I overheard a couple of guys talking in a restaurant the other day, and they were talking about this weekend’s Super Bowl and one guy (he was in his mid-20s) trotted out, “Oh, the Super Bowl’s always a boring blowout…who cares?” And I thought this kid’s too young to remember what I think of as…
One thing that was odd about being on the road for three weeks and being very busy and distracted while we were in Virginia was that the end of the NFL season came and went without a chance to opine on it here. When I left, the Eagles had beaten the Giants to take control…
The City of Brotherly Love. This week, the Philadelphia Eagles organization announced that they’d extended head coach Andy Reid’s contract three more years (which would take him through the 2013 seasons). If Big Red makes it through that, he will have coached the Eagles for 15 straight seasons. A remarkable achievement really – only 12…
Following up yesterday’s look at the NFC, I wanted to take a look at the AFC, where I think the picture is much more wide open. With Atlanta being taken out by-and-large by injuries, the NFC is really about 7 teams trying to fill 6 spots – the AFC, by contrast has 10 legit teams…
The NFL season has reached its ¾ mark and is heading down the homestretch for the playoffs. So, this seems like as good as time as any to review the teams that look to have a shot at the playoffs. For this analysis, I didn’t only look at the record, but also tried to assess…
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…
As well as Mello and I get along here in vox-land, we were squarely in opposing cheering sections today as the Philadelphia Eagles traveled to Minnesota to face the NFC North champion Vikings in a Wild-Card playoff match-up. As an Eagles fan, it was a tense game. Even with the Eagles leading (16-14) in the…
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…
There I was, torn. I had been sort of half-heartedly rooting for the Giants in last night’s fantastic Super Bowl game. At the end of the 3rd quarter, the Patriots led 7-3 in what had been an entertaining defensive struggle. I was happy for the Giants – they were working hard, their defense keeping the…
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