Saints deal Eagles the worst loss ever for a defending Super Bowl champion

November 19, 2018

Alvin Kamara’s comments to Bleacher Report over the summer, when he said the New Orleans Saints would have “beat the s*** out of” the Philadelphia Eagles had they met in the playoffs last season, were revisited again this past week.

Kamara’s comment doesn’t look so crazy now.

True, this isn’t the same Eagles team that won last season’s Super Bowl. That becomes more clear by the week. But the Saints treated the Eagles like an FCS non-conference opponent. The Saints are on an absolute roll, and they pummeled Philadelphia 48-7. The 41-point loss is the largest ever by a defending Super Bowl champion. The Eagles lost three games all last season by a combined 27 points.

The blowout included the Saints going for it on fourth-and-7, up 31 points in the fourth quarter, throwing deep to Kamara and hitting a touchdown. That might have been the low point of this underwhelming Eagles season.

New Orleans is a good team, one of the few top Super Bowl contenders this season. Sunday was an impressive, resounding victory. But it’s also true the Eagles have shown little interest in defending their title.

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Written by: Vipology Staff Writer

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