Smashmouth24
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ravidubey said:It's the Eagles who milked a very weak NFC last year.
Philadelphia is a good but not great team; besides McNabb and Owens they do not have exceptional and irreplaceable players.
Their exceptional, replaceable players are either on their way out (Westbrook) or are not in positions to dominate games (Dawkins).
Like all playoff teams, they have some good players, like Thomas, Runyan, Sheppard, Lewis, and Brown.
They also have a host of overrated players like Kearse, Simon, LJ Smith, and Trotter.
They have coaches on offense and defense who are masters of smoke and mirrors-- Reid over-coaches the offense which can not run the ball otherwise without him constantly mixing things up and Johnson has to scheme to generate pressure on defense which can not otherwise pressure or dominate at the point of attack.
It's not a great team, and it just shows how sad the NFL has become because based on Philly's record you would think they must be a great team.
What teams have more than two exceptional/irreplacable players? And isn't one of those criteria a little dependent upon the team's scouting department rather than the player themselves? The Eagles, Patriots, Steelers, and Packers have found ways to replace players that might be irreplacable anywhere else.