He may not be the greatest quarterback in Eagles history. Or maybe he is.

That is certainly a debate that will rage for an eternity when it comes to Nick Foles, or maybe at least until Carson Wentz is able to start and win a Super Bowl. Then it will be Wentz.

Right now, Foles is in the discussion with Wentz, Donovan McNabb, Ron Jaworski, and Randall Cunningham.

For me, it’s Foles at the top.

His body of work may not rival that of McNabb’s or Jaworski’s or Cunningham’s off-the-charts, thrill-a-minute style that often left us breathless, but Foles delivered the very first Super Bowl title in franchise history. He was a backup who beat a Hall of Famer in the Super Bowl.

Wentz got the Eagles home-field advantage, but it was Foles who landed a team that was wobbling after losing Wentz to injury, and brought this city a parade that will never be forgotten by anyone who was there or watched on it on television. Foles opened a floodgate of tears to grown men and women and had a fan base thinking of loved ones who didn’t live long enough to witness it.

That is what beating Tom Brady and the New England Patriots meant.

That is a moment that nobody – not McNabb, Jaworski, Cunningham or any other quarterback - in Eagles history could do.

That’s huge in my book.

There are those who will disagree, and that’s fine.

What cannot be disputed is that Foles is a Hall of Fame teammate. Even better, he is a better person.

He is back on the bench now, with Wentz being cleared medically to start Sunday’s game against the Indianapolis Colts, but he won’t be caught moping around the locker room or feeling sorry for himself.

“The competitor side of him is no doubt disappointed he won’t get to play, but everyone knows Nick is a unique person as well as a unique player and has the maturity to understand the role he is playing on the team,” said Colts coach and former Eagles offensive coordinator Frank Reich.

Foles will not turn his situation into whoa-is me. He won’t resist, makes wave, or create a division within the locker room.

“That is not who I am and not who I want to be,” said Foles during a locker room interview following Thursday’s practice. “I want my kids, my daughter, to be proud of their father and I focus on that in every decision I make.”

He admits it’s not easy to keep his ego from thinking about being the starter. He is human, after all.

But, like Reich said, Foles understands his role on the team. He knew from the start that this was Wentz’ team, and, even after being named Super Bowl LII MVP and getting this year’s team off to a 1-1 start, he continues to accept that.

“There are different ways to act in a situation and I’m just going to be who I am … just be true to who I am in my heart,” said Foles. “I want to be a great teammate. There’s going to be different feelings you feel because I am a competitor. You want to help your team win, but sometimes being a leader and being in a role you don’t always have to be on the field to do that.

“I can help the guys in the locker room, I can help the guys how I act in this situation where I go from starting games and playing a lot to scout team, helping our defense, helping the guys in the locker room, helping the younger guys develop, helping Carson prepare. You don’t have to be on field to be a leader. This is just a different role, but it’s a great role to be in and I want to attack and embrace it.”

Think about what he is saying. Here is a man who just lost something he loves very much – to be a starting quarterback in the NFL. And this is how he reacts.

Don’t think that attitude isn’t noticed by his teammates, the coaches, and anybody between them all the way up to owner Jeffrey Lurie.

“For really everyone involved from the outside looking in, it’s an interesting dynamic any time something like this happens,” said Wentz. “Obviously, Nick, with the success he had, Super Bowl MVP, we as an organization, myself included, we owe him a lot. He did some amazing things.

“So handling the transition, from the outside looking in, you might think it might be hard, it might be tough. But from Nick and my relationship, I stressed it throughout the offseason, we’re so close. First and foremost, we’re brothers in Christ, so we realize there’s a bigger picture. We realize there’s a lot more to it.”

Realizing it and accepting are two different things.

Foles has accepted it, and there can be no denying that makes him the kind of teammate you want on your side, whether or not you believe he is the greatest quarterback in Eagles history or not.