{"id":716511,"date":"2026-01-30T12:49:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T12:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/716511\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T12:49:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T12:49:13","slug":"espns-30-for-30-revisits-the-philly-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/716511\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN&#8217;s &#8217;30 for 30&#8242; revisits the Philly Special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nick Foles walked to the sideline during a timeout with 38 seconds left in the first half of Super Bowl LII, looked at Doug Pederson and said: \u201cPhilly Philly?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pederson hesitated. Fourth-and-goal from the 1-yard line. Eagles up 15-12. Patriots getting the ball to start the second half. The conservative play \u2014 kick a field goal, take the points \u2014 made sense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah,\u201d Pederson finally said. \u201cLet\u2019s do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eight years later, ESPN is bringing together everyone involved in that moment. The network <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/K1SAoyNFDT8?si=a9Rqk3KfcbDFsqMb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">released the\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/K1SAoyNFDT8?si=a9Rqk3KfcbDFsqMb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">trailer<\/a> on Thursday for \u201cThe Philly Special,\u201d a 30 for 30 documentary about the trick play that swung the 2018 Super Bowl. The film premieres Feb. 6 at 9 p.m. ET, two days before the Patriots and Seahawks meet in Super Bowl LX.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Angela Zender and Shannon Furman and produced by NFL Films, the documentary reunites Pederson with the four players who touched the ball: Jason Kelce, Corey Clement, Trey Burton, and Foles. It also features ESPN\u2019s Sal Paolantonio, former Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins, former coach Chip Kelly, owner Jeffrey Lurie, then-offensive coordinator Frank Reich, and media voices Kyle Brandt, Angelo Cataldi, and Ray Didinger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody loves the Rocky movies, but they were fiction,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/espnpressroom.com\/us\/press-releases\/2026\/01\/espn-films-latest-30-for-30-the-philly-special-to-premiere-february-6\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zender said<\/a>. \u201cThe amazing thing about The Philly Special is that it\u2019s a real-life Rocky story. A group of five underdogs went up against the greatest dynasty in NFL history and pulled off an upset worthy of Hollywood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kelce snapped directly to Clement, who ran left and pitched to Burton. Burton \u2014 recruited to Florida as a quarterback with 17 passing attempts in college \u2014 threw across the formation to Foles, who was wide open in the end zone. Touchdown.<\/p>\n<p>Foles became the first player to throw and catch a touchdown in Super Bowl history. Tom Brady tried a nearly identical trick play earlier in the game but couldn\u2019t haul it in. He <a href=\"https:\/\/awfulannouncing.com\/fox\/tom-brady-super-bowl-losses-philly-special-patrick-mahomes.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">still hears \u201cPhilly Special!\u201d from Eagles fans<\/a> when he visits the City of Brotherly Love.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI grew up an Eagles fan, so The Philly Special has been a dream project,\u201d Furman added. \u201cThere\u2019s no doubt fans will enjoy reliving the Eagles\u2019 first Super Bowl as much as I did.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nick Foles walked to the sideline during a timeout with 38 seconds left in the first half of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":716512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[40540,13284,7,4202,5341,44087],"class_list":["post-716511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-30-for-30","tag-doug-pederson","tag-football","tag-jason-kelce","tag-nick-foles","tag-philly-special"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115984142160985727","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=716511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/716512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=716511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=716511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=716511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}