Super Bowl LII. This was to be the crowning moment for Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. After not getting off to the greatest starts to a season that many had picked the Pats to go undefeated, they righted the ship after a rough September and entered the post season with home field advantage throughout. Once again, the AFC’s path to the big game would go through Foxboro.

On the NFC side, after losing Wentz in week 13 no one expected Philly to be here. Nick Foles was a journeyman that had recently considered retirement. Many thought Philly’s hopes and dreams would be dashed again. But they had something to say about that.

The Pats ran over Tennessee and were tested by Jacksonville, but they were once again in the Super Bowl attempting to repeat and win their 6th overall, tying the Steelers.

The Eagles were underdogs in both their playoff matchups, but outlasted the Dirty Birds from Atlanta and knocked the stuffing out of the Vikings and their dreams of being the first team to play a Super Bowl home game.

Just like last year’s game, New England started slow and trailed Philly by 10 at the half. But we’d all seen this movie before. All of Brady’s Super Bowl wins have been 4th quarter comebacks, so we were expecting this to be no different.

In the 3rd quarter the Pats began to surge as Brady threw TDs to Gronk and Hogan to cut the lead to 3. As the fourth quarter came upon us, the only question was when Philly’s hearts would be ripped from their bodies. The two teams went back and forth with Philly getting a field goal and Brady getting the go ahead TD from Gronk to take a 1-point lead at 33-32. Then Foles connected with Ertz to put Philly up again.

But it wasn’t over. There were still 2-minutes remaining and Tom Terrific had the ball. But the Eagles weren’t intimidated. Brady was matriculating down the field when Brandon Graham was able to strip-sack Brady allowing the Eagles to recover the ball and kick a FG to go up 41-33.

With less than a minute on the clock the Pats still had a chance. Brady got them to mid field and heaved a desperation Hail Mary that fell helplessly to the turf.

This game featured 1,151 yards of total offense between both teams, only 2 turnovers, and just 1 sack. It was an offensive explosion that was well played by both teams with a minimum amount of penalties.

In a losing effort, Tom Brady threw for 505 yards and 3 TDs. That’s a winning stat line in most cases. Nick Foles threw for 373 yards, 3 TDs and even 1 TD reception becoming the first player in SB history to both throw for and catch a TD in a SB game.

With its ebbs and flows, and offensive fireworks, this could go down as one of the greatest Super Bowl games ever played.