Posted: Sunday, December 28, 2008, 6:00 AM | 2 comments |
 
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Week 17 is upon us and the Eagles could be playing their final game of the season ... or a series of events could land them in an NFC wild-card game ...

Here is our rundown of staff predictions and key matchups heading into the regular-season finale against the Cowboys. Look for updates throughout the day and into the evening from Les Bowen at the Linc.

STAFF PREDICTIONS

Ed Barkowitz:
Eagles, 21-17

Les Bowen: Cowboys, 17-13 (For more of Les' pick, click here)

Bill Conlin: Eagles, 27-24

Paul Domowitch: Cowboys, 24-13

Marcus Hayes: Eagles, 21-18

John Smallwood: Cowboys, 20-17

Vegas Vic: Cowboys, 19-17 (For Vic's complete Week 17 selections, click here)

KEY MATCHUPS

1. Eagles C Jamaal Jackson vs. Cowboys NT Jay Ratliff.
Jackson has not had a particularly good year. Ratliff has seven sacks and is going to the Pro Bowl. ADVANTAGE: COWBOYS

2. Eagles OTs Tra Thomas and Jon Runyan vs. Cowboys OLBs DeMarcus Ware and Greg Ellis. Ware and Ellis have combined for 28 sacks. They have 6 in the last three meetings with the Eagles. Runyan is playing on an injured knee. ADVANTAGE: COWBOYS

3. Eagles SLB Chris Gocong and FS Brian Dawkins vs. Cowboys TE Jason Witten. Witten had seven catches for 110 yards in Week 2, but Eagles have gotten much better at defending the tight end. ADVANTAGE: COWBOYS

To read Paul Domowitch's complete Eagles-Cowboys scouting report, click here

Posted by Daily News staff @ 6:00 AM  Permalink | 2 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:40 PM, 12/28/2008
    Me: hey Fat Andy Reid-Tard, when u go visit your criminal sons in prison do you stop at Wendy's or Miki D's ? Fat Andy Reid-Tard: i stop at BOTH Me: YOU STOP WITH BOTH OF DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZ NUTS ON YER CHIN!
    daveH
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:15 PM, 12/28/2008
    Just knock down Romo, hard early, even if they get a penalty. He's a shell once he hits the ground hard with an Eagle landing on top of him.
    pa_and_va


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Les BowenLes Bowen has covered the Eagles for the Daily News since 2002. Before that, he spent nearly 13 years covering the Flyers. It took Les only a few seasons after the switch to figure out that there was no penalty box at the Linc, and that the time really wasn't his, despite what Andy Reid kept saying. Les came to Philadelphia and the Daily News from Charlotte in 1983. In the intervening years, he has pretty much lost track of NASCAR, and his accent. He, his wife Barbara, and their two sons live in Haddon Township, New Jersey. E-mail Les at bowenl@phillynews.com and follow him on Twitter.

Paul DomowitchPaul Domowitch has been with the Daily News since 1982. He has spent most of his nearly 3 decades with the paper covering the Eagles and pro football. For the last 10 years, he’s been a selector for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. A native of Wilkes-Barre and a graduate of Wilkes University, Domo started his career in Texas, working first for the Midland Reporter-Telegram (1976-78), and then for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, where he covered some god-awful Texas Ranger baseball teams. His first beat at the Daily News actually was boxing, which he covered just long enough to lose 2 sports coats to blood spatter before moving on to football. Domo and his wife Shelley, a University of Oklahoma grad who still hasn’t gotten over that Fiesta Bowl loss to Boise State 5 years ago, have 2 terrific daughters -- Allison, 28, who is an attorney in South Jersey, and Amy, 25, who works in administration for a professional baseball team. E-mail Domo at PDomo@aol.com and follow him on Twitter.

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