Eagles off the bye, against the team they never beat...something's gotta give!

[Sgt PSN]

im not gonna lie and say id be watching it every play but i think a monster end tackle matchup is exciting and theres time when its mos def something to watch for...

Never said it wasn't exciting, but there are very very few DE/OT matchups (ever) that you would ever go into a game and say "I need to pay attention to these guys."  And there are very, very few people out there who would consider watching a great match up to be a treat. 

We actually agree, you just don't realize it. 

[reese125]

yeah... but you also cant say you're not at home watching it on tv and not looking at freeney when the ball is snapped.

if I see vick or kolb drop back my eyes automatically focus on the pressure from line. its actually all we really have a good look at anyway. you cant miss freeney, and sure as hell cant miss Peters' early take off from the line and him still spinning past him.

now if you're at the game different story.

[Sgt PSN]

yeah... but you also cant say you're not at home watching it on tv and not looking at freeney when the ball is snapped.

Anyone who is more than a casual fan will pay attention to Freeney.  That goes without question.  At the same time, Freeney vs Peters isn't going to make anyone say "Oh I gotta see that!" 

Besides with Vick under center, the Freeney vs Peters matchup becomes slightly less critical than if Kolb were under center.  Vick is a lefty, so I'm more concerned with what happens on the right side of the line since that's Vick's blind side. 

[shorebird]

I used to love watching Runyan and Strahan go at it, and Reggie against who ever he was laying waste to that day.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Can only white athletes have "grit?"  Is it basically a substitution for exceptional talent?

[ice grillin you]

grit = hard worker

exceptional talent = gifted but lazy

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Right, so the only way white athletes are successful is grit, and most black ones are lazy?

[ice grillin you]

pretty much

the problem is theres like one talented white athlete every five years and a thousand hardworking black athletes a week

[General_Failure]

White guys get to be called gritty, black guys get to be called athletic. Hispanic guys don't get called anything, but they'll do the same job for a quarter of the pay.

[smeags]

White guys get to be called gritty, black guys get to be called athletic. Hispanic guys don't get called anything, but they'll do the same job for a quarter of the pay.

a-fraud disagrees.

[Sgt PSN]

Right, so the only way white athletes are successful is grit, and most black ones are lazy?

If I sat down and thought about it, I'm sure I could come up with a few more names, but 2 names immediately jumped out at me when I read your comment.  Eric Snow and George Lynch.  Neither was athletically superior but those guys were straight up hustlers and outworked damn near anyone on the floor.  Obviously they never achieved anything remotely close to superstar status like Utley did, but I think they were a couple of nitty gritty bruthas on the court. 

[ice grillin you]

thanks for raining down on the stereotype parade mr literal

[Sgt PSN]

I'm like Pac Man Jones up in this bitch. 

[Tomahawk]

thanks for raining down on the stereotype parade mr literal

[Tomahawk]

Looks like Austin Collie will be playing