Philadelphia was awash in green on Valentine’s Day to celebrate its Super Bowl champion Eagles.
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia was awash in green on Valentine’s Day to celebrate its Super Bowl champion Eagles.
Swooning fans screamed and cheered Friday as MVP quarterback Jalen Hurts and Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie took turns hoisting the Vince Lombardi Trophy at the start of the team’s victory parade through the City of Brotherly Love.
Many fans camped out along the team’s parade route overnight, huddling under blankets and inside tents to secure prime spots near the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where the Eagles took the stage on the « Rocky » steps.
« You know I told myself that when I got drafted, that I wouldn’t come to the Rocky steps until I won a championship », Hurts told cheering fans. « And now we’re here. »
Others decked out in Eagles jerseys climbed trees and light poles, perched themselves atop ladders and clung to a statue of Benjamin Franklin near City Hall to get a glimpse of record-setting running back Saquon Barkley and Cooper DeJean, the rookie defensive back who ran an interception into the end zone on his 22nd birthday.
« This team is special. We can’t be great without the greatness of others and that certainly applies to our fans », said head coach Nick Sirianni.
Eagles general manager Howie Roseman, his forehead cut from a beer can thrown his way, took the podium with the Lombardi Trophy in hand and proclaimed, « I bleed for this city! »
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