Nick Foles made some news on Thursday morning with the announcement that the former Super Bowl-winning quarterback is retiring after 11 seasons in the league. Ari Meirov of The 33rd Team is reporting that Nick Foles will officially be retiring on Week 2 on Monday Night Football against the Atlanta Falcons during the Philadelphia Eagles’ home opener.
This is going to be an emotional night as Nick Foles was able to take the number-one seed in the NFC to the Super Bowl. The team was not expected to do too much with their backup quarterback under center as the starter, Carson Wentz, suffered a torn ACL late in the regular season. Nick Foles would keep the team going as they would defeat the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Divisional Round 15-10, the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC Championship Round 38-7, and the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII 41-33.
It may be one of the more improbable runs to a championship ever but Nick Foles and the “Philly Special” are memorialized in a statue outside of The Linc. This is one last time for the Philadelphia Eagles fanbase to say thank you to the quarterback that has given them their first and only Super Bowl victory up to this point.
How will Nick Foles be remembered as a Philadelphia Eagle?
Nick Foles is not going to be remembered for his 29-29 overall record as a starting quarterback in the NFL or for the 2013 season in which he made the Pro Bowl and led the league in TD percentage (8.5), yards per attempt (9.1) and quarterback rate (119.2). Instead, he is going to be remembered for his second run in Philly and hoisting the Lombardi Trophy.
People forget that he signed as a free agent that offseason with a two-year contract to be the backup quarterback and did great as he had an 11:3 touchdown-to-interception ratio in the final three regular season games and three postseason games combined, including only being sacked seven times in six games.
Foles is a folk hero to the Eagles fanbase and they will get one more chance to officially send him off into the sunset, something they weren’t really able to do as he joined the Jacksonville Jaguars, Chicago Bears and Indianapolis Colts after his second stint in Philly.
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