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Whoa Emmitt Smith and others who are you judging?

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:48:38 EDT

It amazes me that all I see every single day on ESPN is how Philly fans give Donovan McNabb no respect and Donovan himself said "They don't understand what they have until it is gone". I will be honest I have gotten on Donovan at times but everyone deserves criticism AT TIMES. Yet they act like New York fans never criticized Eli. Give me a break. Regardless of what people here in Philly say everyone should or at least I can say I know Donovan is the best quarterback in Eagles franchise history. Tony Kornheiser mentioned this on MNF with Ron Jaworski right next to him. Jaws is arguably the second best QB in franchise history and what happened to him? He had a great career the Eagles drafted Randall Cunningham and he eventually was replaced. That is the nature of the game especially when Donovan is a player who has been hurt almost every year of his career. It is nothing personal but Donovan should realize when his career ends whether that is this year or years from now the team will still play when he is gone. As a result the Eagles will need someone to step in, is that Kevin Kolb? That is to be determined but one thing we do know is Donovan won't play forever especially with his injury history. I really do hope that he finishes his career here and wins a championship (although at this point unless that happens this year it seems unlikely) but if he does not want to play here then fine move on.

Eagles Giants thoughts before the game

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:31:11 EST

Edit: sorry cannot get the HTML code at the top out of the screen :(

This is a response to a post in the forums, but really it goes to all Giants fans who feel they are underappreciated.

How can you say they are underrated now.....everyone has them ranked as the top team in football. Yes, I remember watching the Sunday night game a year ago as they destroyed the Eagles O-line and thinking.....WTF is this a Super Bowl Defense or are we (the eagles) just this pathetic?.... This is ridiculous.....at the time that was sarcastic and I thought Winston Justice was a disgrace to the Eagles talent selection, but that statement of calling them a "Super Bowl caliber D" even with the "perfect pats" turned out to be true.

Eagles 10 weeks into the season

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:51:38 EST

The Eagles are a mediocre 5-4 so far this season. This was considered to be the year McNabb and Reid showed their worth. As long as McNabb could stay healthy this year most people felt it would be a solid season. Yet nine games into the year McNabb has played every game and they are just 1 game over 500. How could this be?

Well plenty of people will say the Eagles are just past their prime and their Super Bowl hopes of years past are gone. I disagree however, with how the 10-6 Giants won last year, a team with talent of the Eagles level can still make noise in the playoffs. All that really matters is just making it into the tournament. With better management this team would be better than just 5-4. In the Chicago and New York games they made several key mistakes. One difference is Coughlin called a close challenge on an illegal forward pass play. It went the Giants way and from there they did not look back.

The Sixers 6 games in

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 2:17:11 EST

Everyone has seen the rough start the Sixers have gotten out to this year. As Philly fans we are known for getting down on our teams easily. However Iggy has not looked like the player we gave $80 million in the offseason, on that note neither has Elton Brand our other $80 million man. If you live in Philly though not many Philly fans have noticed or complained all that much. Probably because many are still in a drunken euphoria over the Phillies victory. Whenever the Eagles, Flyers, or Sixers get down this year one response will calm down all the angry fans here. The answer to "complaining angry tone: Iguodala is shooting horrible, complaint complain Cheeks sucks at coaching this young group complain complaint", is simply "but the Phillies won the World Series". Once we mention that phrase here in Philly a smile goes across the face of every complaining fan and all is happy once again.

World Champions, World ******* Champions

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:33:21 EST

Philadelphia finally got what it deserved, and we are a city of champions again. Mets fans can say all they like about how it should have been them, but the Phillies were clearly the best team in baseball this season. When leading after eight innings the Phillies were 93-0 this year, with the best bullpen in baseball. Throughout the playoffs Madson, Romero, and Lidge were dominant for the Phils. Last year people said the Mets choked up that 7 game lead and I have to partially agree. Everyone had a sour feeling in their stomach after we were swept by the Rockies in the wild card round. This year we were really able to put everything together. Credit goes to Pat Gillick for several clutch signings. Gillick, with all of his success in the postseason, must have known Matt Stairs would be the player to hit a HR to help clinch the pennant. Of course that is a ridiculous statement but I am sure it was a nice feeling for Gillick in his final season. Rollins, Utley, Howard, and Hamels are all in their prime. If Pat Burrell returns at 2 years $22 million that helps strengthen the offense, but he will most likely head to an AL team to play DH for more money and a 4-year deal. Bruntlett, Stairs and other substitutes seemed to come up big right when we needed them too. How much the Phillies can spend in the offseason will be determined by how the arbitration meetings of several key players turn out. It will surely be a different team next year with Ruben Amaro taking over at GM. If they can add another solid starter to their already strong rotation, the Phillies could turn over many wins to that great bullpen next year. With this core developed group of players they may just take parades down Broad "Again, Again, and Again" like Cole said, and all Phillies fans can dream.