Philadelphia Among the Elite?

Yes, the Eagles are the real deal because they have a great QB and very good defense. The way this season has started leads me to believe that if McNabb had played most of last year, the Redskins probably would not have made the playoffs because the Eagles would have.

The Eagles are for real, but you know I'm not all that impressed with anyone in the NFC East right now. I don't think any of the 4 teams could stand up against Chicago right now. Philly still has no running game and with Westbrook constantly banged up they are walking on very thin ice.

Dallas still can't protect Bledsoe and in turn he keeps killing them with turnovers and sacks.

The Giants are still wildly inconsistent, and the Skins... well you know the story.

The Eagles are an 11-5 team at worst and are going to win the NFC East.

I'm going to type in a ridiculous phrase that I'll remember so that I can dig up this post and say I told you so later on.

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If you come out on top of this slugfest of a division, you're going to be battle-tested come the playoffs. Yes, IMO, they are elite.

I don't know. I mean the Eagles toughest opponent that they have beaten this year were yesterday against the Cowboys. I DO think the Eagles have a very good team, but I think until they play more playoff type teams than not, they shouldn't be placed on a pedestal.

I don't know. I mean the Eagles toughest opponent that they have beaten this year were yesterday against the Cowboys. I DO think the Eagles have a very good team, but I think until they play more playoff type teams than not, they shouldn't be placed on a pedestal.

I agree.


So the favorite wins at home in a division match up and all of a sudden they are headed to champagne showers in Late January?

I really didn't think the Eagles would beat the Cowboys.

But hindsight says that, really, when the favorite wins at home in a division game, how shocked should we all be?

The Cowboys kept giving the game to them.
After all the miscues and Bledsoisms, the Cowboys still had the ball on the Eagle 6 with 30 seconds left.

I still think that the two best teams in the East are the Redskins and Cowboys.

It's a long season.

mcnabb is the read deal, and the way their offense passes the ball, they might get 40 on the redskins



McNabb is the one QB in the league that can look completely awful on one play (throwing balls in the dirt) then come right back on the next play and make a beautiful throw 40-50 yards downfield. His ability to consistently make the deep throws enable the Eagles to stay in games and score points.

The Eagles are clearly the best football team...in Philadelphia. Right now, they are the only NFC East team playing up to their potential. The Skins, Giants and Cowboys are not. We just finished Week 5 and there is still plenty of football left.