Simms predicts no playoffs for Eagles
CBS analyst Phil Simms predicts that two NFC East teams will go to the playoffs. The Eagles are not one of them. Plus a couple notes on Eagles injuries and Donovan McNabb.
Simms predicts no playoffs for Eagles
Sheil Kapadia, Philly.com
CBS analyst Phil Simms had positive things to say about Kevin Kolb during a radio interview earlier this month.
But Simms doesn't think the Eagles are playoff-bound in 2010. Instead, he predicts the Cowboys to take the division and go to the Super Bowl. He also has the Giants as in as a wild-card team.
CBS released Simms' predictions via e-mail. He announced them on TV last week. In the NFC, he's got the Saints, Vikings and 49ers as the other division winners. And Simms predicts that the Packers win the other wild-card spot.
In the AFC, he's got the Jets, Bengals, Colts and Chargers as the division winners, with the Patriots and Ravens earning wild-card berths. Simms has the Colts meeting the Cowboys in the Super Bowl.
EAGLES AND INJURIES
Interesting look at league-wide injuries from our friend Bill Barnwell over at Football Outsiders. Barnwell takes a look at injury reports from 2007 to 2009 to determine which teams under-report injuries and which teams over-report injuries.
The Eagles play the guys on their injury report 3.8 percent more than the league average. In other words, they slightly over-report injuries, according to this study.
Only six teams in the league played the guys on their injury report more frequently than the Eagles: the Jets (13.4%), the Falcons (8.1%), the Browns (6.7%), the Chargers (6.7%), the Bucs (4.9%) and the Cardinals (4.0%).
The Chiefs, Colts and Seahawks played the guys on their injury report the least over the three-year span.
STICKING UP FOR MCNABB
At least one national columnist thinks it's about time Donovan McNabb stuck up for himself. Referencing comments McNabb made to GQ last week, Mike Freeman of CBSSports.com writes that the former Eagles quarterback should have stuck up for himself earlier:
Finally, after so many years of biting his tongue, of playing the polite politician, of being afraid to offend anyone, of fearing telling some Philly fan where to stuff his cheesesteak, Donovan McNabb has finally and forcefully defended himself. Thank you, Donovan. Thank you, thank you, thank you. It's about time.
EARLIER TODAY
I took a detailed look at Kevin Kolb's performance against the Chiefs in a new weekly feature: What about Kolb?
I also have today's video report up, with clips from Mike McGlynn and Trent Cole.
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Darooky, I had exactly the same thought when I read the blurb, thanks for looking it up and confirming my suspicions. You McNabb loving apologists just keep shouting, its what you are good at. Logic, not so much.— blaqjaq
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No surprise, anyone who has been looking at the Eagles O'Line knows they are in serious trouble.— Drew777- McNabb has been the most scrutinized and publicly criticized (by a HUGE margin)QB in the past decade, yet has an outstanding record during that same time frame. Where is the rational explanation for this disparity? Exactly....there is none. It's beyond irrational and has been manifested by the media to the point where it's basically insane. The guy played hard for the Eagles and deserves credit and respect. Lose the hatred. people.— philly449
- Anybody else think jtj06 is the biggest compulsive dchbag on these boards?
- You are right......yes...I agree....you are right about jtj06...pure dooooosh.— philly449
- this guy is a joke. He picked every easy pick. there is always upsets throughout season. The eagles do turn it on late some times and so what if kolb struggles on a few games he would be like every other qb in the league. I think kolb knows what he needs to do and if he succeeds this team has the potential to make the eagles a 10-6 team and possibly a 11-5 team.— thefuzz91
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Eagles 6-10 with a weak schedule in 2011.- Comment removed.
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