This week in Philly history, Nick Foles leads the Eagles to their first Super Bowl victory

There was the overlooked quarterback, the underestimated head coach, and the demoted general manager, all of whom banded together to form the foundation of Philadelphia’s first Super Bowl-winning team.

The 2017-18 Eagles embodied the spirit and the persona and the bite of their hometown. A team of dog-mask wearers that hit hard and absorbed adversity and fought back. A team that played as if it had nothing to lose.

“This entire organization was a bunch of men driven to accomplish something,” said Jason Kelce, delivering his victory-parade speech dressed as a Mummer. “You’re a bunch of underdogs!”

The Philadelphia Eagles won their first Lombardi Trophy on Feb. 4, 2018, by defeating the mighty New England Patriots in Minneapolis.

Won by a team put together by general manager Howie Roseman, who had been pushed aside by the previous head coach but returned with something to prove.

He built that 2017-18 Eagles squad on the backs of players who were called old and undersized and washed up. Who critics said couldn’t catch and couldn’t cover and didn’t have what it took to win in the NFL.

Which brings us to backup quarterback Nick Foles, who was called into service after the Eagles' MVP-candidate quarterback tore up his knee.

Foles had played spectacularly in 2013, but injuries and misfortune led to a 2015 trade and a subsequent release. And along the way he had lost the swagger he’d shown in Philly.

But he found his footing again upon his return and, when pressed into service, led the Eagles to the Super Bowl against the Patriots dynasty.

And he took it to them, leading the Eagles on two touchdown drives in the first two quarters in collaboration with his head coach and offensive play caller, Doug Pederson.

When Pederson was hired, one pundit called it the worst coaching hire of that mid-2010s cycle. He was dismissed as nothing more than a career assistant.

And it was this pair, Foles and Pederson, who collaborated on one of the most famous plays in Super Bowl history.

Just before the half, facing fourth down at the goal line, Foles asked Pederson for the Philly Special. Instead of throwing the touchdown as the quarterback, Foles ran into the end zone and caught the touchdown as the receiver, which caught the Patriots off guard and cemented the play in Philadelphia lore.

At the end of the game, defender Brandon Graham, a guy critics said was drafted too high, stripped the ball from Patriots quarterback Tom Brady’s grasp, which put the finishing touches on an upset for the ages and solidified the Eagles' win over the Patriots, 41-33.

Together proving that a group of underdogs could top the top dogs.