Go ahead, admit it. You never thought we'd be here.
Wild Card Weekend and where are the Eagles? Safely tucked into their barcoloungers? Not exactly. They're in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome to play the Vikings.
Christmas came late this year. On Sunday, the stars aligned in a holiday miracle to deliver the Eagles to the threshold of the playoffs. Then the Birds dismantled the Dallas Cowboys to punch their ticket to the frozen northland.
Now they have to stop the Vikings. More specifically, they have to stop one man. that would be Adrian Peterson, the best running back in the NFL. On the other side of the line, they will be hard-pressed to run the ball against a very good Vikings' front four.
On the other hand, the Vikes do not defend the pass very well. Yes, that was a shudder that just went through your system. We could very well spend much of late Sunday afternoon screaming at the TV for Andy Reid to run the ball. Save your breath. To win this game, the Eagles will need to ride the right arm of Donovan McNabb. If he's on, the Birds should prevail, so long as they don't allow Peterson to treat them the way Brandon Jacobs and Clinton Portis did this year.
In the matchup of Andy Reid vs. his old protege Brad Childress, I'll go with Reid. It will be a low-scoring affair, dominated by field goals.
Makes it Eagles 23, Vikings 13.
Then it's on the Meadowlands.
Wild Card Weekend and where are the Eagles? Safely tucked into their barcoloungers? Not exactly. They're in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome to play the Vikings.
Christmas came late this year. On Sunday, the stars aligned in a holiday miracle to deliver the Eagles to the threshold of the playoffs. Then the Birds dismantled the Dallas Cowboys to punch their ticket to the frozen northland.
Now they have to stop the Vikings. More specifically, they have to stop one man. that would be Adrian Peterson, the best running back in the NFL. On the other side of the line, they will be hard-pressed to run the ball against a very good Vikings' front four.
On the other hand, the Vikes do not defend the pass very well. Yes, that was a shudder that just went through your system. We could very well spend much of late Sunday afternoon screaming at the TV for Andy Reid to run the ball. Save your breath. To win this game, the Eagles will need to ride the right arm of Donovan McNabb. If he's on, the Birds should prevail, so long as they don't allow Peterson to treat them the way Brandon Jacobs and Clinton Portis did this year.
In the matchup of Andy Reid vs. his old protege Brad Childress, I'll go with Reid. It will be a low-scoring affair, dominated by field goals.
Makes it Eagles 23, Vikings 13.
Then it's on the Meadowlands.
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