The Eagles started the season in impressive fashion last term before losing six of their last seven matches to miss out on a shot at the Lombardi trophy but the coach thinks the adversity set his team up for their successful championship campaign this time around - which was earned with a dominant 40-22 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs.

Sirianni said: "I look back on last year and how last year ended and I'm grateful. As crazy as this sounds, I'm grateful how last year ended because it shaped us to who we are today [with] the adversity of the beginning of the year and the adversity through the season, through injuries, through ups and downs, through everything.

"I think that when you embrace adversity, it does something to you, right? It does something to you personally, right? Each and every individual on that football team, the adversity does something to you, and it does something to you as a football team as well. So, our guys, I think that could be the biggest attribute. They worked their butts off to connect."

The Eagles performed fantastically in Sunday's (09.02.25) game and Sirianni explained that he emphasised the importance of strength and unity in his brief address to the players before the Super Bowl.

He said: "My job is not to inspire them. It's just more to just remind them of the things they already know, and I keep it really short. I talk a lot all during the week so before the game, it pretty much is consistent. Week 1, Week 37, whatever, we're on 'Tough, detailed, together'. That's our core value. That's what we talk about. And the toughest team wins, usually the most detailed team wins, usually the team the most together wins."