PHILADELPHIA — Inside the practice bubble at the NovaCare Complex, taking up the entire wall behind one of the end zones, is a wide-angle photograph from what was, in all likelihood, the game that featured the loudest moment at Lincoln Financial Field.
The photo is from the 2018 NFC championship game, and it spans to show the Eagles and Vikings on the field and most of the crowd in the stands. With 6 minutes, 38 seconds left in the first quarter that night, with the Eagles down seven points, Patrick Robinson intercepted a pass by Case Keenum. As Robinson wound and weaved his way to a 50-yard touchdown return, the sound swelled and crashed like thunder, and Fox’s cameras cut to a quick but telling shot of a stadium full of fans jumping in place and screaming like Rocky Balboa atop a mountain in Russia.
“It was just electric,” defensive tackle Fletcher Cox said. “I’ve been telling a lot of the guys, ‘If you think the stadium was loud last week, just wait until Sunday.’ We’ve got to keep the crowd in it the entire game because we’re going to need it.”
