How about 11-5?
The Philadelphia Daily News - Eagletarian
How about 11-5?
Daily News staff
The preseason is a good time for prognostication. The folks at WhatIfSports.com take that another step, using their computer models to simlulate the entire NFL season.
What the model showed is an 11-5 season for the Eagles, good for second in the NFC East behind the Cowboys. Two of the Eagles' losses are to Dallas. Each game is simluated 501 times.
However, that is not good enough to make the playoffs as the Eagles were nudged out in the simulation for the wild card by Carolina and Minnesota, both also 11-5.
The projections have the Packers beating the Cowboys for the NFC championship and the Chargers beating the Ravens in the AFC. The Packers then win the Super Bowl by an average score of 23-17.
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Mallett was the CFL rookie of the year last season for the BC Lions.
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A number of things happening today at Lehigh. Today is the annual Military Day, when the Eagles invite service men and women to attend breakfast. Their day begins with breakfast by the field and a visit with Merrill Reese before they get a close-up look at the morning session.
Also, today, comissioner Roger Goodell and John Madden are beginning their bus tour of NFL training camps. Expect Goodell to be asked quite a bit about Michael Vick and the labor situation potentially facing the league.
I have always said 11-5 at worst for the Eagles this year because they should have been 12-4 last year and NFC East Champs if they beat the cowboys last year. Kolb will be excellent this year because he has so many weapons in Maclin, Jackson, Celek, McCoy, Avant and know Kelley Washington who is a big, physical deep threat not to forget about Riley Cooper. As for the Defense, The Eagles Defensive line will be DOMINATE and I mean DOMINATE from Trent Cole all the way to Patterson, Teo, Sapp, Tapp, Graham and Parker. The Secondary may be the concern but you dont need to have a good secondary if you get pressure on the quaterback which the eagles will do alot this year The Linebackers are really good and they have pro bowl players. The Bottom line is that the Eagles have alot of talent, ( The most talented team in the NFL in my opinion) but I see the Eales winning 12-14 games this year because they have enough firepower on offense, defense and Special Teams now with Bobby April to win that many games.— briandawkins20
If the computer model shows two losses to the Cowboys and presumably 1 loss to the projected Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers...then it assumes the Eagles have an 11-2 record against all the other teams it plays....that's not going to happen.....9-7 or 8-8 is more likely.— Bill20- These men and women risk their lives for us and the best the Eagles can give them is a meet and greet with Merrill Reese? Was Swoop not available? Lucky them getting to hear about his Mitsbubishi and how he really likes it.— ChunkyLover53
- Being optimistic for this team is never a bad thing, until you realize that this computer alos said the Panthers would be 11-5 and in the playoffs....I just don't see 11 wins on the schedule, it is too tough and this team is young with some major pieces being filled from last year. I see 8-8....maybe...— EaglesBleedMoney
Last year they picked the Eagles to win it all and sometimes even go undefeated. Big whatif whoop!— Leegles- Yep, the Eagles defense will be DOMINATE! They will be DOMINATE like they have been DOMINATE for the past two years. They have been so DOMINATE and they have not made a single change to the defense, besides getting rid of their veterans. Nacho Harris will be DOMINATE.— AreaMan
- 11-5 at worst guys. Just because it is a tough schedule and they may be young does not mean they are going to only win 7,8 or 9 games. The Eagles are better than that and Reid, Lurie and Banner will not allow this team to win only 8 games this year. This team is talented and can go anywhere it wants to go this year and that is winning the superbowl in dallas. Eagles will be champions this year.— briandawkins20
Comment removed.- 10-6 is the best if things come together, I think they will split with the Cowboys.— jss31
- 8-8 at best— allen_jones
- And just because you drink Kool-Aid like an idiot doesn't mean they are going 11-5. As I said it is fine to be optimistic, heck, 16-0 would be amazing! Just be a little more realistic briandawkins20, you show each day how much of a dream world you are living in.— EaglesBleedMoney
- The Eagles will likey lose opening day to the Packers who are a better team, both games to the Cowboys and split with the Giants and Skins. There are 5 losses right there...not to mention we have games against the Colts, Vikings, Texans, and Titans. 7-9/6-10 is far more likely than 11-5. The Kolb and Rodgers comparisons are ridiculous, but even Rodgers took a 13-3 Packers team and went 6-10 with that same team the first year he took over. There will be a drop off, and there will be a learning curve.— datbo215
- Cut briandawkins20 some slack. I think it's a bit much to ask this team to go 11-5, but damn it's actually nice to hear a little optimism from time to time in this town. Go Birds!— bryneb
- Cut briandawkins20 some slack. I think it's a bit much to ask this team to go 11-5, but damn it's actually nice to hear a little optimism from time to time in this town. Go Birds!— bryneb
- Who wins the AFC?— P Even
