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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.
Posted 09:53 PM, 01/07/2009
blood_green
NewYukkers don't even understand football. They're too busy stealing everyone tax money via TARP. This NY times webpage doesnt even know the gints record in 12-4: http://projects.nytimes.com/nfl2009/matchups/PHI_NYG.
Posted 10:10 PM, 01/07/2009
philly psu 24
eli10 has a life ...
Posted 10:28 PM, 01/07/2009
CJ_818
The NY fans are just scared that the Eagles will do to the Giants what the Phillies did to the Mets.
Posted 10:28 PM, 01/07/2009
JACK V
gary myers of the new york daily news is a mistic. he not only knows it all he predicts the results according to him.
Posted 10:32 PM, 01/07/2009
aden
No question, converting a LB into a RB was a good thing along with taking one of our staff to learn the Eagles' D helped the Giants quite a bit. I lost count of all the Staff that have been taken from the Eagles but they have generated depth on the squad and for the first time I can remember all aspects of the team are playing as one. Now a Game Plan can be utilized with all confidence. I expect a chess match and expect the Eagles have more to prove that they are the rightful proprietors of the NFC East.
Posted 11:02 PM, 01/07/2009
NickEeee
Enjoy that lapdance eli10. Nothing but class.
Posted 11:09 PM, 01/07/2009
tbone pickins
He makes a joke about McNabb not knowing overtime rules? I'd expect something more timely or at least witty from a New York writer. Oh well. Go Birds.
Posted 11:21 PM, 01/07/2009
jham32
McNabb 4-1 at NYG since 2001. 5-1 after Sunday. PHI 30 NYG 19. GO BIRDS!!!
Posted 12:06 AM, 01/08/2009
TrueBigBlue
First, I'm a native New Yorker and lifelong NY Giants fan. Second, I lived in Society Hill and then Queen Village for 12.5 years (as recent as 5 years ago). Simply put, I love both cities. But the facts are: the Giants are the defending Champs and Eli Manning is the reigning Super Bowl MVP. Donovan McNabb has been great for the Eagles for ten years but he neither has a Super Bowl ring or has a Super Bowl MVP trophy. All Giants-Eagles games from the dawn of time are bare knuckle brawls - this will be no different. But the Giants have the better record; have had the better team this year and are now the defending NFC East Divisional Champs. Anyone who says differently is looking through green colored glasses. And who cares about any other sport - this comment section is about Giants-Eagles football - period. And all that matters is the final score - as Tom Coughlin said all last year and this year: talk is cheap - play the game!
Posted 01:40 AM, 01/08/2009
theanswer80
the bengals took the giants to o.t. and that was in new york. that is pathetic.
Posted 03:45 AM, 01/08/2009
erniebanks14
It seems kind of funny to me how he mentioned our tie with the Bengals but failed to note their 35-14 LOSS to the lowly Browns. Also, we beat the Vikings last week; how did the Giants do against them in their last game?
Posted 03:49 AM, 01/08/2009
erniebanks14
He tried to make a big deal about Donovan and his question about the overtime rule. How about Plaxico's ignorance on the law about a concealed weapon? Let's get real here! What is more important, not knowing a football rule or carrying a deadly weapon?!
Posted 08:03 AM, 01/08/2009
extremebeat
Is it Sunday yet????
Posted 08:31 AM, 01/08/2009
Lemur
This article is truly lazy and horrible journalism. This guy does not deserve to be paid to write this garbage. I almost wish you didn't link to it so he wouldn't get all the attention and page views.
Posted 08:46 AM, 01/08/2009
Dierte
TrueBigBlue, your WR corps is worse than the Eagles now, how do you feel about that? Since Burress is gone, the only WR on your team with a TD is Toomer. Looks like the team shot it's self in the leg this year...pun intended. Fact is winning the Super Bowl isn't always about who is the BETTER team. Do you mean to tell me the Giants were BETTER than the Patriots last year? If you do you are looking through crap colored glasses, fool. It's about who is hot and playing better. Personally, no one's playing better and hotter than the Eagles. Stay in New York, we don't want you. Let's Go BIRDS!!
Posted 08:57 AM, 01/08/2009
komplex2005
I agree with DMACRULES.. This writer sounds scared. The bottom line is the eagles are in the playoffs, regardless of how they got in. The same Vikings, regardless of the circumstances, beat the Giants. So what gives? The game is played on the field and this Sunday we will see who will come out victorious. My hunch is that it will be the Eagles. They are playing much better football as of late. One critical improvement, they are converting on third downs... Their defense, almost flawless.. special teams..improved, offense.. you tell me. Prediction: Eagles 34 Giants 24..
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