September 2009
Heading into their home opener against the Saints as a pick-em, after a 38-10 thrashing of the Panthers on the road in week one, was not what I was expecting this early in the season. The oddsmakers are assuming Donovan McNabb will not be playing, as am I. It's too early in the season to put McNabb out there with a debilitating injury and the risk of making it worse. I'll be shocked if Kevin Kolb isn't under center to start the game tomorrow. After the jump, we'll talk about what this means.
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On the eve of opening day, I find myself awake thinking about the 2009 Philadelphia Eagles. Many, many analysts have crowned the Eagles as the class of the NFC, which is neither here nor there as far as my excitement level goes. But their love for the Birds does underscore exactly how short memories are among the pundits. The Eagles needed an absolute miracle to get into the playoffs last year. Had one ball bounced the wrong way, Donovan McNabb may have been booed out of the city. As it stands, they lost to an inferior team in the NFC Championship game. The team has experienced more turnover from last year to this than at any time since their epic run capped in a trip to the Super Bowl in 2004, yet despite this turmoil they're heading into the season as favorites? In my eyes, they always enter the season as favorites, but do they really deserve the accolades from "objective" observers? We'll discuss after the jump.
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