Eagles vs. Cowboys Game Thread

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From the Star Telegram:

QuoteCowboys grasping at straws, and all of them are breaking
By Randy Galloway
Star-Telegram Staff Writer

PHILADELPHIA - If this season ends up in a crash-and-burn for the Cowboys...

Or after what was observed here Sunday afternoon, maybe that should be "when" this season does a crash-and-burn...

The who, what and whys won't exactly be a mystery.

This 38-24 debacle of a loss to the Eagles provided all the pertinent evidence.

Start, of course, with Drew Bledsoe.

You win with the quarterback in this league. Or in those rare bus-driver situations, you don't lose because of your QB.

The Cowboys lost here, mostly because of Bledsoe's awful afternoon.

If it would do any good, this would be a good place to start banging the Tony Romo drums.

But, obviously, a quarterback change is not in Bill Parcells' plans. If Big Bill was ever going to publicly call out Bledsoe, this was the postgame time and situation.

Instead, Parcells talked in riddles, which wasn't a defense of his QB, but more like a Vinny Testaverde alibi from another season.

"Twenty-four points is pretty good," the coach mentioned, except the offense only accounted for 17 of those. And Bledsoe might have given back at least 21 to the Eagles, and that's conservative.

Romo, as the coach and Cow Sheep everywhere like to remind us, has never thrown a pass in the NFL.

As opposed to Bledsoe, who has thrown a jillion of them, and still OD- OD-OD'ed (to borrow a popular chant here Sunday) on ineptness.

But Bledsoe will remain as the starter, because that's the way the Cowboys do business.

Meanwhile, there's the Eagles, outmanned talent-wise in comparison to the Cowboys, except at quarterback.

But the greatness of Mr. Donovan McNabb overcame the shortage of what he had to work with, which for this game, didn't include injured receiver Donte Stallworth, his one playmaker downfield.

Something else missing was a running game to balance out the defense for McNabb. He was on his own, and not only survived, but prospered and won. That's a quarterback.

Explain to me this:

How could any receiver in the NFL decide it's a good idea not to play with McNabb? And also create enough of a personal firestorm with this quarterback to have his butt run out of Philly?

What kind of idiot would do something like that?

And if a receiver would actually think that was a wise decision, what would he have been thinking late in the game here Sunday, when he has a step on the Eagles' secondary, and certainly was in position to go in for the tying touchdown, except...

Bledsoe underthrew the pass about 10 yards, resulting in a pick.

McNabb missed nothing on Sunday. Bledsoe missed the boat. Even the dock, actually.


And still, the Cowboys had another late chance to get the game tied, and into overtime, until Bledose had another disaster.

Did tight end Jason Witten cut off his end zone route because linebacker Jeremiah Trotter fouled up the play with good defense?

Parcells: "Drew is not a mind reader. You can't make those kind of adjustments on the fly."

Whatever, Bledsoe's throw ended up in the hands of cornerback Lito Sheppard, who capped a great afternoon with a 102-yard interception return for a touchdown.

If nothing else, it was the kind of ending almost scripted for Bledsoe, who was involved in four turnovers (three of them interceptions), and was sacked seven times.

Seven sacks reek of an offensive line problem, but at least four of those involved the quarterback holding the ball too long.

But enough about quarterback disasters.

The real concern for the Cowboys after Sunday's visit to Philly goes beyond even that area.

You also win in the NFL with strong defense.

And defense is considered the foundation of these Cowboys, except, of course, for those fools who thought a new receiver would be the difference-maker.

But every time the defense appeared to have this game under control, here came McNabb with a jaw-dropping big play.

The 40-yard flea-flicker that broke a 24-24 tie in the fourth quarter was laid out there perfectly for receiver Reggie Brown in the back of the end zone. The Cowboys even had double coverage, but Roy Williams got his feet tangled up and rookie Pat Watkins never played the ball.

Ditto for the 87-yard bomb to rookie receiver Hank Baskett to allow the Eagles to regain the lead in the third quarter. It was an all-arm throw on the money, as an under-pressure McNabb never had his feet planted.

Baskett beat Watkins, who had the coverage due to cornerback Anthony Henry blitzing from the line of scrimmage. But linebacker Greg Ellis, also coming on a blitz, couldn't get his paws on the slippery McNabb.

More blown coverage came on a 60-yard bomb to tight end L.J. Smith, that set up a second quarter TD from the one. This was after the Cowboys had appeared to regain the momentum after a horrid start that included three first-quarter turnovers.

Five of McNabb's completions were for 24 yards or more, three for 40 or more.

That's how a great quarterback piles up 354 yards passing.

Next question:

If Bledsoe is simply not good enough, is the Cowboys' defense overrated?

On this Sunday, the answer to both was yes.

With 12 games still to play, the Cowboys now have ample early problems, none of which involved the hostile road environment of Philly.

If anything, the crowd didn't live up to the angry hype.

At times, it was almost docile, and would have remained that way except for Bledsoe and the Cowboys' defense providing repeated opportunities for new vocal life.

That's when McNabb really gave them something to yell about.

Randy Galloway's Galloway & Co. can be heard weekdays 3-6 p.m. on ESPN//103.3 FM.
"Oh, yeah. They'll still boo. They have to. They're born to boo. Just now, they'll only boo with two Os instead of like four." - Larry Andersen

PhillyGirl

QuoteIn Philly return, Owens closer to irrelevant than irreplaceable

By Jim Reeves
Star-Telegram Staff Writer

PHILADELPHIA -- If Terrell Owens had known his return to Philadelphia was going to be this uneventful, maybe he wouldn't have bothered to accidentally O.D. two weeks ago.

No reason to stress out when you're basically irrelevant, right?

And that's what T.O. has become to the Cowboys' offense.

Mr. Irrelevant.

He doesn't matter.

Go ahead, blame Drew Bledsoe for Sunday's 38-24 loss to the Eagles. Everybody else is, including Owens, in his own oblique, I-really-didn't-say-what-I-just-said fashion, and rightfully so. Bledsoe was absolutely wretched.

But if you were thinking that this would be the perfect stage for T.O. to finally produce that breakout game we've been impatiently waiting to see, guess again.

Three catches -- none in the first half -- for 45 yards.

That's what Jerry Jones got from his $10 million receiver, who had about the same impact in a crucial division game as a backup running back. Marion Barber, you see, also caught three passes.

If the relationship between Bledsoe and Owens begins to unravel, as it just might, circle Oct. 8 as the date it all began.

When Bledsoe drastically underthrew Owens on a "go" route midway through the fourth quarter and the Eagles' Lito Sheppard intercepted at the Philadelphia 7, one of three interceptions by Bledsoe, better lip readers than me say he left the field mouthing, "Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me?"

I'll have to take their word for it, but Fox analyst and former Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman must have noticed it, too.

"It's a tired act, isn't it?" Aikman told a national TV audience.

Despite all the buildup to Owens' return to Philadelphia, the crowd reaction wasn't that bad at all. I blame the unusually civilized Philly attitude on the new Lincoln Financial Field. I guarantee you, it wouldn't have been this tame if the Eagles still played in the old Vet.

Oh, there were things said and chants chanted that would have made a sailor blush, and the Eagles had extra security behind the Cowboys' bench, but I saw no one wielding pipe wrenches or throwing "D" batteries at T.O. or any other Cowboys' players.

"Honestly, I felt at home, regardless of all the boos and the chants," Owens said. "That didn't bother me. That's the passion they have here in Philly. I expected that coming in.

"I thought it was going to be worse; I really did. I remember when I was here, they were loving me. Today was just the opposite. It didn't really bother me at all. I just felt like it should have been worse."

And maybe it would have been if Owens had actually contributed anything meaningful to the game. Maybe the crowd could have built up a good case of outrage if he'd caught a TD pass or two. But there was little need to rage at Owens when he spent most of his time twiddling his thumbs in frustration on the bench or running pass routes that nobody seemed to notice.

Coach Bill Parcells blamed the Eagles' double coverage, but that's getting to be a tired alibi. Surely the man's been double-covered before and still managed to make game-breaking plays.

Instead, Owens is paying the price now for those three weeks he took off with his achy hamstring during training camp. He and Bledsoe have developed no rhythm together. Of course, Bledsoe had no rhythm with anyone much in this game, unless it was Sheppard, who had two of the three Eagles' picks.

"I'm surprised Terrell and [Terry] Glenn (5 catches, 61 yards) didn't have more catches today," Jones admitted in the Cowboys' locker room after he'd spent a couple of minutes congratulating Owens on keeping his composure in the face of the fan abuse. "That was not our plan.

"He could have been a major part of it if we'd had time to get the ball out to him or Terry."

The Cowboys hoped that they could take advantage of a dinged-up Eagles' secondary to take advantage of Philly's expected blitz packages. Instead, Bledsoe was either constantly under pressure or held the ball too long, waiting for someone to break open.

"We've got to make them pay when they double-team Terrell and Glenn," Jones said.

Owens' obvious frustration, Jones said, was "a healthy frustration about losing."

But in the midst of mostly saying all the right things in the postgame interview room, Owens, who said repeatedly that he was open on many occasions, momentarily dropped his guard when someone asked why he didn't have more catches.

"I think you guys are smart enough," Owens responded. "You guys are some experts. You guys can break the film down. I felt like I was open; there was opportunities for me to make some plays; we just didn't make them."

Then came this query: "You're open. The ball's not coming to you. Who's the guy pulling the trigger on it?"

Unable to help himself, T.O. blinked.

"You watched the game. Who's pulling the trigger?" Owens replied. "I'm just out there doing my job. I'm not trying to point any fingers at anybody, but you guys know just as well as I know."

Then he caught himself before he went any further.

"Like I said, we win together, and we lose together," T.O. said. "I'm not going to sit up here and point a finger so you guys can create a story. It's not about that."

No, it's about T.O. becoming Mr. Irrelevant, and that's something he just can't stomach.

Blame Bledsoe this time. He deserves it. But Aikman's right. It's a tired act.

In the tunnel beneath the stadium, the celebrating Eagles' players clattered off the field, and a few of them gleefully took up the fans' favorite chant.

"Oh dee, Ohdee-Ohdee-Ohdee, Oh dee, Oh dee!"

Oh, yeah, we were definitely in Philadelphia.

EAGLES 38, COWBOYS 24
"Oh, yeah. They'll still boo. They have to. They're born to boo. Just now, they'll only boo with two Os instead of like four." - Larry Andersen

SunMo

on the flea flicker i was watching Roy Williams and i started to yell because it appeared he was there to pick it off.  what i forgot, however, was that it was Roy Williams.  one of the worst played balls by a safety i've seen in years.
I'm the Anti-Christ. You got me in a vendetta kind of mood.

SD_Eagle5

QuoteRude awakening

By Jason Cole, Yahoo! Sports
October 8, 2006




PHILADELPHIA – You have to wonder if Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens, as he watched former teammate Donovan McNabb fire deep passes to guys with only a smidgen of his talent, might have wanted to revisit his decision to leave in the first place.

Owens' return was at best unspectacular and at worst frustrating during the Philadelphia Eagles' 38-24 victory. Unspectacular on two levels: He was both a non-factor in the game and largely a nonentity to the crowd.

In fact, Owens seemed almost oddly disappointed with the mild level of contempt he received from the Eagles fans.

"I don't know, for whatever reason, I just felt like it should have been worse," Owens said.

Sure, there were some T-shirts that said, "T.O. swallows ... pills" and some interesting twists on the traditional pillbox hat. But there were no banners. When Owens went the entire first half without a reception, he turned into something of a non-issue. In fact, he was booed in hearty fashion only once, when he dropped a relatively simple pass in the third quarter.

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But the real frustration of the day for Owens may have been the realization that in destroying his relationship with McNabb, he ended up with a far worse quarterback throwing to him.

As McNabb was firing touchdown bombs to the likes of rookie Hank Baskett and second-year man Reggie Brown and putting himself in the early running for NFL MVP and Comeback Player of the Year, Dallas quarterback Drew Bledsoe was his ponderous self.

Bledsoe, who in Dallas' season opener was undone by Jacksonville, again was exposed by a good defense. Philadelphia harassed him into going 18-of-38 for 223 yards, three interceptions, one lost fumble and seven sacks. He topped that off by having an interception returned 102 yards by cornerback Lito Sheppard with 16 seconds left in the game.

While Owens is doing his best to play the role of good soldier, the "dissatisfied diva" in him was on display. There were a few instances when he lashed out at teammates and Cowboys personnel or sat on the bench looking frustrated. Somewhere along the line, there's going to be hell to pay, particularly after Owens was shown up so badly by McNabb in a game Owens admitted he had circled on the calendar.

For now, however, Owens did his best to stand behind Bledsoe.

Sort of.

"I think, as an offensive unit, we're letting ourselves down," Owens said when asked about Bledsoe. "I'm just out there doing my job. I'm not trying to point any fingers at anybody. Like I said, we win together, we lose together. I'm not going to sit up here and point a finger so you guys can create a story."

As McNabb and Jeff Garcia will tell most people, having Owens stand behind you is not necessarily the safest thing in the world.

McNabb didn't go there on Sunday. He was obviously happy but remained diplomatic.

"I don't talk about it unless I'm asked," McNabb said when asked about Owens. "I've always said that this is a total team game. It's not T.O. vs. Donovan."

McNabb also did his best to look ahead. In fact, he was almost visionary in this game. Midway through the third quarter, the Eagles had a first down at their own 13-yard line. McNabb anticipated the moment beautifully.

In the huddle, McNabb told Baskett to look for a cornerback blitz. If it happened, Baskett should just keep running deep and get past the safety as fast as possible. It happened just that way.

"That man is so smart, he can figure out stuff that NASA scientists can't think about," Baskett said. "It was like he was psychic ... it's scaring me just thinking about it."

But McNabb's anticipation was just one aspect of the play. He adroitly stepped up in the pocket away from defensive lineman Greg Ellis. He then stopped on a dime to fire the pass with a defender coming at him from the front. And hit Baskett in stride.

Later, after Dallas had tied the game at 24, McNabb again showed his deft touch on the long ball. The Eagles had a first down at the Dallas 40 with 9:21 remaining in the game. Dallas expected Philadelphia to milk the clock by running.

Philadelphia took advantage of that expectation. McNabb handed off to running back Correll Buckhalter, who then lateraled it back to McNabb. The Dallas safeties bit just enough on the play to allow Brown to get behind the defense.

McNabb lobbed the ball perfectly for Brown, whose touchdown gave the Eagles the lead for good. It also gave McNabb 11 touchdown passes and only one interception through five games. While the 4-1 Eagles do have flaws – their running game is anything but bullish right now – they do have McNabb playing at a stunning level.

"It's like he's hitting three-pointers from halfcourt all game," Baskett said. "He's unreal."


The BIGSTUD

The great thing about this game is that it was a total team effort. Sure you can always use that cliche after any win, but it really was yesterday. You can't point to one player and say he surely was the player of the game. So many players had huge games and there were even quiet contributors that had very solid games like Considine and Barber.
Calling it right on the $ since day one.
Just pointing laughing, and living it up while watching the Miami Heat stink it up.


Magical_Retard

everbody covered everything i wanted to say but i just wanna repeat how much im proud of the likes of hanson and considine. i mean these guys really showed something...esp considering how bad our 2ndary has been playing lately. johnson wanted to blitz so much he left hanson at times one on one with TO and the dude came thru. u know once we are completely healthy in the 2ndary (im looking at u hood), our 2ndary has a chance to be great again, esp if the d line can keep pressuring.

i dont wanna bring any negative in but i really do wish we still had kearse. we would be even more dangerous. and we cant lose sight of the fact that we still didnt run enough. oh well there is always next week.
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Marge: No hes a scientist
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BobbyT

Here's a better version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9ZCreqWrRY


Loved the comment about 'him' wearing an Irvin jersey and called it revolting.I remeber when that happened and some people on this board actually sided with 'him'.
"And with 1:16 remaining this place is in a state of shock!"

Magical_Retard

Quote from: PhillyGirl on October 09, 2006, 04:01:16 PM
From the Star Telegram:

QuoteCowboys grasping at straws, and all of them are breaking
By Randy Galloway
Star-Telegram Staff Writer

PHILADELPHIA - If this season ends up in a crash-and-burn for the Cowboys...

Or after what was observed here Sunday afternoon, maybe that should be "when" this season does a crash-and-burn...

The who, what and whys won't exactly be a mystery.

This 38-24 debacle of a loss to the Eagles provided all the pertinent evidence.

Start, of course, with Drew Bledsoe.

You win with the quarterback in this league. Or in those rare bus-driver situations, you don't lose because of your QB.

The Cowboys lost here, mostly because of Bledsoe's awful afternoon.

If it would do any good, this would be a good place to start banging the Tony Romo drums.

But, obviously, a quarterback change is not in Bill Parcells' plans. If Big Bill was ever going to publicly call out Bledsoe, this was the postgame time and situation.

Instead, Parcells talked in riddles, which wasn't a defense of his QB, but more like a Vinny Testaverde alibi from another season.

"Twenty-four points is pretty good," the coach mentioned, except the offense only accounted for 17 of those. And Bledsoe might have given back at least 21 to the Eagles, and that's conservative.

Romo, as the coach and Cow Sheep everywhere like to remind us, has never thrown a pass in the NFL.

As opposed to Bledsoe, who has thrown a jillion of them, and still OD- OD-OD'ed (to borrow a popular chant here Sunday) on ineptness.

But Bledsoe will remain as the starter, because that's the way the Cowboys do business.

Meanwhile, there's the Eagles, outmanned talent-wise in comparison to the Cowboys, except at quarterback.

But the greatness of Mr. Donovan McNabb overcame the shortage of what he had to work with, which for this game, didn't include injured receiver Donte Stallworth, his one playmaker downfield.

Something else missing was a running game to balance out the defense for McNabb. He was on his own, and not only survived, but prospered and won. That's a quarterback.

Explain to me this:

How could any receiver in the NFL decide it's a good idea not to play with McNabb? And also create enough of a personal firestorm with this quarterback to have his butt run out of Philly?

What kind of idiot would do something like that?

And if a receiver would actually think that was a wise decision, what would he have been thinking late in the game here Sunday, when he has a step on the Eagles' secondary, and certainly was in position to go in for the tying touchdown, except...

Bledsoe underthrew the pass about 10 yards, resulting in a pick.

McNabb missed nothing on Sunday. Bledsoe missed the boat. Even the dock, actually.


And still, the Cowboys had another late chance to get the game tied, and into overtime, until Bledose had another disaster.

Did tight end Jason Witten cut off his end zone route because linebacker Jeremiah Trotter fouled up the play with good defense?

Parcells: "Drew is not a mind reader. You can't make those kind of adjustments on the fly."

Whatever, Bledsoe's throw ended up in the hands of cornerback Lito Sheppard, who capped a great afternoon with a 102-yard interception return for a touchdown.

If nothing else, it was the kind of ending almost scripted for Bledsoe, who was involved in four turnovers (three of them interceptions), and was sacked seven times.

Seven sacks reek of an offensive line problem, but at least four of those involved the quarterback holding the ball too long.

But enough about quarterback disasters.

The real concern for the Cowboys after Sunday's visit to Philly goes beyond even that area.

You also win in the NFL with strong defense.

And defense is considered the foundation of these Cowboys, except, of course, for those fools who thought a new receiver would be the difference-maker.

But every time the defense appeared to have this game under control, here came McNabb with a jaw-dropping big play.

The 40-yard flea-flicker that broke a 24-24 tie in the fourth quarter was laid out there perfectly for receiver Reggie Brown in the back of the end zone. The Cowboys even had double coverage, but Roy Williams got his feet tangled up and rookie Pat Watkins never played the ball.

Ditto for the 87-yard bomb to rookie receiver Hank Baskett to allow the Eagles to regain the lead in the third quarter. It was an all-arm throw on the money, as an under-pressure McNabb never had his feet planted.

Baskett beat Watkins, who had the coverage due to cornerback Anthony Henry blitzing from the line of scrimmage. But linebacker Greg Ellis, also coming on a blitz, couldn't get his paws on the slippery McNabb.

More blown coverage came on a 60-yard bomb to tight end L.J. Smith, that set up a second quarter TD from the one. This was after the Cowboys had appeared to regain the momentum after a horrid start that included three first-quarter turnovers.

Five of McNabb's completions were for 24 yards or more, three for 40 or more.

That's how a great quarterback piles up 354 yards passing.

Next question:

If Bledsoe is simply not good enough, is the Cowboys' defense overrated?

On this Sunday, the answer to both was yes.

With 12 games still to play, the Cowboys now have ample early problems, none of which involved the hostile road environment of Philly.

If anything, the crowd didn't live up to the angry hype.

At times, it was almost docile, and would have remained that way except for Bledsoe and the Cowboys' defense providing repeated opportunities for new vocal life.

That's when McNabb really gave them something to yell about.

Randy Galloway's Galloway & Co. can be heard weekdays 3-6 p.m. on ESPN//103.3 FM.


haha gotta love that bolded part.
Marge: I have someone who can help you!
Homer: Is it BATMAN!!??
Marge: No hes a scientist
Homer: Batman is a scientist.
Marge: Its not BATMAN!

PhillyGirl

Whiny farging losers:

QuoteFanning the flames with a jersey
By Joseph A. Gambardello
Inquirer Staff Writer

    * Audio: Reporter wears Cowboys jersey
    * More on the Eagles

It started getting ugly at halftime.

To test the theory that Eagles fans are the most hostile in the NFL, I went to the Linc yesterday wearing a Dallas Cowboys jersey - and paid the price for it.

It was not Terrell Owens' No. 81. No need to throw gasoline on the fire of a legendary rivalry. I chose No. 8, the jersey of former quarterback Troy Aikman, now a Fox Sports commentator.

Suffice it to say, all the years that have passed since Aikman last played did not provide immunity.

It wasn't too bad at the start, when crowds migrated from the tailgate parties to the stadium, some fans already quite pumped on beer.

There were a few good-natured taunts ("Are you nuts?"), the expected boos and curses (the A word was most prevalent), even words of genuine concern along the lines of "Be careful. Some of these people are crazy."

At one point a woman dressed in black and wearing sunglasses walked up to Abdul Salaam and Abdul Mumit-al, two Germantown residents wearing Owens jerseys just a few feet away.

"I'm undercover police," the woman whispered to them. "If you need me, I'm here."

When last seen during the second period, the two men said they'd had no need for the police officer, but they did report seeing a Dallas fan get doused with beer.

During the first period, George Poracky, a Dallas fan from Old Bridge, N.J., said, "There's been a lot of throat slashing [gestures] but nothing physical.

"Wait until we're winning," he warned.

And at halftime, with Dallas ahead 21-17, things indeed started to change.

Those inclined to hassle a Dallas fan - and there were a few - started using variations of the F word in a more menacing tone.

Then a couple of fellows in Eagles jerseys slammed into me a bit harder than could be expected in an accidental bumping.

Instead of apologies, they used curses, and walked away laughing.

I took off the jersey.

Doug Rodriguez and his wife, Isabel, flew up from Miami to see the game.

They will never do it again.

"It was like the gladiator days and the mob ruled," Doug Rodriguez said after the Eagles rallied in the second half to win.

"It's scary. The fans are bullying and insulting. In your face. I've never seen anything like it."

He said the lack of police presence in the stands should be an "embarrassment" to the city.

"The fans are yelling in your ear and there is no one you can turn to and say, 'Hey this is enough.' "


Amar Dhillon, who flew up from Fort Worth, also had a low opinion of Eagles fans by the end of the game.

"They are a poor representation of a great town," he said. "They have the biggest inferiority complex."

Local sports psychologists David Greenwald and Joel Fish say it is not fair to call Eagles fans the worst.

That distinction, Greenwald said from personal experience, belongs to the supporters of the Oakland Raiders, who once mooned the Eagles' bus - after their team won.

"I don't think Eagles fans would do that if they won," he said.

Fish, director of the Center for Sports Psychology in Philadelphia, said Eagles fans are no better and no worse than football or soccer fans around the world.

Each team, he said, has good fans and bad fans and while the latter are small in number, their actions attract the most attention.

Still, Eagles supporters are perhaps more passionate than most, Fish said, a legacy of team loyalty passed from generation to generation by a fan base with deep roots in the Philadelphia area.

That passion can be loud and even rude in its expression, but add alcohol to the mix and the chance for trouble increases, Fish said.

"Fans are less civil than they used to be everywhere."

For the record, Eagles spokeswoman Bonnie Grant said there were no major incidents last night and just a "few arrests," in line with other games.

But all it takes is one hostile encounter to reinforce a reputation that is deserved or not.

The New York Times last week reported on a run-in some Giants fans had two weeks earlier with Eagles fans at the Linc after New York rallied to beat Philadelphia in overtime.

According to the Times, one 21-year-old fan from Long Island was punched in the nose after his tour group endured a game's worth of taunts, curses and even spitting.

Michael Martocci, who organized the tour of 72 Giants fans, did not respond to messages seeking comment. But he told the Times: "Every year, the abuse we take from those animals in Philadelphia gets worse and worse. I'm seriously considering having two armed guards sit with us next year."


The sad thing is, that to some fans being called an animal is a compliment and only reinforces their belief that showing team loyalty means more than cheering, wearing a jersey, or painting their faces the team color.

"It's a matter of pride to them," psychologist Greenwald said.
"Oh, yeah. They'll still boo. They have to. They're born to boo. Just now, they'll only boo with two Os instead of like four." - Larry Andersen

Diomedes

I don't think we've posted enough entire articles yet.  Chop, chop folks.
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PhillyPhreak54

So will we see that 17yr old kid interviewing TO on ESPN tonight and ask him;

"Michael Irvin said that if the Cowboys had Donovan McNabb you might be undefeated. Do you share those sentiments?"

SD_Eagle5

QuoteOct 9 Rob Phillips, of DallasCowboys.com, reports Philadelphia Eagles QB Donovan McNabb threw for 354 yards versus the Dallas Cowboys in Week 5, marking an all-time high of passing yards given up by the franchise. McNabb surpassed the previous record of 345 yards he had set in 2004.

Seabiscuit36

What retard would go from miami to philly with his wife wearing cowboys gear in the stands.  Its like he had no farging idea what its like, especially when your wearing cowboy gear.  Im happy, i'd rather them all be too Scurred to watch games and take up tickets for eagles fans
"For all the civic slurs, for all the unsavory things said of the Philadelphia fans, also say this: They could teach loyalty to a dog. Their capacity for pain is without limit." -Bill Lyons

Drunkmasterflex

I still haven't taken off my Lito jersery, other than to sleep.  I ordered pizza today and the pizza guy was a Cowboy's fan, he said "You guys got lucky yesterday."  I simply replied bullsthein.  He then said " You guys can have TO back."  I told him you can keep him.

I really wish I was able to drive right now, because I would go anywhere public with my Lito Jersey on.  I hate Texass.
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