Philly's Easy Schedule

[Doomsday101]

It works both ways. What if the Cowboys start 0-2...the BYE will be looking hot. Like fat chicks at last-call.

Not really, best thing a team can do after a loss is get on to the next game so that you are putting it behind you instead of 2 weeks worth of "what is wrong with the Cowboys" from every idiot with a pen or keyboard. I look at bye more as a chance to give your team some rest which I don't think we will need after 2 weeks. I really wish the NFL could change the bye so that no team would have a bye until at least week 4 of the season

 

[Sportsbabe]

I wish I could say the same. Believe me I hate Philly more than any other franchise but I think that many on this board are wrong when talking about Philly. I think they are a much better team than many claim and while the most hated of the bunch McNabb is poked at around here I think the guy has shown very good talent as a QB over the years with not much help around him as far as WR (not counting TO for the 1 season) I think a healthy McNabb and Jim Johnson defense will make them a tough team this season. I hope I'm wrong but I don't think that will be the case. I really see this as a 4 team race for the division

I think Donovan is a darn good QB. I'd take him any day. I think he has great vision. His escapability is unquestionable. His accuracy has alway been questioned but not by me. I also believe this will be a 4 team race. I just think that on paper, the Boys and the Giants are the front runners. Everything else is left to be seen.

 

[5Stars]

I only have a couple of comments so I won't be very long.

Bank on it!

Same crap, different year! And, still nothing!

Phonetic-Freaking-Talon, when your team ever wins a SuperBowl, then you can start telling us fans of a Champion team how it's done!

In the meantime, just to save yourself some typing, go find some of your years past posts, select one, copy and paste it...done!

Same crap, different year! Whoever turned you on to be an Eagle fan...you should despise that one person/incident, because the Eagles are losers, period!

Prove me wrong, and I might listen...

 

[5Stars]

I think Donovan is a darn good QB. I'd take him any day. I think he has great vision. His escapability is unquestionable. His accuracy has alway been questioned but not by me. I also believe this will be a 4 team race. I just think that on paper, the Boys and the Giants are the front runners. Everything else is left to be seen.

:ralph:

:thumbdo:

 

[Phoenix-Talon]

I look at bye more as a chance to give your team some rest which I don't think we will need after 2 weeks.

That's a bingo! However, I must say that a bye week does come in great for coaches needing to rest an injured player(s).

 

[5Stars]

That's a bingo! However, I must say that a bye week does come in great for coaches needing to rest an injured player(s).

He's so in your head, right? You cannot give him up!

He's Baaacckkk! Get the popcorn ready. Or in your case, some sleeping pills and Vodka...

See me crying 5Tears?

 

[Stash]

I only have a couple of comments so I won't be very long.

Yeah, it looks it.....

Easy NFC-East in 2000 - 2004; Eagles window closes in 2004 after Superbowl loss to the Pats ...2005 an improved NFC-East slams the window shut; injuries not a factor!

The numbers speak for themselves. The Eagles were a good team in a terrible division. They're now a good team in a great division.

2006 NFC-East is the Beast; Eagles purportedly have easy opening schdule but will (choke/fizzle out) be inconsistent due to the difficult 2nd part of the schedule.

Yeah, those Texans, Packers, and 49'ers are looking primed for huge years, huh? It's night and day different from the better teams they'll face at season's end - on the road.

Are you serious!? Even if I weren't an Eagles fan I'd be suspicious of those perspectives. First of all, there is no such thing as an "esasy" schedule! There are some schedules that are more difficult than others, but you know that anything can happen on any given Sunday ...upsets are alive and doing well! Coaches these days are not going to prepare any less under the assumption that one team is "easier" to beat than another.

Keep telling yourself this nonsense! When you play better teams you have a tougher schedule. Bad teams don't turn into good ones overnight. Spare us all the "any given Sunday" line.

Secondly, this so-called "difficult" teams during the 2nd half of our schedule Is just as rediculous. Remember, those difficult teams have played difficult teams during the 1st half of the schedule. That said, I do Not classify the Eagles as an "easy" team. If you fool yourself into believing that, I only hope Bill Parcells does the same when we meet you (BTW ...don't you guys have an unusually early BYE-Week? How do you think that will impact your team?)

Your "theory" isn't worthy of response. What we fans think has no bearing on how our team plays - try to understand that. And Reid couldn't shine Parcells' shoes when it comes to coaching!

Final point ...the Eagles (and fans) are coming off of a tumultuous 2005 season. Whether you believe that injuries were a factor or not, is irrelevant. Because the Eagle players have been quoted in saying that they have something to prove this year; especially in the NFC-East. Now that doesn't necessarily strike fear in the hearts of anyone, but the statement there is that the Eagles have improved since 2005. Those difficult teams had better be prepared to ply difficult games if they expect to compete with the Eagles in 2006!

Understand this! Nobody cares! Nobody cares what "chip" McNabb and his teammates have on their shoulders! It has no bearing on a game's outcome!

Oh, the Eagles have improved in 2005? Yeah, about the least of anyone in the division! And that after a 6-10 debacle! Every team in the division has improved considerably - and they were all better than the Eagles already. The Eagles are in the rear view mirror in the NFC East. They had their chance and they blew it!

Bank on it!

The Eagles days as a contender are over,

Bank on that!

:trophy:

 

[TobiasEagle77]

I've always found rating schedules before the season to be a complete waste of time. Odds are, especially in the NFC East this year, that the team with the worst record at the end of week 17 will have had the hardest schedule. Basing this on the records of last years teams is misspent energy IMO.

exactamundo