The Eagles head to Minnesota to visit former assistant Brad Childress and the Vikings, and try to bounce back from last Sunday's heartbreaking loss to the Chicago Bears.
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Comments (9)
Eagles 31,
Vikings 14.
In need of some offense, McNabb looks sharp and actually takes some shots downfield. Lito and Sheldon will not be forced to make many plays in the secondary due to the awful Vikings passing attack, but they'll make Holcomb pay with a big INT return.
Posted by Euge416 | October 26, 2007 9:51 AM
McNabb looks sharp? Sorry Josh McNabb has been bad since they made a mistake and drafted him. Oh ya by the way Lito and Shelden get beat on every play. Watch the game. Vikings are poor but can beat the hapless Eagles.
Vikings 20 Eagles 13
Posted by Joe | October 26, 2007 4:57 PM
The Eagles will need a Human size scraper to scrape up what's left of Sean Considine after Adrian Peterson and Chester Taylor get through with them.Final Score;Vikings27,Eagles13.Look for Vikings DE Erasmus James to have a big game against the Birds with the absence of Jon Runyan,and the insertion of Winston"TURNSTYLE"Justice.
Posted by Southwest Philly | October 27, 2007 2:11 AM
Eagles 24 Vikes 20
Eagles D will get a TD this week - also, watch for B West to break a 40+ yd td this week
Posted by Scott D | October 28, 2007 8:11 AM
The Eagles play calling stinks.You put Baskett out there against a 5'9" corner and what does fat Andy do,calls for the play to go the other way.Hank Baskett was fuming.
Posted by Southwest Philly | October 28, 2007 1:41 PM
What the fuck, this site BLOWS!!
Posted by Joe Blander | November 5, 2007 4:49 PM
I am so SICK of Philly media tearing down the city's superstars, decade after decade. What is it, a birthright for guys to foster this ultra-reactionary embarassing reputation amongst the sports world?
Donovan McNabb. Drafted by the Cleveland Browns with the exact same career to this point = a success story. Would questions about his recent injury history? Without a doubt. However, in Cleveland or virtually every other major sports city, there would be a global hope and belief, a supportive well-wishing towards the hard-working star QB who has endured so much in so little time.
Around the country, when people buy football jerseys, #5 for Philadelphia is foremost in their minds. Has been for years. Coming out of Syracuse in 1999, he became the only #2 selected QB ever to be booed. For the first 4 years he was the starter, the Eagles surrounded him with the weakest receiving core of any "contending" team in recent memory, yet he repeatedly led the offense to scores in the clutch.
In his last healthy season, his first with a receiver in the upper tier of NFL receivers, he puts up one of the best statistical seasons in the modern era. 31 tds only 8 int's. His yds per pass average was a scintillating 8.3.
For perspective, Dan Marino the NFL's standard-bearing pure passer surpassed that mark only once in his career, the ground-breaking 1984 season (9.0). His next best in a full season = 7.6. Peyton Manning likewise has surpassed McNabb's mark only once in *his* record-breaking 2004 (9.2). Brett Favre's best prior to this year? 7.7 (this year on a pace for 7.8).
Before being injured last year, without a top tier receiver (but with a solid young group) McNabb was even better with an 8.4 average and another strong td/int ratio in the making despite a struggling just before being hurt (18-6).
Point being, McNabb was blossoming into one of the most dangerous passers the league has seen in years. He was putting himself into the discussion with Manning and Brady, surpassing Favre while STILL dealing with numerous outrageous off-field situations (Rush? T.O.? "Garcia's better"???).
Having watched most of McNabb's college games, I was ecstatic when my hometown team selected this winning QB. At this stage in his career, in a city starved for sports success, he should be beloved. Instead, he continues to face undue negativity...not criticism but negativity because criticism is part of the territory. At this stage , I feel sad for him, he deserves better than what he's received in my hometown with my all-time favorite team. You'll never understand how much I hate to say this, but if I were him, I'd want to play somewhere else.
Posted by Kenny | November 5, 2007 10:33 PM
Plain and simple Andy Reid needs to be fired, hes a bad coach a bad GM and it looks like hes having a bad time being a father too. People say it might be McNabbs last year here but if he has to leave Andy Reid needs to leave too!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Tyrone Williams | November 6, 2007 3:02 PM
Plain and simple Andy Reid needs to be fired, hes a bad coach a bad GM and it looks like hes having a bad time being a father too. People say it might be McNabbs last year here but if he has to leave Andy Reid needs to leave too!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Tyrone Williams | November 6, 2007 3:02 PM