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“View from the Philly Pressbox” – FOR THE EAGLES THIS IS THE WEEK!!!

December 6th, 2013 by Philly Pressbox | Comments Off on “View from the Philly Pressbox” – FOR THE EAGLES THIS IS THE WEEK!!! | Filed in Eagles, Football, General

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The Philadelphia Eagles have run off four victories in a row, however, there is no bigger game in the season to date than this weeks matchup against the Detroit lions at Lincoln Financial Field. Here’s why this is a must win for The Birds:

  • The Eagles are presently 7-5 and sitting in the #7 playoff position making them the first team on the outside looking in.
  • The Eagles must gain at least one game on the Cowboys prior to the final week showdown in Dallas. As it stands now, Dallas wins the tiebreaker even if the Eagles beat them.
  • Detroit will be the toughest opponent remaining on the Eagles schedule.
  • An Eagles loss to a Detroit Lions team, that is presently in 1st place in the NFC North, would be difficult to overcome especially if the Cowboys beat the Chicago Bears.
  • The Eagles have the Lions followed by the Bears and Minnesota Vikings while the Cowboys have the Bears, Green Bay Packers and the lowly Washington Redskins remaining.

So what’s the good news?

  • The Eagles are the hottest team in the NFL other than Seattle and Carolina.
  • The Eagles have a 1000 yard rusher, LeSean McCoy, 1088, a 1000 yard receiver, DeSean Jackson, 1021, and a QB, Nick Foles, that has thrown 19 TD’s with 0 interceptions.
  • The Eagles defense has allowed just 102 points over the last 6 games.
  • Dallas is 11-16 in December with Tony Romo as the starting QB.
  • Aaron Rodgers should be back for the December 15 game between the Packers and the Cowboys in Dallas. The Cowboys are 5-1 at home, however the Packers are a completely different team with Rodgers.
  • The Bears will start Josh McCown against Dallas. McGown has done a nice job replacing Jay Cutler. Cutler may be ready to go the following week against the Eagles.

The bottom line:

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2011-12 NFL Preview: NFC North

September 3rd, 2011 by Scott Dargis | 1 Comment | Filed in Football, General

The NFC North is on the verge of becoming one of the most competitive divisions in football. We all know what the Packers did last season, but remember that the Bears finished with the second best record in the NFC. While it may have been somewhat of a fluke year in which everything just goes your way, the Bears still had to go out and win those games. The Detroit Lions found out that they have the next great defensive player in Ndamukong Suh, but also found themselves with an injured starting QB for most of the season. The Minnesota Vikings had a year that the front office would like to forget as quickly as possible. I will give them credit though, the last two weeks of the season saw no Brett Favre and helped Leslie Frazer prove that he is ready to lead this team back to contendersville.

Green Bay Packers

The Packers come into this season with the goal of repeating as world champions. There has been very few teams that have been able to repeat as Super Bowl champions, the last team to do so was the 05 New England Patriots. Last year the Packers were constantly having to deal with injuries across the board. Aaron Rodgers proved that he was an elite quarterback. He did this with very little help from the rushing game in the regular season. James Starks did emerge during their playoff run. Rodgers showed his ability to not only throw the ball on a dime while under pressure, but doing so to all of the targets at his disposal. Mix that with a healthy Jermichael Finley and the offense becomes even more dangerous than it was last season.

Defensively the Packers return almost all of their starters. DT Cullen Jenkins departed for Philadelphia. This is an overall unit that is overflowing with talent. Up front B.J Raji, Clay Mathews, Ryan Picket are downright studs and in the secondary the ageless Charles Woodson always seems to be making plays, but what is scary is that the other cornerback Tramon Williams was actually better statistically last season.

Make no mistake about it, the Packers are the best team in football and will only continue to prove so this season.

Player to watch: RB James Starks While Ryan Grant will be listed as the starter come opening day, Starks is going to be the starting RB at some point during this season. He showed explosiveness that Grant just does not have. More importantly he showed that he can be very dangerous in the screen passing game, something that will only make a spread offense that much more dangerous.

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NFL Serves Up 3 Shitty Games For Thanksgiving

November 24th, 2010 by Christian | 2 Comments | Filed in General

I Can't Watch!

Which of these turds will have you riveted to the tube?

Patriots vs. Lions (Please, for the love of God, remove the Lions from the Thanksgiving Day schedule!) 
Prediction: Patriots 172 – Lions 0

Cowboys vs. Saints (The Cowboys are 2-7 and have a knack for lying down like dogs.  Go Saints!)
Prediction: Saints 38 – Cowboys 17

Jets vs. Bengals (What could be worse that watching Chad Ochocinco?  Watching Chad Ochocinco AND Terrell Owens!)
Prediction: Jets 28 – Bengals 3

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Johnny G’s Week 13 Monday Night Pick

December 7th, 2009 by Johnny G | 3 Comments | Filed in Football, General

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After my second straight Sunday split, my record now stands at 10-5 overall. Matt Schaub was injured on the first play from scrimmage, which largely contributed to the Texans losing outright to the Jaguars. Regardless, a loss is a loss and we will get back on track starting with this Monday night winner.

Green Bay Packers (-3.5) over Baltimore Ravens/ 8:20pm Monday
In the primetime matchup this Monday night we have two teams who are still in hot pursuit of a playoff berth. The Green Bay Packers are surging after an inconsistent start to the season and have now won three straight, after thoroughly dismantling the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving. After playing on Thanksgiving, the Packers also had an extremely long period to recuperate, having not played in almost two weeks. The Ravens on the other hand, have alternated wins and losses for the past five weeks and battled a Steelers team that had to desperately start former Oregon standout, Dennis Dixon into Overtime. While it was clear Dixon was not ready for the NFL quite yet, the Ravens still let the Steelers hang around in the football game and almost lost the game outright.

The Packers have one of the most underrated quarterbacks in the NFL, and with 22 TDs and only 5 interceptions, the Packers offense as a whole is extremely difficult to stop because of the consistency of Rodgers. The offensive line has also been protecting Rodgers much better of late, after leading the league in sacks allowed to start the season, that number has fallen back to the middle of the pack and the Packers have begun to win games. Ryan Grant does just enough on the ground to take some pressure off of Rodgers, and Donald Driver is having a career season very late into his career. Although the offense is a huge reason for the recent win streak, putting up 64 points in their last two games, their defense has also been a major contributor. During their win streak, the Packers have allowed a league-low 281.5 yards per game under new defensive coordinator Dom Capers.

For the Ravens, Joe Flacco has been much more shaky and inconsistent after surprising many last season with his poise and overall calmness, after being drafted out of the University of Delaware. He has started to stare down receivers, leading to costly interceptions and has held the ball much longer this season, leading to more sacks. He is also fighting through a mildly sprained left ankle that has bothered him for several weeks now. The defense will also be without Terrell Suggs, who reportedly did not make the trip with the team to Green Bay, and Ed Reed is questionable with an ankle injury. After watching the Ravens struggle against a Steelers team without a quarterback to throw the ball down the field, there is no way I could back this team on the road coming into Green Bay against a quarterback of Rodgers’ caliber. Take the Packers minus the points on Monday night

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What is the NFL Thinking?

November 26th, 2009 by Christian | 8 Comments | Filed in Football, General

Please Spare Us

After getting stuff ready for Thanksgiving, I plopped down on the couch to catch a few minutes of the game before family began arriving for dinner. After a few plays, I was compelled to get up and enter this post. I’ll keep it brief.

What on earth is the NFL thinking putting the Detroit Lions on every Thanksgiving? This is awful. They stink. They’re one of the worst franchises in pro sports. Last year they were 0-16! This year they’re not much better at 2-8. Since 2001, they have won 2, 3, 5, 6, 5, 3, 7, and 0 games in each season. That’s an average of 3.875 wins per year! Is the NFL kidding?

Why are we force fed this team every year? I’m sure the NFL knows they have a huge national audience and it might not be a good idea to keep showcasing the worst team in your league year after year. But, I can hear them say, ‘this is a Thanksgiving tradition.’ If this is a tradition, it’s a tradition I can do without.

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Moment of Truth for Kolb

September 20th, 2009 by Christian | 2 Comments | Filed in Eagles, General

Kevin Kolb will get the start at QB today in place of injured Donovan McNabb, as the Eagles take on the New Orleans Saints in Philadelphia.

The Eagles’ second round pick in the 2007 draft has played sparingly in eight regular season games, completing 24 of 45 passes with 0 touchdowns and 4 interceptions.

The Eagles hope he lives up to the promise he showed in his senior year of college, throwing 30 touchdowns and only 4 interceptions, while leading the University of Houston’s Cougars to a 10-4 record. Jeff Garcia will back up Kolb.

The Saints are set at quarterback, featuring All-Pro Drew Brees, who threw six touchdowns last week against the doormat defense of the Detroit Lions.

VEGAS LINE:
New Orleans – 2 1/2
Over/Under 46

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