As Super Bowl LII Approaches, Twitter Reflects on the NFL Season

Tom Brady was mentioned more than 3 million times from Sept. 7 through Jan. 22

Loved, hated, respected, but definitely not ignored: New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was the most mentioned National Football League player during the 2017 season, at more than 3 million mentions.

The Patriots will take on the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LII Feb. 4, and despite suffering a season-ending injury Dec. 10, Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz finished second behind Brady, with some 2 million mentions.

The most-tweeted-about moments (measured in tweets per minute) for the National Football Conference Eagles this season were:

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