The Heron's Nest: The Dreaded Saturday Eagles pick

Well the weather outside is frightful ...

But Michael Vick and the Eagles are so delightful.

It's another Sunday night prime time marquee for Vick and the Birds as they clash with a Minnesota Vikings team that saw its season come apart at the seams in the Brett Favre soap opera. It cost one former Eagles coach, Brad Childress, his job, while another, Leslie Frazier, was named interm head coach.

Doesn't much matter. The Eagles win this game going away.

Favre, still battling concussion symptoms, is not expected to play, Wouldn't make much difference. The Eagles are just a better team.

Of course the biggest variable tonight is likely to be the weather, with the first big winter storm of the night expected to be bearing down on the region today.

This might be a game for LeSean McCoy to dominate on the ground. Of course, having a running threat like Vick as you GQ doesn't hurt either.

Snow or no snow, put this one in the win column as the Eagle bear down on another NFC East crown and a possible first-round bye in the playoffs.

Make it Eagles 27, Vikings 16.
Last Week: I can't remember ever being quite that happy to be on the losing end of a pick. The comeback for the ages made a winner out of the Birds and a happy loser out of me

Season Record: The loss drops me to 9-5, while the Eagles push their mark to 10-4 and in the catbird seat as far as the NFC East goes.

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