This game is going to be difficult. Armistead being out doesn't help. The real issue isn't that we are not better than Philly, we are. The problem is when you get handed teams. We are getting handed Philly coming off a loss to Dallas where they are, for all intents and purposes, playing for their season. Getting ahead early would be a huge help. This could be our most difficult game to date.

I am not saying its gonna be a cake walk but we are averaging the most points per game now. Philly is banged up a lot in the secondary. Also, Dallas just ran all over them in there last game. So should they choose to take away the run (or try at least lol), Drew will do what Drew does and he is on absolute fire this season. I am not worried in the least.

I am glad we are at home this week.


(1) Week to week in this league is week to week. In the past we have lost to the Browns and Rams when they weren't very good.


(2) We played a team that won 7 games in the regular season who came out and beat us in first round of the playoffs.


(3) If we come out with a lot of emotion we will win this going away...but if we come out a little sluggish and let them hang around you just never know.
Glad you're not worried, I am worried based simply on the timing.

(1) Thats part of why I am not worrying, we are at home. Now if we had to go there, then I would worry a bit. But the dome is gonna be rocking and its hard for any visiting team to play in the dome.


(2) LOL.I know we can never let go of the past. The nightmares of the Rams and Browns will last forever. But I truly feel this is a different team. Also, we lost that game to Seattle at there house, that made a difference.

(3) I agree crazy stuff can happen (Minnesota miracle, but this team is playing so good right now). There are so many unprecedented things we are doing (Brees completion %, 1 INT, MT catching 90% of passes thrown to him, the list goes on.) We are playing better than the 2009 team, multiple talking heads say we are the best team in the NFL atm.

So I can understand the worry, some things are hard to forget, but today in the dome, with the injuries Philly has and how well we are playing, we got this.

This game and next is not known as the Dome, it is gonna be known as the place where birds come to DIE!! Whodat!!!

it's not just the past, look at game 1 this year. That team has won 2 games since. It is the NFL. That is just how things roll sometimes. Not always does the better team win during the regular season. We are a much better team than the Eagles and we are certainly in our best opportunity for a SB run since '11. This is a really good team, but the Eagles are coming with everything they have. I am not sure we are in that level of desperation this week. Getting up early, however, would be huge. I'm not saying we are going to lose, we are really good, but I am saying we need to come out hungry. If we come out hungry it wouldn't surprise me for us to win by 3 td's. But looking at a stat about the Eagles since DP took over their worst loss has been by 18 I read and nearly all of their games come within one score.



Clearly turnovers and penalties must always be avoided in order to win, but

Two points in this game IMHO:

1. We have to protect Drew. Like you said they are banged up. The only way we can take advantage is protecting him. Drew is absolutely on fire this year. It is sick.

2. Get after CW. They have let up like 28 sacks or something this season. They do have weapons in the pass game. Getting pressure on Wentz will help our secondary.



That's my keys to the game, which are probably worthless

It willl be 38-28 not close as it looks at all wentz goes off when it’s over