Football, more than any other sport depends on an extra player. This 12th player is always on the field and frequently is a major factor in who wins and who loses. Strangely enough in a game of manly men, the additional player is a lady and her name is luck. And as everybody knows this lady is very fickle. Lady Luck loves the Patriots much of the time: She certainly did in the 2017 Super Bowl. But this year Lady Luck became an Eagles fan. She helped the Eagles quarterback catch a pass while knocking the ball from Tom Brady's hands when he had a chance to make an important reception. She stuck her nose in where it wasn't wanted twice during key kicks, once on an extra point try and once on a failed field goal. Lady Luck gives and she takes - in the 2018 Super Bowl she took much more from the Pats game than she gave and ultimately that was why the Eagles won.
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With that said, I must add that the Eagles won Super Bowl 52 because they played great, not because of good luck. But I also think it's fair to say that the Patriots lost because of bad luck.
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