There goes Christmas Eve.
Attention, Eagles fans. Your beloved Birds are still alive in their longshot hope of making the playoffs.
But in trouncing the Jets yesterday to keep those flickering hopes alive, they rained all over Christmas Eve.
The Eagles play the Cowboys at 4:15 Saturday. Yes, on Christmas Eve.
But here is all you really need to know. Watch the early game first. If the Giants manage to beat the Jets – and both New York teams looked atrocious yesterday – then the Eagles are eliminated.
The Jets must rally from yesterday's debacle to beat the Giants, and the Eagles must prevail in Dallas, to send this bizarre year in the NFC East down to the final weekend.
Right about now the Eagles are probably cursing all the games they gave away at the beginning of the season with a series of 4th quarter collapses.
Yes, I still remember that they had a 20-3 halftime lead over the 49ers only to fold up in the second half.
Then there’s the no-show against the Cardinals. That actually might be the game that keeps them out of the post-season.
You can bet that the rest of the league is hoping the Eagles get eliminated. Based on the way they’ve played the past two weeks, no one wants to play them in a playoff game.
Even beleaguered Juan Castillo and his defense seem to be coming around. Give Castillo credit for some of those innovative formations yesterday, including using sack machine Jason Babin in a linebacker spot.
Of course if you've been hoping this less than a "dream" season would lead to the exit of Andy Reid, you might not be thrilled by this turn of events. It would appear Reid will be back next year.
In the meantime, early Mass on Christmas Eve just went out the window.
Attention, Eagles fans. Your beloved Birds are still alive in their longshot hope of making the playoffs.
But in trouncing the Jets yesterday to keep those flickering hopes alive, they rained all over Christmas Eve.
The Eagles play the Cowboys at 4:15 Saturday. Yes, on Christmas Eve.
But here is all you really need to know. Watch the early game first. If the Giants manage to beat the Jets – and both New York teams looked atrocious yesterday – then the Eagles are eliminated.
The Jets must rally from yesterday's debacle to beat the Giants, and the Eagles must prevail in Dallas, to send this bizarre year in the NFC East down to the final weekend.
Right about now the Eagles are probably cursing all the games they gave away at the beginning of the season with a series of 4th quarter collapses.
Yes, I still remember that they had a 20-3 halftime lead over the 49ers only to fold up in the second half.
Then there’s the no-show against the Cardinals. That actually might be the game that keeps them out of the post-season.
You can bet that the rest of the league is hoping the Eagles get eliminated. Based on the way they’ve played the past two weeks, no one wants to play them in a playoff game.
Even beleaguered Juan Castillo and his defense seem to be coming around. Give Castillo credit for some of those innovative formations yesterday, including using sack machine Jason Babin in a linebacker spot.
Of course if you've been hoping this less than a "dream" season would lead to the exit of Andy Reid, you might not be thrilled by this turn of events. It would appear Reid will be back next year.
In the meantime, early Mass on Christmas Eve just went out the window.
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