NEW ORLEANS – Amid the chaos and celebration that is Opening Night for Super Bowl LIX at Caesars Superdome on Monday night, with thousands of members of the media from around the world searching for their best viral moment, Eagles Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Lurie patiently and proudly answered questions for the better part of an hour on every range of topic.
What he circled back to more than once, as his Eagles make their fourth Super Bowl appearance since 2004, their third since 2017, and their second in three seasons, was the philosophy he’s had since buying the Eagles in 1994.
“I can only be as good as the people around me,” he said. “We want to be the best in every area of an organization and I have an obsession and a love affair with it. It’s always about rethinking things every week, every month, and being humble enough to know that you can even be better. That’s where we’re at now. We have a great roster, a real chance to win a World Championship again, and yet, there are all sorts of areas where we think we can improve.”
Lurie has always had a vision for the Eagles, one that started to take shape almost immediately in the 1990s. He wanted to be a powerhouse on the football field and a positive asset in the community empowering an organization of high-character, incredibly motivated people willing to think outside the boundaries to be great. To be the best.
Thirty-one seasons and more than 300 victories later, the Eagles are a model for all professional sports teams. It was easy to see that on this night, in this snapshot of the team: They are established in a downtown New Orleans hotel running a smooth operation because they have stars in every role that have all communications and technical aspects of the day-to-day football world working smoothly, and when the players had their hour with the media, they did so with joy. Safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson walked around the Superdome hugging all of the friends he made during his seasons with the Saints. Quarterback Jalen Hurts and tight end Dallas Goedert guffawed when one media person tossed a cookie to them at their interview podiums. The players thoroughly enjoyed the lunacy of the night – a showcase to the international power and appeal of the NFL.
Lurie has been a driving force in that regard in the league, and for the team he has that is one win away from a second Lombardi Trophy, it was time to discuss how his ownership has given birth to the best…
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