The Giants needed a win and some help in Detroit to keep their Super Bowl defense alive. The Eagles were simply eager to end a season that had devolved into a 4-11 mess, hoping to avoid an 11th loss in the final 12 weeks. Reid brought a little friend with him — the Super Bowl ring he’d earned as an assistant for the Packers back in 1996.

The Minnesota Star Tribune’s Mark Craig was talking with Brad Childress a couple of years ago before the Kansas City Chiefs would play Philadelphia in the Super Bowl in Glendale, Ariz. There had been mild speculation that Andy Reid,

Fire Andy” chants echoed throughout the stands in Philadelphia during Andy Reid’s final season coaching the Eagles in 2012.