BRING ON THE MOTHER fargING GIANTS

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Patterson got up in that ass on the first stop at least, also.

I guess you don't stop a team on 4th down without both DT's making a push.  Weird.


P.S.  After allowing 12 sacks in one game against the Giants last year, the Eagles allowed zero in three games this year.  Wow.

[stalker]

Patterson got up in that ass on the first stop at least, also.

You're a homo aren't you?

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Patterson got up in that ass on the first stop at least, also.

You're a homo aren't you?

Isn't everyone aside from you on either black or gay?  I'm definitely not black, so yes... I love ass.  ASS ASS ASS.

[Diomedes]

... the Eagles allowed zero in three games this year.  Wow.

I didn't realize that.  Impressive.

[ice grillin you]

i would say the intentional grounding for the safety counts as a sack but thats just me

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

i would say the intentional grounding for the safety counts as a sack but thats just me

not on the stat sheet it doesn't

[ice grillin you]

"i" would say

thats just "me"

[mussa]

they certainly got to mcnabb in the endzone on that stupid safety.

we also did not have a sack yesterday so for what its worth

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

the NFL would be a better league if you made the rules

[ice grillin you]

no question

for starters id take out the cant adavance a muff rule

[Diomedes]

would you add a play clock buzzer?

I think that would be an improvement.

[SunMo]

can you also change it to not call it a muff?

[ice grillin you]

would you add a play clock buzzer?

I think that would be an improvement.

id have a red light like in basketball...that way on a replay you can see if the ligh turns red before the ball was snapped...but the idea in general is a good one...right now its a total judgement call which is stoopid when youre are dealing with something that is as certain as time

[RezRob]

fargin Classic....


Don't sleep on Philly son!

[BigEd76]

Whitlock with another "how's my ass taste" editorial

I told you in November that the fools making a big deal about Donovan McNabb's ignorance of NFL overtime rules didn't know what the hell they were talking about.

Do you think anyone cares that McNabb didn't know regular-season games could end in a tie? Is his unfamiliarity with the rulebook still an indelible stain on his legacy? One of the most embarrassing gaffes in recent sports history? The gaffe to beat all gaffes? Is McNabb's NFL IQ still in need of testing?

Or now, after he took the Eagles into Giants Stadium and derailed the defending champions, is the media overreaction to McNabb's innocent mistake yet another stain on our legacy? Is it one more indication that we don't know what the hell we're doing or talking about?

Somehow I think football fans will remember McNabb for leading the Eagles to five NFC championship games in 10 years more than they'll remember a regular-season tie at Cincinnati.

But that's just me. I'm an unabashed McNabb fan who felt like Sunday's victory was the vindication McNabb needed to silence his many critics. He's not Tom Brady (or even Peyton Manning). But McNabb is a winner, the third-best quarterback of his era. (I don't include Brett Favre in McNabb's era.)

I place McNabb slightly ahead of Kurt Warner because Warner spent the middle five seasons of his 11-year career looking like an Arena League flash-in-the-pan. If Warner and the Cardinals win on Sunday, McNabb will fall to No. 4 on my list behind Captain Kurt.

But if McNabb gets the Birds past Arizona and wins the Super Bowl, then you might hear me arguing that McNabb is Peyton Manning's equal. McNabb has never had the kind of offensive supporting cast that Manning has had in Indy. The year the Eagles had Terrell Owens, McNabb put up Manning-like numbers (31 TDs and 9 INTs) and carried the Eagles to the Super Bowl.

If McNabb ever managed to win multiple Super Bowls, you'd have to compare him to John Elway, the man I believe is the greatest football player to ever play the game. I'm not putting McNabb on Elway's level. I'm saying McNabb is starting to look like a poor man's Elway.

Early in his career Elway never had receivers equal to his playmaking ability. Elway never won Super Bowls until late in his career, when he was supported by Terrell Davis, Shannon Sharpe and Rod Smith. And Elway experienced his most success after his spellbinding athleticism died of wear, tear and old age.

Could we be witnessing the same thing with McNabb? We'll know more on Sunday. Until then, let's just wait see if Warren Sapp and the other McNabb critics man up and acknowledge they made way too much of a harmless error.

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Sometimes I wonder if I'm watching the same game as the television broadcasters. Troy Aikman is my favorite football color commentator and I love the Fox studio show, but I was disappointed with their analysis of the Eagles-Giants.

Andy Reid demonstrated what frustrates Philly fans about him and what delights them all in the same game.

Philly's offense did nothing for the 28 minutes, 30 seconds of the first half because Reid ran the ball on damn near every first-down play. To be exact, he ran on first down on eight of nine plays during Philly's first five possessions. His lone pass was a 13-yard strike to DeSean Jackson on the Eagles' first offensive play of the game. After that, it was eight straight first-down runs that accumulated minus-1 yards.

You can't score points lining up 2nd-and-10 on every possession. If not for Eli Manning's gift interception and Asante Samuel's run to the New York 2, Philly's offense would've been a total embarrassment.

Luckily, the Eagles got the ball back with 84 seconds left in the first half, forcing Reid to throw the football on run downs. McNabb led a 12-play, 68-yard drive that featured five passes and one spike on six first-down plays. The Eagles kicked a field goal to take a 10-8 halftime lead.

And they came out in the second half throwing the football on first down.

Including the drive just before halftime, the Eagles scored two field goals and a touchdown with a pass-first mentality on four consecutive possessions. The lone possession that failed was thwarted by a batted-ball interception.

The Eagles took control of the game, going up 20-11, thanks to 8-of-14 passing on first down for 56 yards. That's right. During the critical stretch of the contest, the Eagles threw the ball on 14 of 17 first-down plays. Three of McNabb's 14 passes were dropped and one pass was spiked to stop the clock.

Once the Eagles had a two-possession lead, Reid went back to his run-first mentality. On his five remaining first-down plays, Reid ran four times and had McNabb take a knee once.

Reid stuck with the run too long, adjusted beautifully and then returned to the run to milk the clock. Reid is the most frustratingly brilliant coach I've ever followed. If I could talk to him during games, I swear he'd have as many Super Bowls as Bill Belichick.

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Kurt Warner vs. Brian Dawkins is a mismatch ... in Warner's favor.

Dawkins is a wonderful leader. He's still good in run support. But when you watch him play the pass in January, you see why the Eagles are reluctant to give the 35-year-old a new contract.

Warner is willing to hold the ball and take a hit in order to get the ball down field to his receivers. Warner's courage is going to bite Dawkins in the ass. You can get deep on Dawkins, and you can make plays down the seam on Dawkins. His recovery speed just isn't there.

Plaxico Burress would've scored three times on Sunday, and the Giants would've run for 300 yards. With Plax on the field, Jim Johnson would've had to line Dawkins up at the goal line regardless of field position or down and distance.

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Memo to Tom Coughlin: You looked foolish running Brandon Jacobs wide against the Eagles.

Jacobs is a downhill, between-the-tackles runner. He loses power, confidence and intimidation when he angles his shoulders toward the sideline. The Eagles celebrated every time Jacobs went anywhere near the outside shoulder of an offensive tackle.

I hate it when coaches are too stupid, too gutless and/or too cute to stick with what is obviously working. These damn coordinators are always auditioning for jobs at this time of the year. They want to show off their ability to be "creative."