Finally, the Philadelphia Eagles have an All-Time Winning Record

It only took 91 years, two Lombardis, and enough heartbreak to fill the Delaware River, but the Eagles are finally on the right side of history.

For the first time ever, the Birds have an all-time winning record: 640-639-27.

It sounds insane when you think about it. This is a franchise with two Super Bowls, nine NFC Championship appearances, and 15 division titles, yet we spent most of our existence as a punching bag.

The Eagles lost their first-ever game 56-0 to the Giants. Imagine buying season tickets in 1933 and watching your team win a grand total of 18 games in its first 10 years.

The Andy Reid Era Changed Everything

The Andy Reid era saved the Eagles from permanent irrelevance. From 2000-2009, the Birds posted a .647 winning percentage. Four straight NFC Championship appearances. A Super Bowl berth. That run dug us out of the hole the first 60 years had left us in.

Since the turn of the century, the Eagles are 244-160-2. That’s elite. Even after Doug Pederson dropped a four-win stinker in 2020, Nick Sirianni has the Birds flying at a .634 clip so far in the 2020s. In fact, halfway through this decade, you can make a strong case this is the best run in franchise history and it doesn’t feel close to slowing down.

Thoughts And Prayers to the Generation Before Us

The 1980s? A measly .507 winning percentage. One Super Bowl appearance where the Birds managed all of 10 points. No wonder Sports Talk Radio callers are the worst people on planet earth. The best they had was Randall Cunningham highlight reels and Buddy Ryan blitzes that never translated to January success.

The Golden Era of Eagles Football

Shoutout to the millennials. We have witnessed a ton of NFC Championship games and a Super Bowl appearance before graduating high school. That was solid enough but now we have kids today in diapers holding two Lombardi trophies. It’s a completely different reality. What was once a lifetime of misery is now a cycle of Broad Street greased pole celebrations every couple years.

If you were an Eagles fan from 1980 to 1999, your experience was the equivalent of being a Chargers or Falcons fan today: flashes of talent, crushing playoff exits, and an embarrassing Super Bowl loss that defined the era.

Now the Eagles are the gold standard of the NFL.

Stacking Up Against Other Philly Teams

• Phillies: Still the losingest franchise in sports history at 10,296-11,387. They’d need divine intervention to climb out of that crater.
• Flyers: A respectable 2,206-1,608. Nearly 600 games over .500. Just don’t ask about the last 40 years.
• Sixers: 3,125-2,898. Slightly above .500 and praying Joel Embiid’s knees hold out.
• Union: A solid 202-140-183. Still young, still building.
• The Soul: One of the greatest dynasties Philly has ever seen. Two-time Arena Bowl champs. Finished over .600. Long live the Soul.

The Eagles have gone from NFL irrelevance to one of the league’s model franchises. From telegram rants to Sirianni hurling challenge flags like deep balls, it’s been a hell of a turnaround.

We’ll still find reasons to be miserable but for now, history is on our side. The Birds are winners and it feels damn good to say that.

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