Ben VanSumeren isn’t going to complain about his sideline view for the Super Bowl. But he certainly had a better vantage point in mind. With defensive, offensive and special teams roles for the Philadelphia Eagles,

His special season was capped in Week 17 when he surpassed the 2,000-yard rushing mark and, although he fell just 101 yards shy of Eric Dickerson’s all-time single season record, Barkley’s debut campaign in Philly will go down in history as one of the best ever.

As we look ahead to Super Bowl 59 between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs this Sunday, it’s worth looking back upon their two distinctly different paths to New Orleans. For the Eagles, in particular, it was about re-instilling a quality sense of disciplined, smashmouth football.