LANDOVER, Md. — As the percussive horns of Stevie Wonder’s “Sir Duke” filled the air, Philadelphia Eagles coach Nick Sirianni made the rounds in the visitors’ locker room at Northwest Stadium.
Wearing a black T-shirt with the words “Been there, won that,” Sirianni offered hand clasps and back slaps to his players after they had done something no NFC East team had in two decades: win a second consecutive division title.
“Gets better and better each time,” running back Saquon Barkley said as he walked through the scene Saturday night.
The Eagles had also been the most recent repeaters in the NFC East, winning consecutive division titles from the 2001 to the 2004 season. The gap between then and now without a repeat was the longest for any division in NFL history.
This was not a terrific performance by the reigning Super Bowl champions, from a fumble on the opening kickoff to a pair of penalties on the tush push to three wide-left field-goal tries to a halftime deficit.