ESPN Insider: Eagles not Cowboys NFCE Favorite

[NickZepp]

Eagles will more likely be in last place than 1st place. The only NFC East team that scares me is the Giants. Depends on how much the Giants have improved their defense, but offensively the Giants could be the best team in the conference even over the Cowboys.

 

[xvendettax914]

Eagles will more likely be in last place than 1st place. The only NFC East team that scares me is the Giants. Depends on how much the Giants have improved their defense, but offensively the Giants could be the best team in the conference even over the Cowboys.

Not sure i can agree with that because of 1 wide reciever.

 

[NickZepp]

Not sure i can agree with that because of 1 wide reciever.

Odell Beckham, Victor Cruz, and Reuben Randle is more than 1 WR.

 

[xvendettax914]

Odell Beckham, Victor Cruz, and Reuben Randle is more than 1 WR.

Disagree with Randle, and Cruz is a ? coming off a pretty serious injury.

 

[tyke1doe]

For years, we've been told that the offensive lines and the defense lines are where you build winning teams, championship teams.

We have significantly improved our offensive line over the years and took another big step by adding La 'el Collins.

We have significantly improved our defensive line by adding a second-round pick last year (DeMarcus Lawrence) who should come into his own this year, a second-round pick this year who was considered the, if not one of the, top pass rushers in this draft and a veteran top pass rusher in Hardy, pending suspension ruling, of course.

Meanwhile, I read little about Philly's improvements on the offensive or defensive lines. Instead, the writer hinges their anticipated ascension to the NFC East on quarterback (and oft-injured one at that) and running backs (one who shouldered a historic load last year and another who couldn't stay healthy)?

Meanwhile, the Cowboys have a proven top offensive line, one of the best quarterbacks in the league and one clearly better than Bradford, a would-be Hall of Fame tight end and arguably the best wide receiver in the league, and no respect is given to the Cowboys offense that is clearly better than the Eagles?

Again, predictions are predictions, but I'm just not seeing how the Eagles are better than the Cowboys.

 

[JohnsKey19]

Eagles will more likely be in last place than 1st place. The only NFC East team that scares me is the Giants. Depends on how much the Giants have improved their defense, but offensively the Giants could be the best team in the conference even over the Cowboys.

If their OL is shored up, they will be very good offensively. But losing your starting LT for likely the entire year is a big blow.

 

[tyke1doe]

Not sure i can agree with that because of 1 wide reciever.

Look, I like ODB and think he's a tremendous talent. But people are losing their minds. They act like he's Jerry Rice, Randy Moss and Calvin Johnson all rolled into one player.
And it's not exactly like we have Yancy Thigpen wearing No. 88.

Chillax. ODB aint going to single-handedly beat the Cowboys. If he makes a play, we have Dez to make a play.

Besides, we're going to be bring the rush this year. Eli better hope he has time to get the ball down field.

 

[CCBoy]

The Cowboys never will be the underdog once they set foot on a game day field!

Something about the real world slant on things.

 

[Doomsday101]

Eagles I believe were favored last season

2014

1.*
Philadelphia9-7Chip Kelly did a masterful job in his first season ever in the NFL on any level. Can Nick Foles throw just two interceptions again? If so, they win more games than the nine games I predicted.
2.
Washington8-8I spent time with RG3 this spring and I was so impressed about his focus and leadership. The defense will be better. This could be a surprise team.
3.
N.Y. Giants8-8The Giants brought in a lot of veteran players for experience and to plug holes. Eli Manning and Tom Coughlin have a solid history of rebounding from bad seasons. Do they have the pass protection and playmakers to do it again?
4.
Dallas6-10The Dallas defense is going to be an issue once again. No DeMarcus Ware, no Sean Lee, no Jason Hatcher and as good as the offense might be, they will not score 35 points every week.

 

[NickZepp]

Today I would predict the division to be...
Cowboys
Giants
Commanders
Eagles

With Commanders/Eagles being interchangeable.

 

[jobberone]

I think people might be sleeping a little too much on the skins and Gmen. The skins reloaded there Dline and brought in the top guard in the draft, with the addition of Cally, who has been successful at every stop he's made in the NFL. Morris is no chump. They also have nice WR group, if they can finally settle in at QB.

While the Gmen have a talented WR core, don't overlook bringing back Spagnuolo.

I think it could be a dog fight. The Skins will go as far as their OL and QB allow. The Giants as well plus their pass defense. The Eagles need QB play and their D has to step up.

We are the most settled club and I'll be very disappointed if we don't win the East at the least. In fact I'll be surprised if we don't compete for the SB.

 

[mldardy]

I don't buy the thesis of the article. It clear to me that the Cowboys, on paper, on the clearly superior team.

Having said that, the 3 headed monster of Murray / Matthews / Sproles is pretty darn good.

Not really sold on this. I think Sproles has slowed down a lot and getting another year older won't help. Matthews can't stay healthy and that won't change here. And we'll see about Murray, can he run behind that offensive line effectively because it isn't near as good as ours and no I don't care about what ranking that oline had last year. I also don't think Murray will duplicate what he did last year because the history of RB's with a year like that and carries like that. So no I'm not sold on them being pretty darn good.

 

[Frozen700]

Why because they have Murray? Stats really **** up peoples heads.

Had he only went for 900-1000 yards, they would be saying this.

 

[NickZepp]

Not really sold on this. I think Sproles has slowed down a lot and getting another year older won't help. Matthews can't stay healthy and that won't change here. And we'll see about Murray, can he run behind that offensive line effectively because it isn't near as good as ours and no I don't care about what ranking that oline had last year. I also don't think Murray will duplicate what he did last year because the history of RB's with a year like that and carries like that. So no I'm not sold on them being pretty darn good.

Plus the Oregon offense isn't really a between the tackles type system. Sproles seems the only system fit for that offense from what they signed. They will basically be having a system change if anything there with an offensive line that hasn't been all that good the last couple years.

 

[Jarv]

Compounding that issue is item two, which is a Cowboys pass defense that will be greatly tested by a very difficult slate of wide receiver matchups. Pass-catchers on this list include Odell Beckham Jr. and DeSean Jackson (two games each) along with Julio Jones, Mike Evans, Vincent Jackson, Jarvis Landry,DeVante Parker, Kelvin Benjamin, Jordy Nelson, Randall Cobb, Brandon Marshall and Sammy Watkins.

Add in tough tight end matchups against Seattle (Jimmy Graham) and New England (Rob Gronkowski) and it looks all but certain Dallas may end up in more shootouts this season than it was last year.

These two issues will not bode well for the Cowboys leaning on the ground game as much as they did in 2014 and will help close the gap for the Eagles.

Lol...The egirls have almost the same schedule and will be playing virtually against most of the same receivers, this will hurt us, but not them...Yeah, ok.

 

[Sydla]

Lol...The egirls have almost the same schedule and will be playing virtually against most of the same receivers, this will hurt us, but not them...Yeah, ok.

Didn;t you read the article? The Eagles secondary is now awesome because they overpaid for the 4th best DB on the Seahawks and drafted a CB in the 2nd round.

 

[LucaBrasi]

Hopefully, the national media keeps hyping the Eagles. I feel like the Cowboys play better as an under the radar team. keep hyping the Eagles, we don"t need to be perceived as favorites.

 

[Jarv]

Hopefully, the national media keeps hyping the Eagles. I feel like the Cowboys play better as an under the radar team. keep hyping the Eagles, we don"t need to be perceived as favorites.

I agree, it may also help my odds for when I go to Tahoe this Summer for my yearly $100 bet at the sportsbook for our superbowl win.

 

[Doomsday101]

As I see it now I think this is a 3 team race with Dallas, NY and Philly. I think Cowboys will take it but I see this being a tough division this year.

 

[jobberone]

The other three teams are on the East Coast. They are going to get a lot of press. Plus 1/2 hate the Cowboys and the other love them.