THEY MIGHT NOT BE GIANTS
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THEY MIGHT NOT BE GIANTS
Bob Brookover
Now that the Eagles have miraculously found their way into the playoffs, you're going to hear comparisons to last year's New York Giants, who won three straight road games as a wildcard team en route to an unlikely Super Bowl title.
In fact, Donovan McNabb made the reference after Sunday's rout of the Dallas Cowboys.
"The Giants got it done last year, there's no reason we can't do it now," the Eagles' quarterback said.
There's one major difference between this year's Eagles and last year's Giants as well as the 2005 Pittsburgh Steelers, who also were a wildcard team that won it all.
The Giants and Steelers had won all season on the road. The Giants, of course, reeled off 10 straight road victories to reach the Super Bowl after losing their season opener at Dallas. Even though Eli Manning and the Giants were wildly inconsistent during the regular season, they always seemed to find a way to win away from home.
The 2005 Steelers went 6-2 on the road before winning three straight road games to reach the Super Bowl as the AFC's sixth seed.
The 2008 Eagles went 3-4-1 on the road and if you look back, there was only one game all season where you could say they played well from start to finish. That, of course, was their win over the Giants at the Meadowlands. After a slow start, they played pretty well in beating a depleted Seattle team at Qwest Field, but they had to stage a frantic fourth-quarter rally to win at San Francisco.
To reach the Super Bowl, the Eagles have to win three straight games against playoff teams on the road. The odds of that happening are longer than them even being in these playoffs, but they at least have a chance.
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The stars are aligned for Tampa, not only the Phillies connection but the Raiders pulled a minor miracle there yesterday too.— robinlupe- I don't think the Eagles road record means that much. They are playing well NOW, which is a much more significant.— p-diddy
- Although they might have only "played well from start to finish" in one game, the Eagles were in all the road losses. They lost to Bears by a yard (24-20), the lost to the Cowboys 41-37, they only gave up 10 points to the Redskins and it was 10-7 when McNabb got benched in Baltimore. The score was 22-7 when the Eagles were at the 7-inch line when Reid called a pass play, which was returned 108 yards for a TD. A TD would have made it 22-14 with 7 minutes to go. And they won't face the Ravens unless it's in the Super Bowl. They've beaten the Giants at the Meadowlands. Regarding the Vikings at home: They beat Detroit 12-10, beat the Texans by 7, the Packers by one. None of those teams made the playoffs. The did beat Carolina early in the season and beat the Giants, who sat their starters. The Atlanta game meant something, and they lost that. The Eagles will beat the Vikings.— Slovs
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- nanandjoe: U should submit your post one more time.— warbird
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- OK, I am astounded. I kept thinking, what team is this I am watching. Where had they been in the last 4-5 weeks? Is this an alternative universe where 9-6 teams actually go all the way? If they have to win on the road, at least now they have some big mo to do so. Who knows? Will they show up in Minn.? Or will they regress to Cinn., Skins, Bears? No one knows. Will injuries hurt them or help them? Celek is the TE and should be for the next 5-8 yrs. Was that Superman or some guy with injuries in every year running and during the Buck bit down hill ?? Who was that guy? Who were the OL's who looked old for 4 weeks and looked like all pros yesterday? It was an amazing day.— KGKoons
- Someone always complains, that is philly, well I should say the media. I hate all the media, exspecially a cowgirl fan— Deschak
- OPEN REVOLUTION IN DALLAS. THEY (THE FANS WRITING COMMENTS) WANT JERRY'THE FACE'JONES TO JUST SIGN THE PAYCHECKS AND STOP BEING THE G.M. AND HEAD OF PLAYER PERSONNEL. THEY WANT WADE PHILLIPS FIRED. THEY WANT T.O. CUT (WHO DOESN'T). THEY WANT PACKMAN IN JAIL AND ROY WILLIAMS TRADED BACK TO DETROIT FOR THEIR DRAFT PICKS. PHILLIPS WANTS TO ESTABLISH DISAPLINE NOW THAT THE SEASON IS OVER AND ABOVE ALL THEY WANT TO TEACH ROMO HOW NOW TO FUMBLE. THEY WANT THEIR RADIO ANNOUNCER FIRED FOR SMILLING WHEN REPORTING THE EAGLES SCORING PLAYS. THEY WANT COLLINSWORTH AND COWER HUNG FOR THE ANTI-COWBOYS COMMENTS. IT'S GREAT. GO TO DALLAS MORNING NEWS.COM AND CLICK ON BLOGS.— JACK V
- actually the odds are 13-1... idiot.— aman1711
- BLOGGING IS NOT REPORTING. there's a huge difference— joeb
- This article does suck!!!the Eagles beat three of the teams in the NFC Superbowl hunt...Giants, Cardinals, and Atlanta!even beat one of the first round bye teams in afc..Steelers!We are feeling real good about our chances so even though this article was to ruffle our feathers we still flying High:)— truesportsfan
- thanks for the negativity....get a life loser!!— xrajux
- Good Points.. Remember this though..The Eagles beat the following teams... Giants, Cardinals, and Steelers... They have been playing much better as of late and I don't see that letting up. Can they beat the giants? Yes, they can!!— komplex2005
