4 New Orleans Travel Tips For Eagles Fans Going To SB59

If you are heading to New Orleans for Super Bowl 59 let me assure you that you have made an excellent choice! I can tell you that New Orleans is my favorite city to visit for this event. I’ve been blessed enough to cover almost 20 of these events over the course of my career. No city is better at hosting parties of this magnitude. You are in for a treat.

The food, the venues, and the parties will be legendary. There are things that you need to be thinking about now BEFORE you travel. Take my advice, plan ahead and know that you are going to be loving every minute of it.

There are so many great places to eat in the French Quarter. You will hear about them. You can read all of these reviews online and your stomach will start grumbling. It’s the absolute best, second-to-none dining experience ever surrounding sports. The problem is if you wait until you arrive in the Crescent City you will be out of luck.

Go to Open Table or make phone calls now! My personal favorites are GW FINS and MR. B’s BISTRO. In my opinion, GW FINS is the best seafood restaurant in the entire country. I never visit the city without going there. MR. B’s is for you to immerse yourself in the Cajun dining experience.

If you want to try beignets you must go to Cafe Dumonde. It’s fantastic and iconic. I don’t drink coffee but I hear that it is very strong! I’m taking Andrew to ACME OYSTER HOUSE for his first meal on Tuesday night. You may have a wait but I would suggest that it is worth it. Brennan’s is also a must visit if you can get in! There are so many Po Boy sandwich options I suggest trying them all. Order a variety, cut them into thirds and share with the group!

There is no reason for you to rent a car if you are situated in the Quarter or Gardens areas. Take a ride share from the airport to the hotel and upon your return. You don’t want to pay the ridiculous parking fees at the hotels and traffic will be gridlock.

On the day after the Super Bowl, I am not joking when I say to get to the airport a MINIMUM of three hours before your flight. It will be an inefficient display of service. Don’t end up missing a flight because of it.

I’ve given you a variety of insights in the video with Andrew! Enjoy New Orleans!

The Eagles didn't just win on Sunday, they beat the Commanders down. A 32-point blowout of their decision rival, to punch their ticket to the Super Bowl. After a couple of truly stressful wins to get to the NFC Championship game, they did everyone a favor and made this one easy, and let the celebration begin early.

Related: Eagles Offense Quiets The Critics On Way To The Super Bowl

So much was made about their offense coming into the week. National pundits, and some local ones, swore up and down the Eagles offense was not good enough to win. The conversation was "how will the Eagles offense keep up with the rookie wonder Jayden Daniels?"

They answered that by scoring 8 TDs. 7 of which came on the ground, which some people, including Jeff Kerr, pointed out was more rushing TDs than the Cowboys had all season long.

Now they will have a chance to not only make history but also to prevent history. They face the Chiefs, who are going for the first-ever 3-peat in NFL history. The first win came two years ago, versus the Eagles. A rematch the Eagles have been waiting for. A chance at revenge against the team that crushed their dreams back in 2023.

But that game is 2 weeks away. There will be plenty of time to preview that game, break down the matchups, and talk about how they can stop Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid from accomplishing that goal. For now, let's enjoy that win a little more.

What stood out the most from this beatdown? Which players deserve the spotlight? It was one of the most impressive games in franchise history period. So let's break it down by the numbers to see how great it really was.

People made a big deal about how Jalen Hurts would handle the blitz. In fairness, the Eagles passing game seemed to have little answer when the Rams or Packers blitzed in the prior 2 games. With the Commanders being such a blitz-heavy team, it was fair to wonder how Hurts and the Eagles passing game would respond. 

They blitzed on 17 of his drop backs. He completed 10 of 16 passes for 141 yards. He averaged 8.8 yards per attempt. Only Mahomes handled the blitz better this weekend with a YPA of 12.5, albeit he was blitzed on only 6 drop backs. Josh Allen was blitzed on 10 drop backs and averaged 6.6 YPA, and Jayden Daniels was blitzed 9 times (but never saw more than a 4-man rush) and averaged 4.6 YPA on a 37.5 completion %. 

Hurts did not set the world on fire when blitzed or anything. But he made quick efficient decisions. He was sacked on one of those blitzes, but mostly because he was given no time at all to react. For the majority of the game, he handled the blitz and delivered a timely pass for positive yards. That is a credit to Hurt, and it is a credit to Kellen Moore for finally giving Hurts options when blitzed. He had that quick pass option to AJ brown, or to Dallas Goedert, or Saquon Barkley. It turns out that when you give Hurts the tools, he can handle the blitz perfectly well. People who paid attention knew that. people who didn't pay attention got a nice little surprise.

Quinyon Mitchell shut Terry McLaurin down the first time the two teams met. The next time McLaurin beat him for a TD. So who won the 3rd meeting? It is not even close. Quinyon in a landslide.

Yes, McLaurin did have that 1 long TD. But that came vs Darius Slay. When he floated over to Quinyon's side, he didn't have a hope of doing anything. McLaurin had 1 catch for 7 yards. Meaning Scary Terry had as many catches as Quinyon himself did after the interception late in the game. Quinyon also gave up 1 catch to Zach Ertz for 3 yards. Apart from that, the Commanders got nothing done on Quinyon's side of the field. Quinyonomo Bay was locked down tight. He is a rookie, and went into an NFC Championship game vs one of the more dynamic WRs in the league, and never blinked. 

Cooper DeJean by the way only gave up 32 yards on 5 catches. Slay had the one slip up, it happens to every corner, but otherwise gave up only 2 catches for 14 yards the rest of the way. The Eagles CB tandem is as good as it gets, despite featuring 2 rookies and 1 34-year-old. They say you can't trust old corners or rookie corners, but that is all the Eagles have and they are the best in the league at shutting down the passing game.

We talked about how good the Eagles' pass defense is, but how about the run defense? Jayden Daniels escaped a few times, racking up 48 yards on the ground, but the Commanders RBs didn't have a prayer all game long. Between Brian Robinson and Austin Ekler, they gained just 51 yards on 20 attempts. 2.55 yards per carry.

This is not a new thing. Opposing RBs average just 4.08 yards per carry this season. It is only 3.9 since the bye week. QBs can run on them a bit, but RBs don't have a chance. 

The Commanders had 58 dropbacks. The Eagles D-Line had 30 pressures. 8 from Jalen Carter, 4 from Milton Williams, Moro Ojomo, and Nolan Smith, 3 from Jordan Davis, 2 from Jalyx Hunt, Josh Sweat, and Bryce Huff, and 1 from Oren Burks. They did that while never sending more than 4 rushers. The few times they blitzed, they compensated by dropping someone else into coverage.

Jayden Daniels is a tough guy to bring down. He made people miss several times. but he was almost never comfortable in the pocket. And while he was poised for a rookie, it definitely took him off his game a bit. His YPA dropped from 6.1 when in a clean pocket, to 3.3 when under pressure. His QB rating dropped from 82.1 to 47.9. And they mostly did a good job of keeping contained while getting that pressure. They only got 3 sacks, but make no mistake, the Eagles D-Line dominated that game.

How good is the Eagles rushing game? So good it is more explosive than any team's passing game. The Eagles have 9 plays on the ground of more than 15 yards. They have 5 total runs, and 4 TD runs of more than 40 yards. There are only 9 pass plays period in this postseason of more than 40 yards. The Eagles run game, is the most explosive part of any offense. You usually don't talk about a run game being explosive, but the Eagles is. Teams need to leave a saftey back to stop the run. Because if you bring that saftey up, and Saquon gets into the second level, it is over. Same goes for Hurts, and apparently Will Shipley.

It is why it was always silly when people said the Eagles can't win by just running the ball. They can and have all season long. They showed on Sunday they can also throw it really well, but they could go in, run the ball, and win. Because sooner or later Saquon Barkley is going to break one and change the game. He did it on the Eagles first play on Sunday.