There aren’t many Eagles around from the 2008 playoff run. Geoff Mosher wrote a good article about the 4 veterans who were key players on that team.
Cole, Herremans, Celek and Avant have combined for 486 regular-season games and 27 playoff games, all with the Eagles.
Cole is No. 2 on the franchise sack list, behind only icon Reggie White. Herremans has played more seasons (nine) than all but four other Eagles offensive linemen in team history. Avant has played the fifth-most games by a wide receiver in team history and Celek’s 312 catches are second all-time by an Eagles tight end behind Pete Retzlaff.
Amazingly, Avant was the highest-drafted of the core four, and he went 109th overall in the fourth round of the 2006 draft.
Because of age, position depth or salary cap figure, none of those four is guaranteed to be back in 2014, which makes this somewhat of a final hurrah for them. It’s also why the team’s 3-5 record back in October weighed a little heavier on them.
“All along we wanted to get into the playoffs and make some noise,” Herremans said. ”We thought if we could get in, we could make some noise. It means a lot. Definitely [had] gone through some tough years. That’s behind us now. We’ve just got to keep looking forward.”
I hope those guys get to experience some more postseason joy.
If any if you Eagles fans want to see the Lombardi trophy all you need to do is drive up the NJ turnpike. We have 4 of them. We will lend you one. Just another year where you didn’t fly like your stupid song. It has to be tough being an Eagles fan. Even the Jets won a Super Bowl. Listen good things happen to good people. The people of Philly suck so that’s why you lose.
Sincerely,
The New York Giants fan base