This Team Will NOT Win Anything... Ever.

[Rome]

Why?  Because their defense is laughable.  Their offense is predictable once adjustments are made against them.  Their inability/unwillingness to run the ball effectively during times when circumstances absolutely demand that they run it down the opposition's throat.

Same old same old.

That game tonight was a disgrace and it's too bad everyone on the field wearing green didn't stroke out including the cheerleaders.

And before all the Jim Jones devotees remind me that they won tonight... yeah, no shtein.  They beat an 8-7 team that they had absolutely dominated up and down the field in the first half.  So farging what?  If you have designs on a Super Bowl win, you're supposed to dominate shtein teams like Denver.  You're not supposed to allow them to breeze back into the game without so much as a care.

This team sucks and anyone placing any faith in them is a sucker.

The end.

[PhillyGirl]

OFFS. 

[Rome]

SNOWBALLS!

[PhillyGirl]

Season's over.

move on.

[Rome]

Akers is a karate man.  So they have that at least.

KARATE MAN!

[PhillyGirl]

You can't be serious with your post....really? 

[Rome]

lol

[PhillyGirl]

alrighty then. lol

[reese125]

this farging guy.

yep, you must dominate or you win nothing. yep, all wild card teams dominate and never win the superbowl, yep my name is Rome and I hate life. You sound like MDS in the Sixer thread--repeating the same shtein over and over.

I know you were just kidding right? noose yourself loser.

[MDS]

lol it needs to be said you loser

[Rome]

lol @ reese.   imagine if that walking aborted fetus was related to you.  would you disown/incinerate it or would you accept it like munson's uncle accepts him?

[Father Demon]

Michael Irvin said the Eagles were playing the best football in the NFL right now.  So there's that.

[Drunkmasterflex]

Bottom line this team has made plays when it needed to.  Do they piss me off absolutely, but I am just going to enjoy the run while is lasts.  They are going to the playoffs with no team that is clearly dominate in any conference. 

[PhillyGirl]

Is there ANY team that doesn't have its flaws?

New Orleans is showing some of theirs the past 2 weeks. Who else is there in the conference that really matters? Arizona?

[PhillyGirl]

Phil Sheridan: On winning drive, everything works

By Phil Sheridan

INQUIRER COLUMNIST

The makeover is happening right before our eyes.

Here were the Philadelphia Eagles in the kind of situation they've faced roughly 10,000 times during the Andy Reid/Donovan McNabb era. An easy win had become an uncomfortably close game, time was running low and momentum had been seized by the opponent.

In this case, it was the Denver Broncos who erased a 27-10 lead with three unanswered scores. The Eagles, who looked like the NFC's most playoff-ready in the first half, had fallen apart in the second. Their offense stopped running like a car with a hole in the oil pan.

You expected something bad to happen: an interception from McNabb, a crazy play call or head-scratching decision from Reid. You expected some kind of replay of all the memorable losses of the last decade.

But the genetic makeup of this team is being scrambled by the infusion of young blood. This team doesn't know its own history, so that history isn't a burden.

On third and 25 at his own 15, with the pocket collapsing, McNabb stepped up and looked for an open receiver. Then he just took off, picking up 27 desperate yards for a must-have first down.

"I knew somebody was behind me," McNabb said. "I just tried to get my knees up and get as much as I could."

That drive didn't lead to any points, but it helped flip the field. The Eagles, who seemed to be playing uphill from their own end during the second half, made it out to midfield before running into the next big moment.

Fourth and 1 at the Denver 49, three minutes left to play. The coach who went for fourth and 1 at his own 29 a week earlier must have been tempted.

"That was a tough one," Reid said. "I thought field position was crucial, expecially with three minutes left. It was a little bit over a yard to go. Midfield. I guess I wasn't feeling it. At that point, I thought we needed to change field position. We had terrible field position, our defense was playing well. Between our fans and our defense, we thought something good would happen."

Reid sent out the punt team. It was the right decision.

But so many right decisions can be made to look wrong by events. If the Eagles' defense allowed Denver to escape from inside its own 10 - even if the Broncos were only able to kill the clock and force overtime - Reid would have been second-guessed today.

But the defense made the stop. DeSean Jackson, who had a relatively quiet game, picked up 10 very important yards on the punt return. The Eagles took over at the Denver 42, picked up 2 yards on first down.

On second and 8, McNabb dropped back. He looked to his left and spotted rookie wide receiver Jeremy Maclin, who had cut off his "go" route because of the coverage and broke toward the sideline. McNabb threw for Maclin's back shoulder.

If your mind immediately flashed on that fourth-down pass to Kevin Curtis in the NFC championship game last year, well, you weren't alone. Especially when the official along the sideline immediately waved his arms, signifying an incomplete pass. Maclin jumped to his feet and sprinted toward Reid.

"I wanted him to challenge it," Maclin said. "I forgot it was under two minutes [when only officials can call for video review]. I knew I was inbounds."

He was right. The replay showed Maclin dragged his feet. Just as important, he caught the ball cleanly, no bobbling or juggling, and held on when he hit the ground. Referee Mike Carey reviewed the call and reversed it. The Eagles had the ball at the Denver 13. It was just a matter of running the clock down and letting David Akers make the short field goal.

This team has been in a bunch of these situations over the years. This team has seldom executed every aspect of the endgame as perfectly. The Eagles have now won three games with fourth-quarter drives during their six-game, run-to-the-playoffs win streak.

Granted, the makeover will not be officially complete until these Eagles do this to win a conference championship or a Super Bowl. But they are going to get another shot next month and this time, they're going into it with a different energy.

"This type of game is what the playoffs are all about," Jackson said. "It's not going to always be easy. There's going to be times we're down and we have to fight to get back up. There's going to be times we're up and teams fight back to get up on us. It's good. We were tested today and we were able to pull through."

A nice, easy win would have been easier on your digestion. But this really was better. It was one more chance for this team to overcome adversity, one more step toward completing the makeover.