Packers coming to town
Cowboys 14, Eagles 13
Packers coming to town
Rich Hofmann, Daily News Sports Columnist
Eagles coach Andy Reid, unwilling to risk an injury to a starting player in his team's meaningless finale against Dallas, played pretty much nobody. The final score was Cowboys 14, Eagles 13. Only fans of tedium were entertained.
But enough about the game.
The big news happened in other cities and another time zone -- the Giants beat the Redskins in their final game and the Packers beat the Bears in their's. As a result, the Eagles will host the Packers in the wildcard round of the playoffs next Sunday at 4:30 p.m.
There is nothing to be made of Sunday afternoon's season finale. Kevin Kolb didn't look very good at quarterback but the line in front of him looked even worse. As for the other side of the ball, the Eagles' defense actually looked pretty decent; of course, they were defending against the legendary Stephen McGee.
Not much to say here, really. Reid played this one just about as cautiously as is humanly possible. He has a long record of treating meaningless games in just this way -- but, then again, the teams he rested years ago were veteran groups, playoff-tested and much more predictable than this young group that played badly for 7 1/2 of the 8 quarters that preceded the Dallas game.
Now, after this annoying interlude, all eyes return to Michael Vick -- the single most critical Eagles player in the Andy Reid era.
Well, Packers aren't the greatest Defensive team that the Eagles have faced, so there is a shot at a win. Problem is is that the Pack are 5th best against the pass and 15th against the run. Hopefully Marty and Andy can exploit this, but I doubt it. Could be a shoot-out, but I'll take the team that doesn't have Dimitri Patterson as the CB to take home the victory.— ESFjellin- No matter. Green Bay will finish them off.— afrdmd
- Go Pack. Eagles are one and done— figgles
- cut clay harbour and certainly get a 7th round pick for kolb, aweful— tooltime
- If we adjust against the blitz that we know will be coming, we will win. 27-24 EAGLES.— NC Eagle Fan
this game was a joke.. the flyers won!!— dexter55- G.B D ranking is misleading . They were ranking alot higher but they are a different team with a few ket injuries . Vick is on his game we win 28-16— kdubs215
- Well since figgles and afrdmd say we are going to lose , and they are the smartest guys in their minds - I wont have to watch the game Sunday, since we will lose according to them. Thanks - now i can meet up with your Mom for some more knob slobbing action !— ConcreteCharlie
- Ok. have fun with a dead person. moron — figgles
- Glad you are a necrophiliac! — figgles
- FYI. The game is Saturday, CC :-) — petergou
- Green Bay has no running game. They throw more than the Eagles do. Aaron Rogers is a great QB, but he hasn't won a playoff game yet. Eagles should be able to put together a game plan for victory.— TripleOption
- Rich, edit out the "their's" in paragraph three. In contrast, the "semicolon-of course-comma" conjunction in next paragraph is a thing of beauty. ¡Viva la policÃa gramática!— nyphilsphan
- So I guess the mighty Giants aren't in the playoffs?
Hee hee hee! Ha haaa ha ha!
Packers/Eagles should be a good game. Neither team is clearly superior to the other, so I expect it to be close, with neither team running away with it. If Vick is on, Eagles win 31 - 24.— Stoshie
