If you're like me, whenever you're watching an NFL game that doesn't involve the Eagles, you're on high alert for any former Eagles you might spot out there.
No matter how obscure.
It usually goes something like this:
"Whoa, nice catch, Damaris Johnson!!!"
"Holy crap, who are you throwing to, Matt Barkley?!"
"Damn, Joe Mays is still in the league???"
Last weekend we took a look at 10 obscure Eagles who became great players and 10 great players who became obscure Eagles.
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Today, we've got 10 obscure Eagles who went on to win Super Bowl rings with other teams!
Every Eagles fan knows that Eagles greats like Reggie White, Seth Joyner, Evan Mathis and Keith Jackson won a Super Bowl after leaving Philly.
We were looking for the guys nobody remembers. The guys where you say, "He won a Super Bowl? I didn't even know he was still in the league!"
The more obscure the better!
John Hudson
With the Eagles: Hudson spent 1990 on the Eagles' practice squad and then became the long snapper from 1991 through 1995. He was a center by trade but never played center in a regular-season game.
The Super Bowl: Hudson went on to long snap for four years with the Jets and then finished his career as the long snapper with the Ravens in 2000. The final game of his 11-year career was the Ravens' 34-7 win over the Giants in Super Bowl XXXV in Tampa.
Interesting Stat: Hudson's 131 career games played without a start was 4th-most in the decade of the 1990s among non-kickers.
Jordan Norwood
With the Eagles: Norwood, a training camp favorite, played one game for the Eagles in 2009 — a win over the Falcons at the Georgia Dome.
The Super Bowl: After being released by the Eagles, Norwood played five years with the Browns and Broncos. He was the punt returner and got some reps at wide receiver in Denver's 24-10 win over the Panthers in Super Bowl 50 in Santa Clara, Calif., after the 2015 season.
Interesting Stat: Norwood set a Super Bowl record that still stands when he returned a Brad Nortman punt 61 yards to set up a Brandon McManus field goal.
Bobbie Williams
With the Eagles: Williams was a disastrous 2nd-round pick, starting only 12 games before getting released in 2004 training camp.
The Super Bowl: Eight years after leaving the Eagles, Williams found himself reunited with John Harbaugh with the Ravens as a 36-year-old backup guard. He played seven special teams snaps in the Ravens' 34-31 win over the 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans. It was the last game of his career.
Interesting Stat: During the 7-year period from 2004 through 2010, Williams started 109 games. Only Alan Faneca (112) and Leonard Davis (110) started more.
Steve Neal
With the Eagles: Neal, who never played college football, was in training camp with the Eagles in 2001 and began the year on the practice squad.
The Super Bowl: The Patriots signed Neal off the Eagles' practice squad in December of 2001 and he went on to start 81 games over the next eight years and started on the Patriots' 2004 and 2007 Super Bowl teams.
Interesting Stat: Neal beat Brock Lesnar to win the 1999 NCAA heavyweight wrestling title, his second straight NCAA title.
Sean Morey
With the Eagles: Morey played 19 games on special teams in 2001 and 2003.
The Super Bowl: Morey signed with the Steelers in 2004 and played in two Super Bowls, winning a ring after the 2005 season when the Steelers beat the Seahawks 21-10 in Super Bowl XL in Detroit.
Interesting Stat: Morey was a receiver by trade but only caught 11 passes in his career, the 2nd-fewest in NFL history by a WR who played at least 100 games. But his 62-yarder from Kurt Warner against the 49ers was the Cards' longest reception in 2007.
Torrance "Tank" Daniels
With the Eagles: Got called up from the practice squad and played six games in 2006, mainly on special teams. Was released the next summer.
The Super Bowl: Started 2007 on the Giants' practice squad and was called up on Nov. 28, just in time for the stretch run and the playoffs. Played in all four postseason games, including Super Bowl XLII, when the Giants beat the Patriots 17-14 in Glendale, Ariz.
Interesting Stat: Daniels rejoined the Eagles in 2008 and was on the team that lost to the Cards in the NFC Championship Game, which means he played in consecutive NFC title games for different teams, and had back-to-back seasons that ended in the playoffs in University of Phoenix Stadium.
Jeff Wilkins
With the Eagles: Wilkins was the Eagles' kickoff specialist for six weeks weeks in 1994 but never attempted a field goal.
The Super Bowl: He spent the next 13 seasons kicking for the Rams and 49ers and made three field goals in the 1999 Rams' 23-16 win over the Titans in Super Bowl XXXIV at the Georgia Dome.
Interesting Stat: Wilkins made 26 of 36 career attempts from 50 yards or more, and his 72 percent accuracy from 50-plus is 4th-highest in NFL history.
Kyle Arrington
With the Eagles: Was on the Eagles' practice squad for eight days in 2008 before a seven-year career mostly with the Patriots.
The Super Bowl: Started 60 games for the Patriots between 2010 and 2014 and was a starting cornerback in New England's 28-24 win over the Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX after the 2014 season in Glendale, Ariz. One of eight one-time Eagles defensive backs who won a Super Bowl with the Patriots (Je'Rod Cherry, Asante Samuel, Otis Smith, Eric Rowe, Patrick Chung, Matt Stevens, Ellis Hobbs).
Interesting Stat: Arrington had seven interceptions in the first 10 games of 2011. He only had two interceptions in 92 other career games.
Sean Considine
With the Eagles: Considine was a special teamer and spot starter in his four years with the Eagles before spending time with the Jaguars, Panthers, Cards and Ravens in an eight-year career.
The Super Bowl: Considine's secondary coach in 2007 was John Harbaugh, and Harbs brought Considine to Baltimore in 2012 and he was a huge part of the Ravens' special teams during the postseason run, playing an astounding 100 of a possible 123 special teams snaps and — like Williams — finishing his career in the 34-31 win over the 49ers.
Interesting Stat: Williams and Considine were among seven players on that 2012 Ravens Super Bowl championship team that also played with the Eagles. Corey Graham, Cary Williams, Dannell Ellerbe, Torrey Smith and Haloti Ngata were also on Baltimore's roster.
Mitch Berger
With the Eagles: The Eagles drafted Berger in the 6th round of the 1994 draft out of Colorado . When he was averaging just 38.0 yards per punt after five games, they and released him on Oct. 10, replacing him with Bryan Barker.
The Super Bowl: Berger then played 14 more years, made two Pro Bowls and averaged 42.9 yards per punt for his career. Late in his career, he spent a season with the Steelers and it happened to be 2008, when the Steelers beat the Cards 27-23 in Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa. Berger averaged 46.3 yards on three punts in the Super Bowl.
Interesting Stat: Berger is one of seven former Eagle punters to play in a Super Bowl. Max Runager, Sean Landeta, Mike Horan, Lee Johnson, Ruck Tuten and Jeff Feagles are the others. Runager, Berger, Feagles, Horan and Landeta (twice) each won.
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