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Should They Stay or Should They Go?
Back in early January, Inquirer writer Jeff McLane wrote a piece about who should – and should not – be retained from the 2009 Eagles roster. Seemed a little precipitous to me at the time, seeing as the season wasn’t over yet (OK, OUR season was over, but THE season was not over). But I hung onto the link, because I wanted to weigh in with my thoughts about some players:
2009 Wildcard Weekend Recap
Stud of the week: no stud of the week this week. But I am going to nominate a Stud of the Year: Donovan McNabb. McNabb has not had an easy tenure in Philly. Just to refresh your memory: booed by idiots who wanted Ricky Williams on draft day, he was pressed into service as a starter mid-way through his rookie year.
In his first year as a full-time starter, 2000, he led us into the NFC Wildcard. 2001 resulted in our first of 4 back-to-back trips to the NFC Championship Game. In 2002, he famously threw for 4 TDs on a broken leg. He missed 6 games, but came back for the playoffs and another NFC Championship Game appearance.
2009 Wildcard Weekend Preview
I think this is the first time in NFL history that the first weekend of the playoffs will feature 3 repeat matchups from the last weekend of the regular season. I’m not sure what that means, but there you have it.
Eagles/Cowboys – Well, there’s been the usual Philly sports media tempest in a teapot about McNabb’s recent comments. What did he say that was so horrible? Quoting Philly.com:
Well, That Was Pathetic
As You-Two-Calm-Down-or-I’m-Turning-Off-the-TV Dad pointed out, we should probably issue an APB for the Eagles. Who were those guys in the green jerseys yesterday, and what did they do with our team?
We literally could not do a single thing right. The line couldn’t protect McNabb. When they did, receivers couldn’t get open. When they did, McNabb couldn’t get the ball to them. When he did, they couldn’t catch it. When they did, they couldn’t move the chains.
For chrissakes, Andy Reid decided to go for the 53 yard field goal rather than going for it on 4-2 on the Cowboys 35. And Akers MISSED.
2009 Week 17 Picks
Win and in. Well, actually, we’re already *in* but the seeding is still open. And there are other ways to the #2 seed. But the simplest way, the one I like best, is win it & get it.
I’m not saying that it’s going to be easy to beat the Cowboys. Not by a long shot. They seem to have mastered their December woes, pulling off decisive wins over the Saints and Redskins in the last two weeks. Tony Romo is settling down behind the biggest offensive line in football. Their offense is clicking well behind Romo-favorite targets Jason Witten and Miles Austin. On the other side of the ball, Jay Ratliff is a big threat up the middle, and we just lost our center for the season. That neck injury doesn’t seem to be bothering DeMarcus Ware too much, either.
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