I'll keep this rather brief since I'm on mobile, but i feel that the Eagles against the Jaguars would have given fans what they needed for a more entertaining football game. Dynasties drive sports. They either vilify teams. I.e. the patriots. Or they honor them as class acts. I.e. the Spurs. The Pats are in my eyes probably one of if not the most dominant team in most recent years. If memory serves me correctly, they haven't won less than ten games in 18 years? That's insane, the browns would kill for just ONE 10 win season. Sure the absence of the greatest quarterback we will ever see won't be playing and a big dent in viewership might occur, but it would be a nice breath of fresh air for a few reasons. The Jaguars are a great underdog story in and of themselves. Despite a 10 win season, I feel like this team played even better and is absolutely loaded with talent. The sky is the limit with potential. If Bortles was more consistent and less volatile at throwing picks, who knows how good they'd be. Jalen Ramsey will be a force to be reckoned with on defense in the years to come. On top of that, the Jags only won 3 games the year before. A super bowl berth would surely gather fans to a team that has never experience a national spotlight before. The Eagles on the other have had experience with the super bowl before. McNabb, Owens, and Westbrook were really something fun to watch. This team is tricky, because my opinion would actually have been IN FAVOR of a Pats v. Eagles game had Carson Wentz stayed healthy. His stellar season was taken from him too soon. If Wentz was never injured, i think an Eagles v Pats would be perfect. But now I feel like Brady is going to cruise to another super bowl. Where's the excitement in that? My point to this whole thing is that the best teams who are equal in strength to each other should play each other. I'm not saying the two best teams in each conference shouldn't be in the Super Bowl. The game is better most of the time when both teams are equal in strength. The only exceptions I would note would be the first Broncos vs Seahawks an equal strength gave that resulted in a blowout and the 07 pats vs giants helmet catch game that was viewed as a lopsided game but was entertaining as hell. Change my view
The Jaguars versus the Eagles would have been a better super bowl for the fans