Yes, they are! The Eagles have a game coming up this weekend against the Saints at New Orleans. The home crowd will be extremely intense and play a huge factor in the Eagle's performance, however, with Jeff Garcia (6 - 1 since his start) keeping up great game playing, and staying away from any plays that make him force the ball anywhere, the Eagles will have a more than better chance picking at the Saints' defense. I haven't even mentioned that Westbrook is coming off of his best post-season game on the ground. The saints are looking at a much better run-stop defense than they did earlier in the season against the Eagles. It sounds corny, but I imagine that every Eagles player feels an entire city behind him giving him the extra boost, heart, and ability to get the job done.
If Horn (Saints #1 Wide Reciever - Not expected to play due to injury) plays, the Eagles will have to shut down pass connection between him and Brees. The Philly defensive line will have to tighten up in the tackles positions to put pressure on Duece McCallister's explosive 1 and 2 hole penetration. Reggie Busch can be stopped, and honestly, I am not too worried about him that much.
People may say, "How do you expect the birds to make it if they hardly beat a horrible Giants team?" The Giants are not a bad team at all. They just had bad chemistry, a lack of coaching, playing on the road, and the inability to shutdown Westbrook. Besides, these two teams played eachother twice during the season, so you would think that each of them had a feel of the other's play tactics. Plexico was the biggest concern, and on Saturday if the Saints don't play Joe Horn then the Eagles's only defensive weakness shown from the Giants game will be expelled.
Main concern: stop the running game. The Saints have an ability to tank down the field using their two headed monster running game. Where Bush is weak, McCallister strengthens, and so on. As long as the Eagles's redzone defense plays like it has the last half of the season, they should limit the Saints to a minimal 3 field goals from inside the 20.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
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NOT THIS YEAR PHILLY AND ALL THERE SCUMBAG FANS ARE GONNA HAVE TO WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR!!!!!!!!
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