Happy 2012, everyone!
As much as I hate being Captain Buzzkill on one of my favorite weekends of the NFL season, this is perhaps the least excited I have ever been for a Week 17. That the Eagles are eliminated and playing a team that is also eliminated with Ron Pitts and Charles Davis on the call may or may not have anything to do with this.
Seeing as CoveritLive has a new system and I suck at figuring it out, for the second straight week, I failed to realize someone set up a live blog before me! Ignore my invitation, wherever you received it. Instead, log onto coveritlive.com, go to upcoming events, and launch "KSJ NFL Week 17 Live Blog". That is the live blog we are using. If this message does not pertain to you,
CLICK HERE TO GO TO LIVE BLOG!
While you do that, I will make a New Year's Resolution to better learn CoverItLive's new system. Or something.
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Sunday, January 1, 2012
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
NFL Week 17 Schedule
It's the last week of what can only be described as an infuriating NFL Season on so many levels. This is one season I will not miss any time soon. I will probably have some sort of lengthy end of year reflection on the 2011 Philadelphia Eagles, but for now, here is the Week 17 Schedule. There is nothing more depressing than on Week 17 turning on the TV to watch your team's last game of the season and hearing the words "Along with my partner Charles Davis, I'm Ron Pitts."
Maps of who gets what Sunday afternoon games
CBS early games
New York Jets vs. Miami Dolphins 1:00 (CBS - Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf)
Tennessee Titans vs. Houston Texans 1:00 (CBS - Bill Macatee and Steve Tasker)
Indianapolis Colts vs. Jacksonville Jaguars 1:00 (CBS - Spero Dedes and Steve Beuerlein)
Buffalo Bills vs. New England Patriots 1:00 (CBS - Don Criqui and Randy Cross)
Fox early games
Carolina Panthers vs. New Orleans Saints 1:00 (Fox - Joe Buck and Troy Aikman, SR: Pam Oliver)
Chicago Bears vs. Minnesota Vikings 1:00 (Fox - Kenny Albert and Daryl Johnston, SA: Tony Siragusa)
Detroit Lions vs. Green Bay Packers 1:00 (Fox - Thom Brennaman and Brian Billick, SR: Laura Okmin)
San Francisco 49ers vs. St. Louis Rams 1:00 (Fox - Chris Myers and Tim Ryan)
Washington Redskins vs. Philadelphia Eagles 1:00 (Fox - Ron Pitts and Charles Davis)
CBS late games
Kansas City Chiefs vs. Denver Broncos 4:15 (CBS - Jim Nantz and Phil Simms)
Baltimore Ravens vs. Cincinnati Bengals 4:15 (CBS - Ian Eagle and Dan Fouts)
San Diego Chargers vs. Oakland Raiders 4:15 (CBS - Marv Albert and Rich Gannon)
Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Cleveland Browns 4:15 (CBS - Kevin Harlan and Solomon Wilcots)
Fox late games
Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Atlanta Falcons 4:15 (Fox - Dick Stockton and John Lynch)
Seattle Seahawks vs. Arizona Cardinals 4:15 (Fox - Sam Rosen and Chad Pennington)
Sunday Night Football
Dallas Cowboys vs. New York Giants 8:20 (NBC - Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth, SR: Michele Tafoya)
Maps of who gets what Sunday afternoon games
CBS early games
New York Jets vs. Miami Dolphins 1:00 (CBS - Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf)
Tennessee Titans vs. Houston Texans 1:00 (CBS - Bill Macatee and Steve Tasker)
Indianapolis Colts vs. Jacksonville Jaguars 1:00 (CBS - Spero Dedes and Steve Beuerlein)
Buffalo Bills vs. New England Patriots 1:00 (CBS - Don Criqui and Randy Cross)
Fox early games
Carolina Panthers vs. New Orleans Saints 1:00 (Fox - Joe Buck and Troy Aikman, SR: Pam Oliver)
Chicago Bears vs. Minnesota Vikings 1:00 (Fox - Kenny Albert and Daryl Johnston, SA: Tony Siragusa)
Detroit Lions vs. Green Bay Packers 1:00 (Fox - Thom Brennaman and Brian Billick, SR: Laura Okmin)
San Francisco 49ers vs. St. Louis Rams 1:00 (Fox - Chris Myers and Tim Ryan)
Washington Redskins vs. Philadelphia Eagles 1:00 (Fox - Ron Pitts and Charles Davis)
CBS late games
Kansas City Chiefs vs. Denver Broncos 4:15 (CBS - Jim Nantz and Phil Simms)
Baltimore Ravens vs. Cincinnati Bengals 4:15 (CBS - Ian Eagle and Dan Fouts)
San Diego Chargers vs. Oakland Raiders 4:15 (CBS - Marv Albert and Rich Gannon)
Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Cleveland Browns 4:15 (CBS - Kevin Harlan and Solomon Wilcots)
Fox late games
Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Atlanta Falcons 4:15 (Fox - Dick Stockton and John Lynch)
Seattle Seahawks vs. Arizona Cardinals 4:15 (Fox - Sam Rosen and Chad Pennington)
Sunday Night Football
Dallas Cowboys vs. New York Giants 8:20 (NBC - Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth, SR: Michele Tafoya)
Monday, December 12, 2011
Fun With NFC East Pythagenport Records
(Originally published, for better or worse, at Bleeding Green Nation)
Those who are familiar with baseball and The Good Phight are no doubt familiar with the concept known as Pythagorean records. In short, it is a formula invented by Bill James serving as a means of predicting a baseball team's record based off runs scored and runs allowed. A few years ago, a writer at Baseball Prospectus named Clay Davenport figured out that because the offensive environment of the league changes with time, the exponent used in the formula should be changed as well to reflect that. Hence the name in the title, Pythagenport records. And if one seeks to be even more accurate, one can derive an exponent for each individual team as each individual team plays in a slightly different offensive environment. While Baseball Prospectus calls this Pythagenpat records, in their Week 13 DVOA column from which this little exercise is derived from, Football Outsiders continue to use the term Pythagenport. For the sake of consistency, I will use the term "Pythagenport" throughout the rest of this column.
The same principles invented by Bill James can also be applied to NFL football. Now I know the question of how this is relevant will eventually come up, so I will answer it before we get into the numbers, so you understand right away what you are looking at. Football Outsiders did the math on this in the above linked column, and on a scale of 1 to -1 with 1 being the two variables are a perfect positive relationship on each other, 0 being the variables are completely independent of each other, and -1 being a perfect negative relationship, the correlation between Pythagenport wins and actual wins from 1990-2010, according to Football Outsiders, is .9134. This is a very strong correlation and the numbers that you are about to see below are relevant and will tell us about the 4-teams in the NFC East.
The formulas used in this column are as follows.
Exponent = 1.5*log ((Points scored + Points allowed) / number of games)
Pythagenport win percentage = Points scored^exponent / (Points scored^exponent + Points allowed^exponent)
As a baseline, here is each NFC East team's actual win percentage rounded to the nearest thousandth.
New York Giants: .538
Dallas Cowboys: .538
Philadelphia Eagles: .385
Washington Redskins: .308
And now each team's Pythagenport win percentage:
Dallas Cowboys: .575
Philadelphia Eagles: .511
New York Giants: .452
Washington Redskins: .284
What Does This Mean?
First of all, in case you have not yet figured it out, the NFC East is a bumbling pile of mediocrity plus the abysmal Washington Redskins. The best team in the division, the Dallas Cowboys, are somewhere between a 7-6 team and an 8-5 team when you convert the three-digit percentage number into actual wins.
Perhaps what may be startling to some but less so to folks who have been paying attention close attention to the Eagles' point differential, the 2011 Philadelphia Eagles are not all that bad of a football team. Certainly not as bad as their 5-8 record would lead you to believe. Now a record hovering around .500 is certainly not what many people, Eagles fans included expected out of the Eagles coming into the 2011 campaign, but it is certainly better than the Eagles' actual 5-8 record and enough to have the Eagles right in the middle of the NFC East title race without having to rely on some sort of miracle as they currently do.
So why is there a such a discrepancy between the Eagles' actual win percentage and Pythagenport win percentage?
A very good question, and the answer probably is not what people want to hear and/or believe, although it is true. In one word: luck. In two words: bad luck*.
*Addendum: In this context, I am attributing luck to the reasons why the Eagles are 5-8 and not hovering around .500. I am not suggesting luck is the reason the Eagles are not 10-3 or better and right in the midst of a race for a 1st round bye with San Francisco and New Orleans. This is also not to say the Eagles do not have flaws. Clearly, this is not a perfect team. However, they are not as bad as a 5-8 record (.385 win percentage) would suggest.
A basic theory of football is there is the ability to win close football games (with close football game being defined as games where the final margin of victory is 7 points or less) is not an actual ability. Some might define this perceived ability as being "clutch." But alas, no coach/QB/team hold an ability to consistently win/lose close football games. Over the course of a season, teams will tend to hover around the .500 league median. In his article last Friday, Bill Barnwell elaborates on this general point further with Tim Tebow's performance being the subject of the post. To go back to the Eagles, the Eagles are 2-5 this season in games where the final margin of victory is 7 points or less. The bad luck the Eagles have seen in these close games is a major reason why the Eagles' actual win percentage is as far below the Eagles' Pythagenport win percentage as it is. The fact that over 50% of the Eagles games have been decided by a touchdown or less is part of the reason their Pythagenport win percentage hovers around the .500 mark.
Conclusion
Barring a near miraculous final three weeks of the season, the narrative of the 2011 Philadelphia Eagles will be written as followed: "A team with all sorts of talent but no heart and a coach that lost the locker room. (Insert bad Dream Team pun here)." Unfortunately for many in the media, that narrative does not match with the reality. Barring a drastic turn of events in the final three games of the season, the 2011 Philadelphia Eagles were a team whose actual record fell well below that of what it should have been, according to Pythagenport win percentage, a metric whose that correlates very strongly (.9134) with actual win percentage. The Eagles Pythagenport win percentage (.511) is by no means great, however, in a watered down NFC East where mediocrity reigns supreme, is good enough to have the Eagles in line to contend for the division title. However, thanks to a couple unfortunate losses early in the season, the Eagles are only hanging on by a thread and would need everything to fall just perfectly into place in the final three weeks of the season to have a chance at winning an NFC East championship.
Those who are familiar with baseball and The Good Phight are no doubt familiar with the concept known as Pythagorean records. In short, it is a formula invented by Bill James serving as a means of predicting a baseball team's record based off runs scored and runs allowed. A few years ago, a writer at Baseball Prospectus named Clay Davenport figured out that because the offensive environment of the league changes with time, the exponent used in the formula should be changed as well to reflect that. Hence the name in the title, Pythagenport records. And if one seeks to be even more accurate, one can derive an exponent for each individual team as each individual team plays in a slightly different offensive environment. While Baseball Prospectus calls this Pythagenpat records, in their Week 13 DVOA column from which this little exercise is derived from, Football Outsiders continue to use the term Pythagenport. For the sake of consistency, I will use the term "Pythagenport" throughout the rest of this column.
The same principles invented by Bill James can also be applied to NFL football. Now I know the question of how this is relevant will eventually come up, so I will answer it before we get into the numbers, so you understand right away what you are looking at. Football Outsiders did the math on this in the above linked column, and on a scale of 1 to -1 with 1 being the two variables are a perfect positive relationship on each other, 0 being the variables are completely independent of each other, and -1 being a perfect negative relationship, the correlation between Pythagenport wins and actual wins from 1990-2010, according to Football Outsiders, is .9134. This is a very strong correlation and the numbers that you are about to see below are relevant and will tell us about the 4-teams in the NFC East.
The formulas used in this column are as follows.
Exponent = 1.5*log ((Points scored + Points allowed) / number of games)
Pythagenport win percentage = Points scored^exponent / (Points scored^exponent + Points allowed^exponent)
As a baseline, here is each NFC East team's actual win percentage rounded to the nearest thousandth.
New York Giants: .538
Dallas Cowboys: .538
Philadelphia Eagles: .385
Washington Redskins: .308
And now each team's Pythagenport win percentage:
Dallas Cowboys: .575
Philadelphia Eagles: .511
New York Giants: .452
Washington Redskins: .284
What Does This Mean?
First of all, in case you have not yet figured it out, the NFC East is a bumbling pile of mediocrity plus the abysmal Washington Redskins. The best team in the division, the Dallas Cowboys, are somewhere between a 7-6 team and an 8-5 team when you convert the three-digit percentage number into actual wins.
Perhaps what may be startling to some but less so to folks who have been paying attention close attention to the Eagles' point differential, the 2011 Philadelphia Eagles are not all that bad of a football team. Certainly not as bad as their 5-8 record would lead you to believe. Now a record hovering around .500 is certainly not what many people, Eagles fans included expected out of the Eagles coming into the 2011 campaign, but it is certainly better than the Eagles' actual 5-8 record and enough to have the Eagles right in the middle of the NFC East title race without having to rely on some sort of miracle as they currently do.
So why is there a such a discrepancy between the Eagles' actual win percentage and Pythagenport win percentage?
A very good question, and the answer probably is not what people want to hear and/or believe, although it is true. In one word: luck. In two words: bad luck*.
*Addendum: In this context, I am attributing luck to the reasons why the Eagles are 5-8 and not hovering around .500. I am not suggesting luck is the reason the Eagles are not 10-3 or better and right in the midst of a race for a 1st round bye with San Francisco and New Orleans. This is also not to say the Eagles do not have flaws. Clearly, this is not a perfect team. However, they are not as bad as a 5-8 record (.385 win percentage) would suggest.
A basic theory of football is there is the ability to win close football games (with close football game being defined as games where the final margin of victory is 7 points or less) is not an actual ability. Some might define this perceived ability as being "clutch." But alas, no coach/QB/team hold an ability to consistently win/lose close football games. Over the course of a season, teams will tend to hover around the .500 league median. In his article last Friday, Bill Barnwell elaborates on this general point further with Tim Tebow's performance being the subject of the post. To go back to the Eagles, the Eagles are 2-5 this season in games where the final margin of victory is 7 points or less. The bad luck the Eagles have seen in these close games is a major reason why the Eagles' actual win percentage is as far below the Eagles' Pythagenport win percentage as it is. The fact that over 50% of the Eagles games have been decided by a touchdown or less is part of the reason their Pythagenport win percentage hovers around the .500 mark.
Conclusion
Barring a near miraculous final three weeks of the season, the narrative of the 2011 Philadelphia Eagles will be written as followed: "A team with all sorts of talent but no heart and a coach that lost the locker room. (Insert bad Dream Team pun here)." Unfortunately for many in the media, that narrative does not match with the reality. Barring a drastic turn of events in the final three games of the season, the 2011 Philadelphia Eagles were a team whose actual record fell well below that of what it should have been, according to Pythagenport win percentage, a metric whose that correlates very strongly (.9134) with actual win percentage. The Eagles Pythagenport win percentage (.511) is by no means great, however, in a watered down NFC East where mediocrity reigns supreme, is good enough to have the Eagles in line to contend for the division title. However, thanks to a couple unfortunate losses early in the season, the Eagles are only hanging on by a thread and would need everything to fall just perfectly into place in the final three weeks of the season to have a chance at winning an NFC East championship.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
NFL Week 6/2011 NLCS Game 6 Live Blog
Game 6: Cardinals vs. Brewers 8:00 (TBS - Brian Anderson, Ron Darling, and John Smoltz, SR: Craig Sager)
Thursday, October 13, 2011
NFL Week 6 Schedule
Somehow I forgot about this on Tuesday. Sorry! This week, the Eagles face as close to a must win as one could face on Week 6 of a season. They are on the road against the division leading Redskins. A win is almost a necessity. (all times ET; games I get are in bold)
Map of who gets what Sunday afternoon games
CBS games
Buffalo Bills vs. New York Giants 1:00 (CBS - Jim Nantz and Phil Simms)
Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Pittsburgh Steelers 1:00 (CBS - Ian Eagle and Dan Fouts)
Indianapolis Colts vs. Cincinnati Bengals 1:00 (CBS - Kevin Harlan and Solomon Wilcots)
Houston Texans vs. Baltimore Ravens 4:05 (CBS - Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf)
Cleveland Browns vs. Oakland Raiders 4:05 (CBS - Marv Albert and Rich Gannon)
Fox early games
San Francisco 49ers vs. Detroit Lions 1:00 (Fox - Kenny Albert and Daryl Johnston, SA: Tony
Siragusa)
Philadelphia Eagles vs. Washington Redskins 1:00 (Fox - Sam Rosen and Brian Billick, SR: Laura Okmin)
St. Louis Rams vs. Green Bay Packers 1:00 (Fox - Chris Myers and Tim Ryan)
Carolina Panthers vs. Atlanta Falcons 1:00 (Fox - Dick Stockton and John Lynch)
America's Game Of The Week and Fox late games
Dallas Cowboys vs. New England Patriots 4:15 (Fox - Thom Brennaman and Troy Aikman, SR: Pam Oliver)
New Orleans Saints vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4:15 (Fox - Ron Pitts and Jim Mora, Jr.)
Sunday Night Football
Minnesota Vikings vs. Chicago Bears 8:20 (NBC - Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth, SR: Michele Tafoya)
Monday Night Football
Miami Dolphins vs. New York Jets 8:30 (ESPN - Mike Tirico, Ron Jaworski, and Jon Gruden, SR: Suzy Kolber)
Map of who gets what Sunday afternoon games
CBS games
Buffalo Bills vs. New York Giants 1:00 (CBS - Jim Nantz and Phil Simms)
Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Pittsburgh Steelers 1:00 (CBS - Ian Eagle and Dan Fouts)
Indianapolis Colts vs. Cincinnati Bengals 1:00 (CBS - Kevin Harlan and Solomon Wilcots)
Houston Texans vs. Baltimore Ravens 4:05 (CBS - Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf)
Cleveland Browns vs. Oakland Raiders 4:05 (CBS - Marv Albert and Rich Gannon)
Fox early games
San Francisco 49ers vs. Detroit Lions 1:00 (Fox - Kenny Albert and Daryl Johnston, SA: Tony
Siragusa)
Philadelphia Eagles vs. Washington Redskins 1:00 (Fox - Sam Rosen and Brian Billick, SR: Laura Okmin)
St. Louis Rams vs. Green Bay Packers 1:00 (Fox - Chris Myers and Tim Ryan)
Carolina Panthers vs. Atlanta Falcons 1:00 (Fox - Dick Stockton and John Lynch)
America's Game Of The Week and Fox late games
Dallas Cowboys vs. New England Patriots 4:15 (Fox - Thom Brennaman and Troy Aikman, SR: Pam Oliver)
New Orleans Saints vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4:15 (Fox - Ron Pitts and Jim Mora, Jr.)
Sunday Night Football
Minnesota Vikings vs. Chicago Bears 8:20 (NBC - Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth, SR: Michele Tafoya)
Monday Night Football
Miami Dolphins vs. New York Jets 8:30 (ESPN - Mike Tirico, Ron Jaworski, and Jon Gruden, SR: Suzy Kolber)
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
One Of The Greatest Rants You Will Ever Hear
Meet DC Talkshow Radio host Chad Dukes. He is a lifelong Redskin fan who watched the game last night. He is not a happy talkshow radio host, and he's going to let you know it. Prepare your ears for one of the most epic 12 minutes in the history of sportstalk radio.
It's funny as all hell, but I feel bad. Maybe that is because everything he said about the Redskins is absolutely right.
(Hat tip to Bleeding Green Nation)
It's funny as all hell, but I feel bad. Maybe that is because everything he said about the Redskins is absolutely right.
(Hat tip to Bleeding Green Nation)
Eagles Week 10 Recap: One For The Record Books
Onto the bullet points.
- I was born in 1989. I have not watched every single NFL football game. No one has. But, what we just witnessed may have just been the best NFL quarterbacking performance in the history of the league. Before you scoff and label me a blind homer who doesn't know shit, listen to some of the facts here. Michael Vick became the 1st quarterback in NFL history history to have 300+ passing yards, 50+ rushing yards, 4+ passing TDs, and 2+ rushing TDs in a single football game. In addition, Michael Vick compiled more fantasy points in one game than any quarterback has ever had post NFL/AFL merger. Yes, people keep track of this. Yes, this is a legitimate broken record. Adam Caplan called it the best he has ever seen. Steve Young claimed in the ESPN post game show it was "one of the most defining games at quarterback I've ever seen.". Again, you can say I am blinded by homerism, but there is a reasonable argument to be made that this was the best single-game QB performance of all time.
- The pre-game featured the Eagles and the Redskins getting in a skirmish reportedly because Laron Landry and DeAngelo Hall mocked DeSean Jackson getting concussed and knocked out cold. Landry reportedly made "pillow gestures" saying "night, night" to DeSean before the game, again referencing him getting knocked out by Dunta Robinson's hit. How did the Eagles respond? First play from scrimmage, Vick throws a deep bomb to DeSean Jackson who was 1-on-1 with Landry. Caught. Touchdown. (VIDEO). That would certainly explain why DeSean Jackson turned around and waltzed into the endzone the way he did. When he turned around, he was staring right at Landry. DeSean Jackson 1, Laron Landry 0.
- Laron Landry's less than respectful behavior did not end with that. Reportedly he spit in the face of Eagles center Mike McGlynn twice during the game. Just remember Laron: Eagles 59, Redskins 28.
- As much as I want to list every record that was broken in this game, I can't. Go read the live blog. As they kept coming in, I made a note of it there. I will highlight though that 59 ties an MNF record and 59 is the 2nd most in Eagles history, behind the 63 they put up against the Cincinnati Reds in 1934. The Reds folded the following the day.
- The Redskins signed Donovan McNabb to a ridiculous 5-year extension worth $78M with $40M being guaranteed. Donovan McNabb will play quarterback while 39-years old. I hold no beef with McNabb (outside of the fact he did not fit the Eagles direction anymore and his drama was becoming tiresome), but I just don't see how this is possible. He is not Peyton Manning. McNabb is injury prone and McNabb seems to be well past his prime as it is. He is evidently not the same QB he was 5 years ago and if he ages like most normal human beings, he will not reach that level again. Without a doubt this is a mind-boggling move that screws the Redskins, screws McNabb, and screws the Vikings or Cardinals who may have signed McNabb this off-season, presumably to a shorter contract.
- If that's the contract McNabb got, I now have to wonder what contract Vick will get. At this point, I am just hoping he signs it with the Eagles.
- A lot was made about whether or not Wisconsin "ran up the score" against Indiana. In this game, I don't think such an argument can be made. Sure it was an ugly blow out, but 42 of the Eagles 59 points came in the first half. The first of the Eagles 2 2nd half TDs came on the drive immediately following a Redskins TD while the other was a pick 6 by Dimitri Patterson. The 2nd half offensive play-calling was a bunch of running plays to back-up running back Jerome Harrison mixed with some short passes. Then again, I don't whine about teams running up the score. But even still, I am having trouble finding arguments that the Eagles "ran up the score" in this game. The final margin of victory was 31-points, for what it's worth.
- I think it is safe to say that Dimitri Patterson has taken Ellis Hobbs's as starting CB opposite Asante Samuel. Hobbs has been injured the past couple weeks and Patterson has come in and played better than Hobbs ever has. To check out some of Ellis Hobbs' best work, check out the Tennessee game earlier this year. Remember all those Kenny Britt plays? Yep. He made a complete mockery out of Ellis Hobbs that game. While Hobbs has not played a snap since then because of injury, I don't think he has many to look forward to after injury, unless he wants to be a kick returner because......
- Jorrick Calvin is all sorts of awful as a returner. End of story. I now trust Nick Cole more with that job more than I trust Calvin at this point.
- The Washington Redskins did not convert a 3rd down this game.
- I admit, I was a tad worried when the Redskins cut the 35-0 lead to a 35-14 one early in the 3rd quarter. Just a tad.
- As historic as it was, a win is just a win. The result of the standings would be just the same if the Eagles won 3-0. They are now tied for 1st with the Giants, and will face them in a huge showdown on Sunday Night Football in their next game.
- On a more personal note, massive changes are coming to the blog later this week. And by massive, I mean hugely incredibly massive that goes beyond just changing the design.
- Lastly, here is
a right anglethe win probability graph. (advancednflstats.com)
Monday, November 15, 2010
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
NFL Week 10 Schedule
Odds that a team will actually try this on Sunday? I'll give it 1 in 5.
(all times ET; games I get are in bold)
Thursday Night Football
Baltimore Ravens vs. Atlanta Falcons 8:20 (NFL Network - Bob Papa, Matt Millen, and Joe Theismann)
Map of who gets what CBS game.
New York Jets vs. Cleveland Browns 1:00 (CBS - Jim Nantz and Phil Simms)
Cincinnati Bengals vs. Indianapolis Colts 1:00 (CBS - Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf)
Tennessee Titans vs. Miami Dolphins 1:00 (CBS - Ian Eagle and Dan Fouts)
Houston Texans vs. Jacksonville Jaguars 1:00 (CBS - Gus Johnson and Steve Tasker)
Kansas City Chiefs vs. Denver Broncos 4:05 (CBS - Kevin Harlan and Solomon Wilcots)
Map of who gets what Fox early game.
Minnesota Vikings vs. Chicago Bears 1:00 (Fox - Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnston, and Tony Siragusa)
Carolina Panthers vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1:00 (Fox - Dick Stockton, Charles Davis, and Jim Mora, Jr.)
Detroit Lions vs. Buffalo Bills 1:00 (Fox - Ron Pitts and John Lynch)
Map of who gets America's Game Of The Week or the other Fox late games.
Dallas Cowboys vs. New York Giants 4:15 (Fox - Joe Buck and Troy Aikman)
Seattle Seahawks vs. Arizona Cardinals 4:15 (Fox - Thom Brennaman and Brian Billick)
St. Louis Rams vs. San Francisco 49ers 4:15 (Fox - Sam Rosen and Tim Ryan)
Sunday Night Football (a.k.a. America's (other) Game Of The Week)
New England Patriots vs. Pittsburgh Steelers 8:20 (NBC - Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth)
Monday Night Football (a.k.a. Not an America's Game Of The Week)
Philadelphia Eagles vs. Washington Redskins 8:30 (ESPN - Mike Tirico, Ron Jaworski, and Jon Gruden)
(all times ET; games I get are in bold)
Thursday Night Football
Baltimore Ravens vs. Atlanta Falcons 8:20 (NFL Network - Bob Papa, Matt Millen, and Joe Theismann)
Map of who gets what CBS game.
New York Jets vs. Cleveland Browns 1:00 (CBS - Jim Nantz and Phil Simms)
Cincinnati Bengals vs. Indianapolis Colts 1:00 (CBS - Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf)
Tennessee Titans vs. Miami Dolphins 1:00 (CBS - Ian Eagle and Dan Fouts)
Houston Texans vs. Jacksonville Jaguars 1:00 (CBS - Gus Johnson and Steve Tasker)
Kansas City Chiefs vs. Denver Broncos 4:05 (CBS - Kevin Harlan and Solomon Wilcots)
Map of who gets what Fox early game.
Minnesota Vikings vs. Chicago Bears 1:00 (Fox - Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnston, and Tony Siragusa)
Carolina Panthers vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1:00 (Fox - Dick Stockton, Charles Davis, and Jim Mora, Jr.)
Detroit Lions vs. Buffalo Bills 1:00 (Fox - Ron Pitts and John Lynch)
Map of who gets America's Game Of The Week or the other Fox late games.
Dallas Cowboys vs. New York Giants 4:15 (Fox - Joe Buck and Troy Aikman)
Seattle Seahawks vs. Arizona Cardinals 4:15 (Fox - Thom Brennaman and Brian Billick)
St. Louis Rams vs. San Francisco 49ers 4:15 (Fox - Sam Rosen and Tim Ryan)
Sunday Night Football (a.k.a. America's (other) Game Of The Week)
New England Patriots vs. Pittsburgh Steelers 8:20 (NBC - Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth)
Monday Night Football (a.k.a. Not an America's Game Of The Week)
Philadelphia Eagles vs. Washington Redskins 8:30 (ESPN - Mike Tirico, Ron Jaworski, and Jon Gruden)
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
The Return Of JaMarcus?
So, uh, with Shanahan's latest excuse being Donovan McNabb not having the cardiovascular ability to lead a 2-minute offense, isn't it ironic that the Redskins would bring in JaMarucs Russell for a workout?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NFL sources told FOX 26 Sports former Oakland Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell will work out Tuesday for the Washington Redskins.HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! McNabb has "cardiovascular problems," so Mike Shanahan is bringing in a guy who earlier this year weighed over 300 pounds and recently was arrested for drug problems. Oh, and there is the whole part about how he fucking sucks as a quarterback.
Russell, the number one overall draft pick in 2007, was released by the Raiders in May. In three years as a starting quarterback in Oakland, Russell had 7-18 record.
For three months, Russell has been working with former NBA head coach John Lucas in Houston in an effort to get a second chance in the NFL.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monday, November 1, 2010
Poor Performance Causes Shanahan To Bench McNabb; Put In Rex Grossman. Seriously
And this is what happened on Sexy Rexy's 1st play in the game.
Game-clinching touchdown.......for the other team.
Donovan McNabb is a free agent at the end of this season and he will be wise to do whatever it takes to make sure he plays for the Minnesota Vikings next season. The Vikings, in turn, will be wise to do whatever they can to make sure Donovan McNabb is their QB next season. McNabb does not thrive in places like Washington where there is a dearth of talent at the skill position. He can't make no-names look great like Brady in Belichick's system or Peyton Manning can, but he can be very good for a team with some great weapons and an excellent running game, like Minnesota has. If people have brain cells, McNabb will be a Viking next season.
Also of note, I think that is the hardest I have ever seen Rex Grossman "throw" a football.
Game-clinching touchdown.......for the other team.
Donovan McNabb is a free agent at the end of this season and he will be wise to do whatever it takes to make sure he plays for the Minnesota Vikings next season. The Vikings, in turn, will be wise to do whatever they can to make sure Donovan McNabb is their QB next season. McNabb does not thrive in places like Washington where there is a dearth of talent at the skill position. He can't make no-names look great like Brady in Belichick's system or Peyton Manning can, but he can be very good for a team with some great weapons and an excellent running game, like Minnesota has. If people have brain cells, McNabb will be a Viking next season.
Also of note, I think that is the hardest I have ever seen Rex Grossman "throw" a football.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Eagles Week 4 Recap: Cluster****
- Jason Avant is one of the most sure handed receivers the Eagles have had since the Andy Reid era started. How he managed to drop this pass to clinch the game for the Redskins is something I will never know.
- Another Eagles late afternoon game called by Joe Buck and Troy Aikman, another Eagles starting QB is hurt. Vick went down with a chest/rib injury. X-rays were negative, an MRI is set for tomorrow, but no one really knows for sure what is wrong with him or how long he'll be out.
- The officiating was horrible. No, scratch that. The officiating in this game was the most atrociously officiated game since anything Scott Barry last umpired. Awful awful awful. Of the most notable blunders: 1). 3 missed illegal blocks in the back on the opening kickoff. 2.) Missed pass interference on Brent Celek that would have given the Eagles a first down. 3). Mishandling the play clock following a booth review and an Andy Reid timeout resulting somehow in an Eagles penalty, ensuring the Eagles could not score a touchdown on that drive and settling for a FG instead, something that proved to be the difference in the game because the Eagles would not have been forced to go for 2 on their 4th quarter TD, thus the 4-points the refs took away ultimately proved to be the final margin of victory for Washington. 4). Not calling intentional grounding when Donovan McNabb threw a worm ball that did not reach the line of scrimmage. 5.) The number of flags thrown for a hold after a play was over was greatly disturbing. The refs picked up the flag saying "#47 was in the area." Fox showed a wide angle replay. Chris Cooley was not in the shot. No eligible receiver was in the area. All around, Alberto Riveron and his crew were an embarrassment to football tonight.
- Kevin Kolb was not prepared to come in the game, and when he did, he was clearly gun shy. He had wide open wide receivers down the field throughout the game and did not throw the ball to them, instead constantly settling for the check down. I can't say he played awful (especially now that I watch Chicago and New York) but he was not great. If he plays next week and has a week of practice, I would expect a lot more.
- If Andy Reid is truly going on a merit-based system of who should be QB this year, Kevin Kolb did not do enough to take the job away from a healthy Michael Vick.
- I still think Kolb should be starting to get him meaningful playing time and to help him develop.
- Donovan McNabb was a non-factor in McNabb Bowl I. McNabb was 8/19 for 125 and 1 INT along with plenty of dead Philadelphia worms.
- McNabb was intercepted by Nate Allen. The Redskins gave the Eagles a 2nd round draft pick in the trade, known as the McNabb Pick. That guy drafted was Nate Allen, September's NFC Defensive Rookie of the Month and a guy who now has 3 career NFL INTs in 4 games. Not too shabby.
- Riley Cooper and Asante Samuel are the latest Eagles to be concussed.
- The Eagles run defense was next to atrocious. Stewart Bradley was not on his game and it showed, as some guy named Torrain and Clinton Portis ran rampant on the Eagles defense.
- Donovan McNabb got a standing ovation when introduced at Lincoln Financial Field. Surprising? If you listened to ESPN, yes. But if you are a Philly fan who actually lives in the area, not surprising at all. Once McNabb took the field as the QB looking to beat the hometown Eagles, he was booed, as most opposing QBs are or should be. When everyone talks about Philly fans, this much hyped moment will be forgotten, but Santa Clause and people living in retirement homes as well as Angelo Cataldi's band of 15 idiots who were booing any 1st Round Draft Pick In 1999 Not Named Ricky Williams will be remembered.
- As bad as McNabb Bowl was, the Bears and Giants somehow topped that game in overall suckiness.
- Next week the Eagles play the hapless Niners on Sunday Night Football. After saying the Eagles should have no problems with the Redskins, I'm not going to even bother trying to make a prediction.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
NFL Week 4 Schedule
Who's ready for the (almost) nationally televised McNabb Bowl?!?!? I can feel your glee from here. The Eagles and Andy Reid and McNabb will be the story of this game, and why not, it is a story that will without a doubt sell big. But speaking from a long term perspective, this game is 1,000 times more important to the Redskins than it is for the Eagles. McNabb has yet to sign an extension, and as of now, he is a free agent at the end of a season. Since halftime of the Week 2 Texans game, the Redskins have done nothing but imploded. If Washington wins the game, they are 2-2 and a contender. Lose the game, and the Redskins are 1-3, chances are things have not gone well since Week 2, McNabb's passive-aggressiveness will surely come out again, and they will be faced with a potential Super Bowl winning QB on a team not going anywhere and whose contract is expiring at the end of the year. Giving up what the Redskins gave up to acquire McNabb, both directly and indirectly (Campbell to Oakland) and to lose him after 1 year would be a huge blow to the franchise, perhaps something that could deter the franchise for quite some time.
Anyway, here is the Week 4 schedule. (all times eastern; games I get are in bold)
Map of who gets what CBS game
Baltimore Ravens vs. Pittsburgh Steelers 1:00 (CBS - Jim Nantz and Phil Simms)
New York Jets vs. Buffalo Bills 1:00 (CBS - Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf)
Denver Broncos vs. Tennessee Titans 1:00 (CBS - Kevin Harlan and Solomon Wilcots)
Cincinnati Bengals vs. Cleveland Browns 1:00 (CBS - Bill Macatee and Rich Gannon)
Indianapolis Colts vs. Jacksonville Jaguars 4:05 (CBS - Ian Eagle and Dan Fouts)
Houston Texans vs. Oakland Raiders 4:05 (CBS - Gus Johnson and Steve Tasker)
Map of who gets what Fox early game
Carolina Panthers vs. New Orleans Saints 1:00 (Fox - Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnston, and Tony Siragusa)
San Francisco 49ers vs. Atlanta Falcons 1:00 (Fox - Dick Stockton, Charles Davis, and Jim Mora, Jr.)
Detroit Lions vs. Green Bay Packers 1:00 (Fox - Thom Brennaman and Brian Billick)
Seattle Seahawks vs. St. Louis Rams 1:00 (Fox - Ron Pitts and John Lynch)
Map of who gets what Fox late game
Washington Redskins vs. Philadelphia Eagles 4:15 (Fox - Joe Buck and Troy Aikman)
Arizona Cardinals vs. San Diego Chargers 4:15 (Fox - Sam Rosen and Tim Ryan)
Sunday Night Football
Chicago Bears vs. New York Giants 8:20 (NBC - Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth)
Monday Night Football
New England Patriots vs. Miami Dolphins 8:30 (ESPN - Mike Tirico, Ron Jaworski, and Jon Gruden)
Anyway, here is the Week 4 schedule. (all times eastern; games I get are in bold)
Map of who gets what CBS game
Baltimore Ravens vs. Pittsburgh Steelers 1:00 (CBS - Jim Nantz and Phil Simms)
New York Jets vs. Buffalo Bills 1:00 (CBS - Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf)
Denver Broncos vs. Tennessee Titans 1:00 (CBS - Kevin Harlan and Solomon Wilcots)
Cincinnati Bengals vs. Cleveland Browns 1:00 (CBS - Bill Macatee and Rich Gannon)
Indianapolis Colts vs. Jacksonville Jaguars 4:05 (CBS - Ian Eagle and Dan Fouts)
Houston Texans vs. Oakland Raiders 4:05 (CBS - Gus Johnson and Steve Tasker)
Map of who gets what Fox early game
Carolina Panthers vs. New Orleans Saints 1:00 (Fox - Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnston, and Tony Siragusa)
San Francisco 49ers vs. Atlanta Falcons 1:00 (Fox - Dick Stockton, Charles Davis, and Jim Mora, Jr.)
Detroit Lions vs. Green Bay Packers 1:00 (Fox - Thom Brennaman and Brian Billick)
Seattle Seahawks vs. St. Louis Rams 1:00 (Fox - Ron Pitts and John Lynch)
Map of who gets what Fox late game
Washington Redskins vs. Philadelphia Eagles 4:15 (Fox - Joe Buck and Troy Aikman)
Arizona Cardinals vs. San Diego Chargers 4:15 (Fox - Sam Rosen and Tim Ryan)
Sunday Night Football
Chicago Bears vs. New York Giants 8:20 (NBC - Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth)
Monday Night Football
New England Patriots vs. Miami Dolphins 8:30 (ESPN - Mike Tirico, Ron Jaworski, and Jon Gruden)
Monday, September 13, 2010
Dallas Cowboys Fail Epically
Last play of the 1st half.
Last play of the game.
I am sure the Philadelphia media and/or Bleacher Report articles associated with Philadelphia will talk about Donovan McNabb, whereby I will need to do an FJM takedown about how stupid they are.
Last play of the game.
I am sure the Philadelphia media and/or Bleacher Report articles associated with Philadelphia will talk about Donovan McNabb, whereby I will need to do an FJM takedown about how stupid they are.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Donovan McNabb's First Eagle Controversy In The Post-Trade Era
Well you knew that this one would be only a matter of time. Donovan McNabb engaging in a war of words with another Eagle.......yeah, this is not one bit of surprising.
But alas, it is happening and McNabb is resorting to the pity card in his response to comments DeSean Jackson made a month ago when made this extremely hurtful, offensive, and downright degrading personal attack on McNabb. Are you ready to read vitriol the likes of which your eyes have never seen before? Okay. Here is what DJacc said about the Eagles team a month ago.....
"I don't think we lost anything, even with McNabb being gone."
O.M.G., right? I know. I am blown away and incredibly offended that a Philadelphia Eagle wide receiver would express such confidence in his team and the direction they are going in. It is incredibly evil of him and I have now lost so much respect for DJacc because he dared to express confidence in himself, Kevin Kolb, Jeremy Maclin, Brent Celek, Andy Reid, the Eagles Front Office, and the Eagles new (and hopefully improved) defense.
But, one month after the quote, Donovan McNabb felt the need to respond to such classless remarks on the part of Jackson. Get ready to read the words of a leader who always takes the moral high road and commands respect from everyone in the NFL.
Okay, sarcasm and snark aside, this is not a big deal. ESPN and the rest of the media are trying to turn this into a big feud so people because it is the off-season, Brett Favre is not making a ton of noise, and they want people to watch.
Stop. Just stop. No one said anything particularly evil here and this is not a big deal. DeSean Jackson expressed confidence in his team, McNabb may have took his words the wrong way, and that is that. This is not a big deal. This is not a big blow up. This is not McNabb vs. Owens Part II. This is something the media is trying to make into a much bigger feud than it actually is. So can we cut this crap out, not make this McNabb's showdown with his former team in weeks 4 and 10 into a bigger national nightmare than this needs to be? Thank you.
But alas, it is happening and McNabb is resorting to the pity card in his response to comments DeSean Jackson made a month ago when made this extremely hurtful, offensive, and downright degrading personal attack on McNabb. Are you ready to read vitriol the likes of which your eyes have never seen before? Okay. Here is what DJacc said about the Eagles team a month ago.....
"I don't think we lost anything, even with McNabb being gone."
O.M.G., right? I know. I am blown away and incredibly offended that a Philadelphia Eagle wide receiver would express such confidence in his team and the direction they are going in. It is incredibly evil of him and I have now lost so much respect for DJacc because he dared to express confidence in himself, Kevin Kolb, Jeremy Maclin, Brent Celek, Andy Reid, the Eagles Front Office, and the Eagles new (and hopefully improved) defense.
But, one month after the quote, Donovan McNabb felt the need to respond to such classless remarks on the part of Jackson. Get ready to read the words of a leader who always takes the moral high road and commands respect from everyone in the NFL.
"It's so wild when people get to talking when you're not there, but when you're there everybody loves you. So I guess people will go deeper into it than I will. I'm a Redskin, no longer an Eagle. I had 11 great years and I'm moving on with my life, so whoever may say things when I'm gone, more power to them, but it's not making you look like a bigger man."AN AMERICAN HERO! After those words from that mean and nasty Eagle, it is so good to see someone in this country finally take the moral high road in responding to such mean, nasty, hurtful confidence.
Okay, sarcasm and snark aside, this is not a big deal. ESPN and the rest of the media are trying to turn this into a big feud so people because it is the off-season, Brett Favre is not making a ton of noise, and they want people to watch.
Stop. Just stop. No one said anything particularly evil here and this is not a big deal. DeSean Jackson expressed confidence in his team, McNabb may have took his words the wrong way, and that is that. This is not a big deal. This is not a big blow up. This is not McNabb vs. Owens Part II. This is something the media is trying to make into a much bigger feud than it actually is. So can we cut this crap out, not make this McNabb's showdown with his former team in weeks 4 and 10 into a bigger national nightmare than this needs to be? Thank you.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
I Repeat: Donovan McNabb Is A Washington Redskin
Now that I am over the initial shock of this deal, I think I can try to break this down and communicate my opinions in words, bearing in mind that I am still experiencing secondary shock that the Eagles quarterback I grew up with is now gone.
I am shocked. I am not sad. I am not angry. I will not miss McNabb.
On the outset of things, I said that a fair deal for the Eagles would be a 2nd rounder for McNabb. That's what they got and a 3rd or 4th rounder in 2011. For a 30+ year old quarterback past his prime, that's not bad at all. Value wise, it's actually a very good deal. The Eagles now have 11 draft picks, which include 4 of the first 82 and 5 of the first 87. Andy Reid likes draft picks and I will certainly take that, especially this year, because by most accounts, this is a deep draft in the top rounds.
Making this puzzling, it is being reported now by ESPN's Adam Schefter that the Raiders are a bit miffed because they wanted McNabb as well. Now the million dollar question is what price were they willing to pay? If the answer is Nnamdi Asomugha, I'll be a bit pissed because the Eagles need a corner. If not, then value wise, I don't see the Raiders giving us much more than the Redskins did.
Forget about the team that did not get him, now let's talk about the team the Eagles traded McNabb to: the Washington Redskins. Like the move or hate the move, one thing is for sure: trading one of the greatest QBs in Eagles history within your division takes a lot of balls. Lucky for the Eagles FO, they are cocky, arrogant, and have more balls than you can ever imagine. Sometimes it pans out, other times it doesn't, but the Eagles are cocky.
A lot of Eagles fans are angry. Outraged. Upset. And completely overreacting. We all remember Donovan McNabb right? You know, the injury prone quarterback who constantly overthrew wide open receivers, underthrew wide open receivers, and flat out missed wide open receivers. Just because he is wearing different colors, he has not turned into the next Joe Montana. Going back to being injury prone, the Redskins do not have a real good offensive lineman. If they were smart, they would pick an O-lineman with their #4 overall pick. Now if they are geniuses, they can identify a guy that they want and if they think he can fall, they can trade their #4 overall pick to Denver for Brandon Marshall and get their much needed O-lineman at #11 because let's face it, Devin Thomas and Santana Moss are not DeSean Jackson and Jeremy Maclin, although it can be said that Chris Cooley is as good as if not better than Brent Celek. As far as McNabb's other favorite pass option goes, the running back, well, the Redskins certainly have the best running backs that 2006 has to offer!
And now the little snafu that comes with trading a QB within your own division...the twice a year meetings that we all love. Donovan McNabb will (likely barring a typical McNabb injury) play a game at the Linc next year in a Redskins uniform. In other words, there will be a complete media circus for 2 games of the year and the whole world will get to witness McNabb play his former teams on national TV not once but twice. It will be like Favre vs. Rodgers, only the Eagles traded McNabb to Washington to "do him right" whereas Green Bay screwed Brett Favre over and he went to Minnesota for revenge.
As far as who got the better of this deal, well, time will certainly tell. Is McNabb an upgrade to Jason Campbell? Likely, he is. Does he the last piece of the puzzle? I say work on those WRs, Offensive linemen, and tweak the defense (especially the secondary) in the draft and then we will talk. However, I won't forget what Shanahan did to Elway in his first couple years at Denver. Is McNabb the new Elway? But here is the other question. What if McNabb regresses like most older QBs do? What if McNabb is not Elway? What if his overthrows, underthrows, and flatout misses are worse? Even if the Skins get Marshall, he still can't catch balls 6 feet in front of him. If that turns out to be the case, then this move could be genius. Draft pick wise, we got the right value. The Eagles now have 11 (11!) picks in the 2010 draft as mentioned above and you can certainly expect them to be wheeling and dealing on draft day as they still have needs on the defensive side of the football and offensive line, and frankly, I don't think you can plug all those needs with rookies and expect to go far, even if your offense is dynamite. But still, if McNabb falters, then we just screwed the Redskins beyond belief. All Kolb needs to do is continue to improve and lead an offense filled with dynamite weapons and we'll be good to go on that side of the ball. The Eagles don't need McNabb anymore. The defense is my biggest concern, and that what needs to be looked at through the draft and trading draft picks. I hope you guys like hearing the Eagles talked about on TV because you can expect a lot more wheeling and dealing in the next few weeks leading up to and culminating with the 2010 NFL Draft.
It goes without say now that barring injury or a complete bombshell that the Eagles 2010 starting QB will be Kevin Kolb and the back up will be Michael Vick. On this Easter Sunday, April 4, 2010, Kevin Kolb has risen!!!......up on the Eagles depth chart!
I am shocked. I am not sad. I am not angry. I will not miss McNabb.
On the outset of things, I said that a fair deal for the Eagles would be a 2nd rounder for McNabb. That's what they got and a 3rd or 4th rounder in 2011. For a 30+ year old quarterback past his prime, that's not bad at all. Value wise, it's actually a very good deal. The Eagles now have 11 draft picks, which include 4 of the first 82 and 5 of the first 87. Andy Reid likes draft picks and I will certainly take that, especially this year, because by most accounts, this is a deep draft in the top rounds.
Making this puzzling, it is being reported now by ESPN's Adam Schefter that the Raiders are a bit miffed because they wanted McNabb as well. Now the million dollar question is what price were they willing to pay? If the answer is Nnamdi Asomugha, I'll be a bit pissed because the Eagles need a corner. If not, then value wise, I don't see the Raiders giving us much more than the Redskins did.
Forget about the team that did not get him, now let's talk about the team the Eagles traded McNabb to: the Washington Redskins. Like the move or hate the move, one thing is for sure: trading one of the greatest QBs in Eagles history within your division takes a lot of balls. Lucky for the Eagles FO, they are cocky, arrogant, and have more balls than you can ever imagine. Sometimes it pans out, other times it doesn't, but the Eagles are cocky.
A lot of Eagles fans are angry. Outraged. Upset. And completely overreacting. We all remember Donovan McNabb right? You know, the injury prone quarterback who constantly overthrew wide open receivers, underthrew wide open receivers, and flat out missed wide open receivers. Just because he is wearing different colors, he has not turned into the next Joe Montana. Going back to being injury prone, the Redskins do not have a real good offensive lineman. If they were smart, they would pick an O-lineman with their #4 overall pick. Now if they are geniuses, they can identify a guy that they want and if they think he can fall, they can trade their #4 overall pick to Denver for Brandon Marshall and get their much needed O-lineman at #11 because let's face it, Devin Thomas and Santana Moss are not DeSean Jackson and Jeremy Maclin, although it can be said that Chris Cooley is as good as if not better than Brent Celek. As far as McNabb's other favorite pass option goes, the running back, well, the Redskins certainly have the best running backs that 2006 has to offer!
And now the little snafu that comes with trading a QB within your own division...the twice a year meetings that we all love. Donovan McNabb will (likely barring a typical McNabb injury) play a game at the Linc next year in a Redskins uniform. In other words, there will be a complete media circus for 2 games of the year and the whole world will get to witness McNabb play his former teams on national TV not once but twice. It will be like Favre vs. Rodgers, only the Eagles traded McNabb to Washington to "do him right" whereas Green Bay screwed Brett Favre over and he went to Minnesota for revenge.
As far as who got the better of this deal, well, time will certainly tell. Is McNabb an upgrade to Jason Campbell? Likely, he is. Does he the last piece of the puzzle? I say work on those WRs, Offensive linemen, and tweak the defense (especially the secondary) in the draft and then we will talk. However, I won't forget what Shanahan did to Elway in his first couple years at Denver. Is McNabb the new Elway? But here is the other question. What if McNabb regresses like most older QBs do? What if McNabb is not Elway? What if his overthrows, underthrows, and flatout misses are worse? Even if the Skins get Marshall, he still can't catch balls 6 feet in front of him. If that turns out to be the case, then this move could be genius. Draft pick wise, we got the right value. The Eagles now have 11 (11!) picks in the 2010 draft as mentioned above and you can certainly expect them to be wheeling and dealing on draft day as they still have needs on the defensive side of the football and offensive line, and frankly, I don't think you can plug all those needs with rookies and expect to go far, even if your offense is dynamite. But still, if McNabb falters, then we just screwed the Redskins beyond belief. All Kolb needs to do is continue to improve and lead an offense filled with dynamite weapons and we'll be good to go on that side of the ball. The Eagles don't need McNabb anymore. The defense is my biggest concern, and that what needs to be looked at through the draft and trading draft picks. I hope you guys like hearing the Eagles talked about on TV because you can expect a lot more wheeling and dealing in the next few weeks leading up to and culminating with the 2010 NFL Draft.
It goes without say now that barring injury or a complete bombshell that the Eagles 2010 starting QB will be Kevin Kolb and the back up will be Michael Vick. On this Easter Sunday, April 4, 2010, Kevin Kolb has risen!!!......up on the Eagles depth chart!
BREAKING: Eagles Trade McNabb To Redskins
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Yahoo! Loves The Cowboys So Much They Mess Up The Facts
Thanks to The 700 Level for this screen shot.
We know everyone loves Dallas, but they have just clinched a playoff spot and eliminated the Giants by beating Washington, they are not NFC East Champions. They have to beat the Eagles to earn that right.
We know everyone loves Dallas, but they have just clinched a playoff spot and eliminated the Giants by beating Washington, they are not NFC East Champions. They have to beat the Eagles to earn that right.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
The Washington Redskins, Monday Night Football, And Football In General Hit Rock Bottom Last Night
....When this play happened. Not only did Zorn line-up in this formation, but after a Giants timeout, he went right back to the same odd formation, and this happened. If you get red-faced, embarrassed, or feel awkward easily, I suggest you turn away from this video.
As if that was not cringe-worthy enough, there was moment that the WAshington Redskins actually did decide to show up more than in just and physical sense and show some emotion this game. Of course, that only happened when Brandon Jacobs and DeAngelo Hall got in a scrum and a huge fight broke out.
Simply pathetic. And that's just referring to the fact that I still have not figured what the heck play was run in that first video. I'll tell you this much, that play, along with the fight and the entire game in general, whether intentional or inadvertent, that game was nothing but a huge middle finger to Dan Snyder. And come to think of it, I can't say that he does not deserve it.
As if that was not cringe-worthy enough, there was moment that the WAshington Redskins actually did decide to show up more than in just and physical sense and show some emotion this game. Of course, that only happened when Brandon Jacobs and DeAngelo Hall got in a scrum and a huge fight broke out.
Simply pathetic. And that's just referring to the fact that I still have not figured what the heck play was run in that first video. I'll tell you this much, that play, along with the fight and the entire game in general, whether intentional or inadvertent, that game was nothing but a huge middle finger to Dan Snyder. And come to think of it, I can't say that he does not deserve it.
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