Posted: Tuesday, August 31, 2010, 7:47 PM | 47 comments |
 

Jaws, Gruden on Eagles win total
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The preseason predictions continue to trickle in from the national media.

Yesterday, I posted an item in which CBS' Phil Simms projected the Cowboys and Giants to make the postseason and the Eagles to miss out.

Today, two analysts with Philadelphia ties predicted that the Birds would not be over .500 in 2010.

During a Sportscenter segment on ESPN, Jon Gruden and Ron Jaworski were presented with 9 as the over/under for Eagles wins this season. And both analysts took the under.

"I'm not gonna make any friends in Philadelphia," Jaws said. "Less than 9 wins for the Eagles this year. A young team in transition, building for the future."

Does he expect Kevin Kolb to struggle?

"No, I don't," Jaws said. "I think he'll play solid. It's gonna be the defense."

Gruden agreed on the under.

"They've got a new quarterback, a lot of young players, tough division," he said.

Jaws predicted that the Cowboys would win the division, saying they'd win over 10 games. He has the other three teams in the division all finishing 8-8.

Gruden liked Dallas to win more than 10 games also, but he disagreed on the Giants, predicting that they'd win at least 11 games and take the division.

For the first time in a decade, it looks like it's going to be tough to find a member of the national media picking the Eagles to win the division.

RANKING KOLB 24TH

In case you missed it, ESPN.com's John Clayton released his list of quarterback rankings, and Kevin Kolb came in at No. 24:

Kolb is the perfect quarterback for Andy Reid's West Coast offense, which is why the Eagles traded Donovan McNabb to the Redskins. Kolb is a rhythm passer out of three- and five-step drops, and he should have a big statistical year.

Earlier I posted on the different things concerning the Eagles right now.

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Posted by Sheil Kapadia @ 7:47 PM  Permalink | 47 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:03 PM, 08/31/2010
    6-10. No lines. They get bulldozed on both sides of the ball.
    — 4thand10
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:04 PM, 08/31/2010
    And you expected what?? Gotta agree with Jaws and Gruden...until proven otherwise this is a young inexperienced team...
    — merlinknghts
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:05 PM, 08/31/2010
    That's weird Jaws said that. I see our defense as much less of a problem then our offensive line.
    — riw7d
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:09 PM, 08/31/2010
    All thought they are 2 of my most respected and intelligent analysts. They make great points with the defense being young, etc. However, only time will tell.
    — Rob D.
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:25 PM, 08/31/2010
    The eagles D line is a strength. Perhaps not dominant, but clearly a strength. It all comes down to the OLine. They are the difference between 10-6 and 6-10. On that count I'm not optimistic.
    — Big Willy Style
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:40 PM, 08/31/2010
    the Ds gonna be good. This season is in the hands of KOLB!! 8-8!
    — first down
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:40 PM, 08/31/2010
    Man can Jaws dance!!! I caught him on DNL saying that Kolb's play was directly related to his inexperience and poor offensive line play. I remember when Jaws, Cosell and most of the DNL crew said that the line play would not matter because Kolb gets the ball out faster....SMH! Next to be on Dancing with the Stars!!! and that goes for Ray Diddy too!
    — The Situation
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:58 PM, 08/31/2010
    In games that didn't involve the Cowboys last year, the Eagles were 11-3, even with the defense they had at the end of the year. Then they added Brandon Graham, Ernie Sims,Nate Allen, and got Stew Bradley ( you saw how bad the LB's were without him) and Ellis Hobbs back from injury. Patterson, Bunkley, Cole, Jordan, Mikell, Samuel, all pretty talented players, return. They also replaced Brian Stewart with Dick Jauron as secondary coach. Maybe I'm crazy, but I think this unit will be a strength this year.
    — drbob1
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:28 PM, 08/31/2010
    Right on phatwiz, since McRib said the Eagles showed their youth in their 2 thumpings, the KKK materialized and said he was "stupid" "dumb" "not a leader" "gopher-killer". Now a year later, JAWS and Chucky say it, and well gee maybe they have good points. BABYARM! U are who I thought you were/are!
    — BooDuhBud
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:40 PM, 08/31/2010
    Considering all the changes, 8-8 would not be a bad year for this club. Still love ya "Jaws".
    — flyerdup
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:45 PM, 08/31/2010
    Jaws must be too busy in Bristol to pay attention to the birds. The D is the strength of this team, top 10 unit easy.
    — sla6yer
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:50 PM, 08/31/2010
    After reading Clayton's article, i have one question - How can half the QB's be elite? Doesn't that dilute the whole thing?
    — d27schaal
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:57 PM, 08/31/2010
    If they are right with their predictions then this will have been a wasted year. They should have kept McNabb. This would have been the perfect opportunity to win it all. I see no team in the division or conference better than the Eagles had they kept McNabb. With the Maturation of the recievers and the addition to the defense No doubt this would have been the year. Nobody else improved like the Eagles. Everybody else basically stayed the same and the eagles made big improvements in secondary and linbacker. End of story
    — eagleheart
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