Who's picking the Eagles?
Some quick notes before we get to the picks.
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has all of today's preview stories and columns from
and
.
And like I mentioned yesterday, I'll be hosting
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during tonight's contest. Also, last week we introduced
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so be sure to check that out. And finally, I listed
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for tonight's game in a post yesterday.
Now on to the game. This is a roundup of who people are picking. My pick is tacked on to the bottom. Feel free to chime in with your predictions.
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and Daily News beat writer Les Bowen
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, 17-13.
The Daily News' Paul Domowitch
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, 13-10.
Peter King
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, 28-23:
The folks on
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. Mike Ditka, Keyshawn Johnson and Chris Mortensen like the Eagles. Cris Carter and Tom Jackson like the Cowboys. The same can be said for the rest of ESPN's "experts." Four out of seven
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.
Three of six
experts
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. Pete Prisco of
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, 36-28:
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, 28-20.
All eight
experts
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.
All eight staff picks from the
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.
I haven't been in Philadelphia for an entire Eagles season since 2000. Sure, I've followed the team from afar and have often returned for football weekends, but I missed out on the general buzz leading up to a big game. That's been fun this week. But like everyone else, I've had my fill of T.O., Jessica Simpson and Pacman Jones and am ready for the actual game to begin.
While the Eagles won't match last week's offensive output, I expect them to be able to move the football pretty efficiently.
was not sacked in Week 1 against the Rams. I did some research and discovered the last time McNabb played pretty much a whole game and wasn't sacked was Week 11 of the 2003 season. See
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for yourself. Defensively, it will be interesting to see how
attacks
and the Cowboys' playmakers. Obviously, getting to Romo and forcing turnovers could decide the game. Maybe the excitement has gotten to me, but I'm going with the Birds, 24-21.