Super Bowl 52 online streaming: How to watch Eagles vs. Patriots live online

It’s a rematch of Super Bowl 39, as the Philadelphia Eagles will collide with the New England Patriots for the Super Bowl 52 title in Minneapolis. Kickoff will be at approximately 6:30 p.m. ET on NBC (live stream via NBC or fubo.TV).

Philadelphia, the No. 1 seed in the NFC, is in the midst of a Cinderella-type season. It has one of the most explosive offenses in the NFL, and the defensive side of the ball can get after the quarterback. But quarterback Nick Foles will serve as the X-factor in this game. He’s done a great job of filling in for Carson Wentz, who suffered a season-ending ACL injury late in the season. However, he must prove that he can go toe-to-toe with Tom Brady.

The Patriots, the No. 1 seed in the AFC, will always have a potent offense with Brady at the helm. But the key to this game for New England is forcing turnovers. This defense only forced 18 turnovers in the regular season, good for 25th in the league. And it hasn’t created any turnovers in the postseason. The Eagles’ offense only coughed the ball up twice in the last two games, which is one of the big reasons why they are competing for the Super Bowl title.

Every fan base has its wahoos and crazies. But every fan base isn’t Philly. Every crew doesn’t rumble into another stadium 3,000 miles away and make it an extra home game. They don’t travel to Chicago just to interrupt a baseball game for a few seconds of “Eagles” chants. That being said, everyone doesn’t drive dune buggies up landmarks. We are a flawed people. Say what you will about Philly, and people like Poff will lean into it.

In preparation for the game, I decided to go back through the Patriots’ 2017 season and study the games in which they gave up the most points or yards. What I found was not all that surprising. Despite Patriots head coach Bill Belichick’s background on the defensive side of the ball, that unit struggled throughout the course of the season. According to Football Outsiders DVOA, the Patriots were 31st in the league on the defensive side of the ball — ranking 29th in yards per game and 31st in yards per play.

A lot has changed with both teams since that memorable game on Feb. 6, 2005. In fact, there are only a handful of players still in the league, while the rest have moved on to do other things with their lives. Let’s take a trip down memory lane and explore the biggest names from this game, along with where they are today.

When Lewis was a college recruit, he had few scholarship offers. He was 5’6 or 5’7 and didn’t have stand-out speed. Pitt started recruiting him in the summer of 2008, when Wannstedt started to think LeSean McCoy might turn pro after two college seasons. Jeff Hafley, then a Pitt assistant and now the 49ers’ secondary coach, found Lewis at Blair Academy in Blairstown, N.J. Wannstedt said he watched eight plays of Lewis’ tape, invited his family to campus, and offered him a scholarship immediately.