Eagles continue to blame anyone but themselves for Super Bowl loss

The Philadelphia Eagles still aren’t over their Super Bowl defeat at the hands of the Kansas City Chiefs, and refuse to take accountability. 

While Jalen Hurts has come to terms with the Eagles loss to the Chiefs in last season’s Super Bowl, others haven’t been as lucky. Hurts admitted he has since watched the film, but looks forward to the journey of reaching the game’s greatest stage for the second time.

“Everybody wants to be the best and everybody aspires to be the best and works to be the best,” Hurts said. “But ultimately you have to find something that separates you, and that’s the thrill. There’s a thrill in not being satisfied and there’s a thrill in being on this journey, and I’ve embraced that, and I love this game and I know my purpose within this game and I truly just want to be intentional.”

On the Pardon My Take podcast, Eagles tight end Dallas Goedert said he is almost over the Super Bowl defeat, but did take a shot at the self-proclaimed ‘sodfather’ for how slippery the field was.

“If the field was better…I take us ten out of ten, but I have to say that. There was a lot of people slipping, you can’t make that up,” Goedert said. “But we played on the same one…I hope we get back.”

Eagles blame the playing surface for Super Bowl loss

While this certainly sounds like sour grapes to Chiefs fans, Goedert was merely answering the question. His final sentiment — that both teams were forced to play on a bad field — is the correct one. Kansas City dealt with those same disadvantages.

As for ‘the sodfather’ himself, George Toma blamed the NFL for over-watering the playing surface prior to the game.

“So, what he does, he waters the hell out of it and puts it right into the stadium and that’s it,” Toma told ESPN. “Never sees sunlight again. He can’t do that.”

Shoddy playing surface or not, Kansas City and Philadelphia played in one of the better Super Bowls in recent memory. It truly could have gone either way. If we’re lucky enough, perhaps they’ll meet again to settle the score without as much slippage.