I can’t get a break with this team. But at least I’m smiling about it.
How ‘bout that Vince Young?
OK, so Young, the one-time Pro Bowler with the Titans and all-everything from the University of Texas, was pretty pedestrian for three quarters last Sunday night against the Giants.
Give him this: He managed to do something Michael Vick has not done. Young engineered an epic fourth-quarter drive to stick a dagger in the Giants’ hearts after they had fought back to tie the game. Given the same circumstance time after time as the Eagles blew a series of fourth-quarter leads, Vick has come up empty. In fact, too often he has thrown a killer interception.
Vick has not practiced again this week, while continuing to nurse those sore ribs. Andy Reid, as usual, is playing it coy, saying he will take it a day at a time with Vick.
If Vick is ready, I think he plays. But I don’t think he’s going to be ready. That means another week of the Young (and the restless home fans, who have not had much to cheer about this year.)
Young will need another big game from LeSean McCoy to control the clock and keep the ball out of the hands of Pats’ QB Tom Brady.
On defense, the Eagles will need to control Brady and his new favorite target, tight end Rob Gronkowski.
For some reason, I think the Eagles take a page from the Giants and Steelers, both of whom found a way to keep a lid on the Patriots’ vaunted offense.
Make it an upset special: Eagles 26, Patriots 23. Alive for another week.
Last Week: The Eagles went up the Jersey Turnpike and gutted out a huge win against the Giants, 17-10. It wasn’t pretty. Not a lot of NFC East games are this time of year. That win very likely means another year of Andy Reid. For Reid’s besieged backers, that’s a reason for thanks.
Season Record: Of course the Eagles win simply flew in the face of my picking against them. I thought they would get blown out and the team would come apart at the seams, with fingers pointing in every direction in the locker room. Didn’t happen. So I sit at a fairly horrific 2-8 after 10 games. The Birds are 4-6 and offering a reason for thanks. They live for another week. I happen to think they can do it again on Sunday.
How ‘bout that Vince Young?
OK, so Young, the one-time Pro Bowler with the Titans and all-everything from the University of Texas, was pretty pedestrian for three quarters last Sunday night against the Giants.
Give him this: He managed to do something Michael Vick has not done. Young engineered an epic fourth-quarter drive to stick a dagger in the Giants’ hearts after they had fought back to tie the game. Given the same circumstance time after time as the Eagles blew a series of fourth-quarter leads, Vick has come up empty. In fact, too often he has thrown a killer interception.
Vick has not practiced again this week, while continuing to nurse those sore ribs. Andy Reid, as usual, is playing it coy, saying he will take it a day at a time with Vick.
If Vick is ready, I think he plays. But I don’t think he’s going to be ready. That means another week of the Young (and the restless home fans, who have not had much to cheer about this year.)
Young will need another big game from LeSean McCoy to control the clock and keep the ball out of the hands of Pats’ QB Tom Brady.
On defense, the Eagles will need to control Brady and his new favorite target, tight end Rob Gronkowski.
For some reason, I think the Eagles take a page from the Giants and Steelers, both of whom found a way to keep a lid on the Patriots’ vaunted offense.
Make it an upset special: Eagles 26, Patriots 23. Alive for another week.
Last Week: The Eagles went up the Jersey Turnpike and gutted out a huge win against the Giants, 17-10. It wasn’t pretty. Not a lot of NFC East games are this time of year. That win very likely means another year of Andy Reid. For Reid’s besieged backers, that’s a reason for thanks.
Season Record: Of course the Eagles win simply flew in the face of my picking against them. I thought they would get blown out and the team would come apart at the seams, with fingers pointing in every direction in the locker room. Didn’t happen. So I sit at a fairly horrific 2-8 after 10 games. The Birds are 4-6 and offering a reason for thanks. They live for another week. I happen to think they can do it again on Sunday.
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