My entire life as a Philadelphia Eagles fan—indeed, my entire life—has been punctuated by an all-too-familiar, smug question: “How many Lombardi Trophies have the Eagles won?” Variations of this question abound. “How many Super Bowls?” “How many rings?” We get it. The asker has always known the answer. Until early 2018, it was a big, fat zero. These questions were never sincere. They were wielded like weapons, meant to end arguments, induce embarrassment, or assert superiority. No matter how good a season the Eagles were having—or how disastrous things looked for their rivals—the simple truth that the Eagles hadn’t won a Super Bowl rendered all other achievements irrelevant in the eyes of the interrogator. Fast forward to today. A full season and one preseason removed from the Eagles’ first Super Bowl victory, I can say this with all sincerity: I never needed that t...