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.
Thanks Bob D-Over...Thanks a lot. I am really shocked that they would let a writer from Dallas publish an article on here...but thanks.— MFPhils- If the Eagles of the yesterday's game show up, I believe they have a very legitimate chance to win them all to the Super Bowl. If the Eagles against Washington show up, then that's going to be our season. Regardless of the playoff outcome, Andy Reid should be demoted (to just the head coach) or fired for anything short of the Super Bowl. He is lucky that the team is in a playoff.— kansaiman
- Who cares! We just put a Texas Two STOMP on the Cowgirls!! Makes the season!!— pieman
- Play like they did yesterday and the Eagles will be celebrating like the Phillies!!!! Go EAGLES!— Philly_Dude03
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If the Eagles play like they did yesterday, they have a very good chance of winning. I know most people commenting on the Eagles have hoped that Reid got fired, I don't think he's done a bad job at taking the team to the playoffs 7 out of 10 years. I doubt he's going anywhere. GO EAGLES!!!!— PattyJo
Odds of getting to the Superbowl much better than yesterday's events.— gho_matt- Eagles relish rolls like this!! Its when they are supposed to win or have all the hype is when they choke. It was written for them yesterday, all they needed to do was get in. Another parade in less then 6 months after not having one in 25 years or the day I graduated high school will be sweet!!— VDogg
- Eagles relish rolls like this!! Its when they are supposed to win or have all the hype is when they choke. It was written for them yesterday, all they needed to do was get in. Another parade in less then 6 months after not having one in 25 years or the day I graduated high school will be sweet!!— VDogg
- Our Birds have clearly been both amazing and pathetic at times this season. Looking at season-wide records is misleading given this team really came on strong at the end of the season minus the Redskins game. The Eagles and McNabb deserve our support not cynicism. The Phils gave us reason to believe again. Go Birds!— mwalsh3a
- The birds had a 6% chance (according to Vegas odds) to make the playoffs going into yesterday. If you think that our road to the Super Bowl has lesser odds than that... you are smoking something fierce and you should lay off it. Here's our road to Tampa: 1. Tarvaris Jackson... he does not beat us 2. Cheddar Bob Giants... they are in disarray and have not proved to anybody that they can win without Cheddar Plaxico. They stumbled into the playoffs and will lose if we get to them. 3. Carolina/Atlanta... We cleaned up Atlanta before and if we end up having to face Carolina, I like our chances. They are undefeated at home... that means the trend is due to end... that's just how things go. There you go... that's how we get to Tampa. Trust me, IT'S NOT THAT SCARY. The road may not go through Philly... but its gonna take a detour for the next 3 weeks. GO BIRDS... Brookover is a transplant d-bag.— BirdsRock
- This article SUCKSSSSSSSSSS— Add Doe
- Well pieman let me say this...If 1 game the ugly birds played right gets you excited then poor you,go get a life.....— nanandjoe
- Hey Brookover, how does our a-- taste? We just killed your Cowgirls. Go suck on that all Winter long, jerk.— eagles7777
yeah but what about Andy Reid cutting Ryan Moats, and guess who scored a key touchdown for the Texans?? yup, Ryan Moats finally COMES THRU FOR THE EAGLES!!!— daveH
