by Jim Ballas
It seems once again that Philadelphia gets to be disappointed by a sports team it loves. The way things are shaping up, it could be the Eagles who let us down the most.
Once again in the preseason, the Eagles were celebrated as being one of the best teams in the NFC. And once again, the hearts of Philadelphia dropped as the Eagles lost two weeks ago on a last-minute drive led by Bears quarterback Brian Griese.
Andy Reid is like the mean, hot girl you knew from high school (and I bet that’s a comparison he gets often). He’ll play with the fans’ hearts by beating up on the Lions 56-21, but then lose to the Giants because the team can only score a field goal. He is that hot cheerleader that fools a nerd into thinking she’ll go to prom with him but in the end, he’s left crying with a corsage on prom night.
Philadelphians, mop up those tears. There is hope. Watching the Vikings game was like watching sparks of brilliance. Shutting down running back Adrian Peterson was a huge step for the defense. And with Dawkins back this week, expect a defense that will not fall to the Cowboys.
And defense is the key to us winning the Cowboys game. They’re coming to Philadelphia – walking into the lion’s den and they are not afraid. Well, they are mistaken. The Cowboys are basically the emperor from Gladiator. They think they can hurt the Eagles a little and then come pounding away, but the Eagles will not go down so easily.
The Eagles are basically the spitting image of Maximus. Maximus lost his son. Reid is losing both of his. Maximus was betrayed by people who should’ve supported him. McNabb was betrayed by the overdramatic Terrell Owens. This game sounds like a movie. Let’s not forget that the underdogs tend to win in the movies.
Once again, our defense is the key. We need to bump Owens on the line of scrimmage. We can’t let Tony Romo dump to Jason Witten a lot. And we can’t let Marion Barber run up the middle. They have some solid weapons on the Cowboys but we can draw ours quicker.
If our defense plays well, it should allow our offense to step up. Westbrook will run amuck on Sunday night. It was great seeing Reggie Brown have a solid performance last week and another one from him would be huge. And with Kevin “the fastest white guy in the league” Curtis, we should have some deep threats, barring McNabb being less than confident with the cannon on his shoulder.
Hopefully on Sunday night we go to sleep as the 4-4 Eagles. The Cowboys will come riding into Philadelphia this weekend, but they won’t leave happy. Romo is burning, and there will be 70,000 people waiting to play the fiddle as they watch.
Philadelphia fans, we all may be considered crazy, but to love a team this much, don’t we kind of have to be?
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