 yards and three touchdowns, which equated to a quarterback rating of 141.3.NBC Philadelphia dug up this gem of a statistical comparison for Foles outing:Heres a list of players who have completed 78 percent of their passes for at least 350 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions in NFL playoff history: Kurt Warner, Aaron Rodgers, Peyton Manning and now ... Nick Foles.Foles is also just the third Eagles quarterback to ever throw for 350 yards in a playoff game and his passer rating is second in franchise playoff history.Warner, Rodgers and Manning all have one particular thing in common: A Super Bowl trophy.Is it possible that Foles could have one as well?Remember, this is the same man who one threw seven touchdowns in one game. As strange as it is to say, if theres any quarterback out there capable of the kind of wacky, unexpected performance it would take to beat the New England Patriots in the playoffs, it might actually be Nick Foles.