UPDATE 12/7/10:
So I realized there was a lot more I had to say about this team. Try and bear with me here.
I'm going to quickly revisit how much I hate McNabb. For me, there is no such thing as beating a dead horse with this guy. I was watching the Commanders-Giants game with my fraternity this weekend, and as I was watching McNabb do what he does best (choke), I overheard some Eagles fans going "Hey, McNabb why aren't you smiling? That's what you always do when you mess up!" How true this is. I know I already addressed this, but this is something I can't stand. People get on Romo's case for messing up and then doing some arbitrary thing that people have to piss and moan about, but step back for a second and look at McNabb. He made a career out of literally puking away games for the Eagles, and then just gets up and smiles, pats himself on the chest saying "my fault my fault". Everyone knows it's your fault you *******, the defender just returned your INT for a TD. In addition to his dumb post mistake smiles, his dancing is absurd. It's playoff time, and here you go out of the gate playing AIR GUITAR and dancing around like a monkey. Of course his little stooge DeSean is all in his butt as he's doing this.
McNabb Part III: Things I hate about his play: Around my friends, we refer to what Rape Fumblesberger does on the Steelers in reference to staying alive in the pocket as "The Ben Shuffle". I hate that he can't go down no matter what defenses do. It's a trait that I can't stand when it isn't on my team. McNabb's whole career was this. I would tear my hair out constantly because we couldn't bring his fat *** down. McNabb also gets praise as an accurate passer, yet he also spent much of his life throwing balls at 100 mph and launching epic dirt balls and then going into the post game press conference complaining about the need for "weapons". What a joke.
For whatever reason, I don't really have a problem with Reid, but I HATE his west coast offense. If I'm not watching a screen go for 30 yards every other play, I'm watching a QB friendly designed slant pass or roll out to throw for easy 10 yards. I refuse to believe every QB they have isn't a product of their system. They were able to make Jeff Garcia into a superstar. They were able to make AJ FEELY into a superstar. So no matter what anyone tells me about Kolb being so good or Vick being this monster QB, take them out of Philly and you have nothing.
I HATE LeSean McCoy. Why? Because his nickname is Shady. That's lame. Moving on.
I HATE their stadium. Lincoln Financial Field is a piece of garbage that breeds even more garbage from their fans. I can only hope and pray that we shutout the Eagles on Jan. 2, because when I go to that game for the first time ever, I may end up choking someone out if I have to hear their fight song. Hilariously enough, they've been "fighting" for 50 years. I guess that makes all of their fans veterans.
I HATE how Philadelphia celebrates a championship win. Now this may not be fair, because the Phillies were the first team there to win anything in 30 some years, but I'll do it anyway. When your team wins a championship, there is absolutely no reason to loot and pillage your own city. For crying out loud, I had to watch commercials of BILL COSBY telling people to stop the violence.
I HATE that my manager at work as literally never talked to me (this is actually not an exaggeration) without somehow managing to sneak something about the Cowboys in there. Oh hey can I get my paycheck? Oh sure, by the way the Cowboys are terrible and there's a new tax New Jersey passed that says all Cowboys fans have to pay them 50%!!! herp a derp derp. HUR HUR HURRRRRRRRRR. That's .00001% of the comments I deal with whenever I'm working. I blame this solely on the Eagles, therefore fitting criteria for putting it in this thread. :laugh2:
I HATE Merrill Reese. He's a radio broadcaster for Philadelphia and I have never heard a more biased talking announcer. I mean, most in Philly are, but this guy takes it to a new level. Someone try and look up a sound bite from him if I don't end up posting one. I'll walk you through a typical Eagles play compared to the visiting team:
"Vick steps back... he's looking, looking... STEPS UP ONE YARD HE'S DOWN TO THE 29 HE STEPS BACK 5 YARDSS!!!!!! HE'S RUNNING AROUND IN CIRCLES NOW!!!! VICK BACK TO THE 49, HE'S LOOKING AGAIN, SPRINTING FORWARD, HE FFFIIIIIRREEESSSSSSS AND ITTSSSS CAUGHT! CAUGHT BY DESEAN JACKSON! CAUGHT CAUGHT CAUGHT!!! ITS GOOD FOR 5 YARDS AND AN EAGLES FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRST DOWN!"
Visiting Team: "Romo steps back. He throws to Witten for a touchdown."
I'm almost positive for every offensive snap the Eagles take, Merrill Reese has an aneurysm.
I think this one is more personal to me. I HATE... HATE... HATE that I have to "fear" going to the Cowboys game @the Linc in a month. I have people coming up to me not to wear Cowboys gear or try not to cheer for my team because I might get shot or beat up my drunk people. And these are all serious comments to, I actually have people that are scared for me to go to this football game. This is absurd. Honestly. I have my mother asking what kinds of tear gas or tazer guns to bring with me (said in all joking though) and to strap up with a bullet proof vest. If that's what happens to be a fan of a rival team, that it means people throw away their humanism and revert to drunkenly violent and abusive acts just for supporting a different team, there is seriously something wrong with this city.