It almost happened back in 1984, when cash strapped Eagles owner Leonard Tose, was on the verge of doing the unthinkable

SCOTT JACOBS

I read a story today, that somehow I had never seen before.  The Eagles almost went to Arizona.  Not for a week, not for a game.  For good. Let that resonate for a second.  Philadelphia without the Eagles? Could there be such a world?  Well, practically 25 years ago Eagles fans and the city alike was on the verge of finding out.

Just imagine: the Arizona Eagles.  Three years before the Cardinals moved to Phoenix, the Valley of the Sun was seeking an NFL team.  They practically found a match when Tose came close to selling a nice little piece of the team to Phoenix-based real-estate developer James Monaghan.  He started looking at high schools and homes in Phoenix, and supposedly had a hand shake deal in place.  But it never happened as you’ve obviously figured out by now, and Tose ended up selling his share of the team.  The rest as we like to say, is history.

But picture this crazy idea:

This week’s NFC title game between Arizona and Philadelphia could still have happened if the stars alligned in a completely different way then any of us could have imagined.  Yup, ESPN, SI, CBS, Fox, they all could have been covering the clash between the two teams.

Only it could’ve looked a little different.

Philadelphia Cardinals at Arizona Eagles anybody?  And you thought this NFC title game was strange!

Read the original Philadelphia Inquirer article here

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