Philadelphia Eagles, NFL’s latest underdog
The Philadelphia Eagles won their game against the Vikings, pushing them to Super Bowl LII. After the victory in their second to last playoff game against the Atlanta Falcons, offensive tackle Lane Johnson and defensive end Chris Long celebrated by putting on a German Shepherd mask to symbolize the underdogs. Johnson wore the German Shepherd mask during the postgame after the Eagles took their win. Tight end Zach Ertz explains that the whole idea surfaced during the Eagle’s pregame meal the Friday night before they played the Falcons.
Soon after the uprising of the underdogs, Johnson made a t-shirt showing himself and Long wearing German Shepherd masks. Since the release of the t-shirts, Johnson has promised that 100% of the proceeds will go to the Fund for the School District of Philadelphia. The shirts have done $100,000 in sales. The Official NFL Shop released their own underdog t-shirts that shows a german shepherd wearing an Eagles dark green collar with four spikes.
After the NFL released their own underdog shirts on January 22, 2018, Long and Johnson both started to call out the Official NFL Shop for not giving the proceeds to The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia. Long tweeted, “Hey @NFL you should donate the proceeds to charity like we did.” On the same day, Johnson tweeted, “So how much $ is going to @fundPHLschools?” The next day, Long revealed the information over twitter that, “The @NFL is generously donating 100% of the proceeds from this underdog shirt to @fundPHLschools ! @Eagles fans check them out!!”
