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.

Nick Sirianni never coached alongside Andy Reid, but the two share a bond as coaches who have led the Eagles to a Super Bowl. Reid managed to make only one in 14 seasons with the Eagles, while Sirianni is already in his second in Year 4.

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,