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Wednesday, January 7, 2009
NY writer doesn't believe in Eagles
DeSean Jackson on the cover of SI. (Photo credit / Sports Illustrated)
A friend e-mailed me this column today by Gary Myers of the New York Daily News.

The headline: Believe me, Eagles won't beat the Giants on Sunday.

Here's an excerpt:

They didn't even win 10 regular-season games. They tied their November game with the laughable Bengals, much to the surprise of Donovan McNabb. One week later, McNabb was benched for the second half of a dreadful loss in Baltimore, and it wasn't so he could travel to the NFL offices to be quizzed on the rulebook. The Eagles snuck into the playoffs on the final Sunday after the Bears and Bucs lost and they demolished the Cowboys when Tony Romo was so awful he must have been distracted by the prospect of going on vacation and bumping into Woody Johnson. And in the wild-card round, they were hardly overwhelming against the Vikings, who elected to play the game without a quarterback.

And one more:

It's laughable when people say the Eagles are playing with house money. Why is that? All they have to lose Sunday is their season. They didn't come into the season believing it would be a success if they lost in the divisional round to one of their hated rivals. The Eagles come flying into Giants Stadium but will pack up their season and leave by bus.

Well, I guess it depends on who you ask. Rod Boone of Newsday said in today's live chat that if he had to pick right now, he'd go with the Eagles.

Meanwhile, did you see who's gracing the cover of Sports Illustrated? DeSean Jackson. Jinx? No jinx? What do we think?

Keep in mind it's a regional cover. Darren Sproles and the Chargers are also on a cover in a different part of the country. And so are Larry Fitzgerald and the Cardinals. The Cardinals? Dangerous? Really?
Posted by Sheil Kapadia @ 5:12 PM  Permalink | 31 comments
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Posted 05:38 PM, 01/07/2009
tktk
I guess New Yorkers would know what the chances are of a Wildcard team going far in the playoffs...
Posted 05:47 PM, 01/07/2009
eli10
hey eagle fans ,your wives and girlfriends can finally shave off their playoff beards after this game....maybe their backs too,gooooo giants
Posted 06:14 PM, 01/07/2009
jayfril
Truly poor journalism. You'd expect more from New York beat writers. They know full well that every Giants/Eagles game come down to the wire. Last 4 years against the NYG: 20-14 Eagles; 36-31 Giants; 16-13 Giants; 16-3 Giants; 23-20 Eagles (Playoffs); 36-22 Eagles; 30-24 OT Giants; 26-23 OT Giants; 27-17 Giants. What we did against the Bengals doesn't matter. It doesn't matter what we did against the Ravens or Redskins. It doesn't matter what we did against the Cowboys or Vikings. These divisional games are a different breed and history should always be taken into account.
Posted 06:18 PM, 01/07/2009
Todd Pratt
No jinx, it is a regional cover. The Cardinals are on the cover out west. eli10: word is you are suffering something blue. Your wife gave you a lap dance but didn't finish the job when you got home.
Posted 06:50 PM, 01/07/2009
eli10
your dumpy city will be second fiddle to ny. forever get over it
Posted 06:58 PM, 01/07/2009
eli10
just finished my lap dance,trying to listen to the pa gov.talk about football...he sounds like crusty the clown...gooooo giants
Posted 07:20 PM, 01/07/2009
tripschaos
Eli10 KYS. Love, Philly
Posted 07:46 PM, 01/07/2009
allen_jones
eli10 obviously has an exciting life! Thats why he's trolling on a philly site. Yea, he's not worried about Sunday at all.
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Posted 07:58 PM, 01/07/2009
bumblebee_4tuna
Yes Eli10, our second fiddle city...Go Mets...Go Yankees, Oh my bad, I forgot they didn't make it into the playoffs. Choke on that!
Posted 08:07 PM, 01/07/2009
MrHoosier2U
Yo Eli10 - Your wife likes the way my Beard tickles her (ryhmes with it)! Without Burres, you suck. Eli will look like Farve on Sunday just throwing it up for grabs. Don't forget Samuel owes you one!
Posted 08:17 PM, 01/07/2009
mikemaddog
The jints don't even play in ny.
Posted 08:25 PM, 01/07/2009
dirttracker
House money....means the Eagles have nothing to lose. They got lucky and snuck into the playoffs after smacking down the Cowgirls.....but...now they mean business. And they will be all business in smacking down the Giants....who have everything to lose....they led the league all year...number 1 seed...the whole bit. The good news for NY fans...the Giants loss will cause them to forget how the Mets choked 2 years in a row.....and, who was it that won the World Series......oh yeah.....the Phillies...god that had to suck for ya....
Posted 09:47 PM, 01/07/2009
JimG
This NY "writer" and I use that term loosely, doesn't have a clue. He makes a big deal out of the games against the Bengals and Ravens but forgets to mention that the Eagles beat the snot out of the Giants in NY just 2 weeks AFTER the Ravens game. The score in that game was misleading...it was 20-7 when Manning threw a garbage time TD pass with 15 seconds left against a prevent D to make it a 20-14 final. The Eagles are playing much better than the Giants right now...and frankly, the Eagles are a better team...period. Without Burress, the Giants are not scary at all. Burress has been the Eagle-killer over the last few years. I like how the moron gives the Eagles D no credit for shutting down Romo and Jackson in the last 2 games either. He acts like they just walked out, tanked on purpose and handed the game to the Eagles. I wonder what his excuse will be for Manning when he gets pummeled by our D on Sunday.
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