The Philadelphia Eagles are slowly becoming America's team

Football fans come in many varieties of course, but the past two years has seen a wave of interest in the Philadelphia Eagles and their coach (Kelly) and his training methods and game tactics. It emerges in the television broadcast – not just the announcers, who marvel at the rapid pace and broad variety of play selection on all three aspects of the game—but also the images repeatedly flashed on the screen.

Every time the opposition defense is shown in a close-up image they are breathing heavily and covered with sweat and the announcer usually quips ‘they are gassed’.  America, after all, still believes in hard work (with Philadelphia in bold print) and here we see every week how the team that works harder and smarter is grinding its way to weekly victories. Errors diminish each week, injuries heal, and there will always be a superstar in the opposition who overwhelms results; but the print and TV commentators have already jumped on the Chip Kelly bandwagon and my friends in other cities tune in the Eagles’ games by choice just to watch the pace.  ‘They just do not slow down’ is really refreshing.