The premise was similar to each of their previous road-playoff wins. 1. Get outplayed in the first half by the home team. 2. Force a TO on defense and have enough sputtering offense to keep it close. 3. Make half-time adjustments and take control in the 3rd quarter 4. Use feral defense late in the…
Last week, during their road-win over the Minnesota Vikings, the Philadelphia Eagles struggled offensively in the first half (especially against a good run defense), but rode an Assante Samuel INT-derived TD and a strong defensive effort to a slim lead at halftime. In the second half, Donovan McNabb and the Eagles offense got into gear…
So about a month ago, I stopped really writing about the Eagles. After a demoralizing loss to the Ravens, the Birdz were at 5-5-1. They’d benched Donovan McNabb after two really egregious performances. After “earning” a tie with the hapless Bengals, I wrote: On Sunday November 16th, we are finally able to put this Eagles…
Today is Donovan McNabb’s 32nd birthday. I can’t imagine it’s a very happy one. He was benched last week (first time in his career, though rightfully so) midway through the Eagles humiliating loss to the Ravens which was on the heels of a truly wretched performance versus the Bengals. Sidelined Donovan’s played his whole 10-year…
On Sunday November 16th, we are finally able to put this Eagles season to rest. The end came in the unexpected form of a 13-13 tie (yes, a tie) against the hapless (1-8) Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium. As someone that has truly appreciated all that the Andy Reid-Donovan McNabb Era has brought to…
In an immensely entertaining game, the Dallas Cowboys won their home opener on Monday night, beating the Philadelphia Eagles 41-37 in a barnburner of a game that had just about a little bit of everything. Kick-return for a touchdown? Check. T.O. big bomb for TD? Check. Half-a-dozen lead changes? Check. End-zone fumble resulting in TD?…
The Eagles looked as if they’d rolled the clock back a few years in their opening day 38-3 wipeout of the punchless St Louis Rams – looking like the team that won several consecutive division titles with an offense that moved like clockwork all day and a defense that confused and contained a poorly performing…
That’s right. I’m stating it here. The Philadelphia Eagles are the last place team that no one wants to play. Compared to their other last place brethren (below are the records and season point differential), the Birdz are a juggernaut. Philadelphia Eagles 8 8 36Houston Texans 8 8 -5Chicago Bears 7 9 -14Baltimore…
In this most confusing of recent Eagles seasons, no game encapsulates the “what might have been” better than today’s 38-23 thumping of the New Orleans Saints at the Superdome. Going into the game, the Saints were still seeking that elusive last playoff spot in the NFC, the Eagles were not. Easy formula – the team…
As the Eagles’ national prominence has declined with this sub-par season, I’ve noticed their increasing absence from “national” slots in the broadcast schedule (1). This week was no exception – the Chargers were the only game on in the late set of games. It wasn’t a very thrilling game to watch (the Bolts annihilated the…
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