Playing Philly Twice...
by Iessthanmike on Jul 5, 2009 11:10 AM CDT
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Playing Philadelphia the second time every year makes my stomach churn. Maybe it's living so close to the city, and maybe it's because all my co-workers quote Howard Eskin the way bible-bangers quote Pat Robertson. Either way, I wanted to take a look at the job Jim Johnson's unit does against us the second time around.
It always seems to be that no matter how fantastic our first game is (2008) or what kind of streak we're on (2007), they manage to stall our offense.
1st Down Total Yd Turnovers Point Diff
1999 +3 +37 -2 -3
2000 +6 +126 0 -1
2001 0 -29 -1 -15
2002 -9 -158 -1 -10
2003 -2 -67 +1 -13
2004 0 -80 -1 -14
2005 -15 -112 0 -12
2006 -7 -119 -2 -17
2007 -13 -194 +2 -24
2008 -5 -82 +3 -35
I know one of Garrett's big question marks is the ability to change things up - let's hope he manages to get us past Philly the first AND second time this year. Certainly would have made a difference last season.
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I've always realized that
we kick their ass the first game but we lose the 2nd game. It seems as if they don’t try at all for game 1 + they bring their best come game 2. Also not helping us out is the fact that we usually play them in December, the time when we play horrible, they play good. But the Eagles are the most inconsistent team in the league.
yeah and not sure about ...
But the Eagles are the most inconsistent team in the league.
the consistently havent won a super bowl year after year
What the French?! Toast!
by thebigham on Jul 5, 2009 7:44 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
LOL!
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You funny funny ham!
Everything's looking up, Milhouse!
by accidental innuendo on Jul 6, 2009 7:03 AM CDT up reply actions
(sigh)
…and this is how the the “you have no super bowl wins, oh yeah well you have no playoff wins in 13 years” argument begins.
In this case I would typically reply with something like “Don’t sell the Cowboys short. They’re consistent too. They’re one of only 6 teams (Chiefs, Browns, Bengals, Lions, Bills – some great company there) that haven’t won a a playoff game since 1996.” But I won’t go there, because it’s tired.
Still Confused
We won the second game of 1999 20-10, and lost the first game by three points. The differential should be +13, but the table has -3. The point differential is also wrong in every other year I checked (2000, 2007 and 2008). We got blown out in the 2000 season opener by 27, but lost in overtime in the second matchup that year by three. That one should be +24. And so on down the line.
Just FYI...
Donovan McNabb is 11-6 as a starter against the Dallas Cowboys. His stats are:
541-301-3501-25-10 (83.1 rating)
66 rushes – 389 yards – 5 touchdowns
Pretty solid numbers (although slightly below his overall career rating). What I found interesting was that the Eagles won several games where McNabb was average or just flat-out sucked. Which to me proves that the Eagles have been a better team (esp. defensively) over the last decade.
I’ve posted many times on how the Eagles have been the true Cowboys nemesis for the last 40 years, not the Redskins or Giants. No matter how bad a team Philadelphia might have, they always seemed to either come up with a win or ruin the Cowboys offense statistically.
I hate playing them twice a year.
nemesis
well its because the redskins dont hang quite enough at least when it comes to faceoff.
the giants are beastly and we cant quite attack them after a super bowl win which I was glad to see spoiling the pats.
but mostly cuz we dont get many giants fans shovelling their unwanted opinions down our throats
and mostly cuz they REALLY do seem to spoil everything
That's a reasonable way to take it
and I bet any reasonable Cowboy fan feels the same way.
But it doesn’t mean that I don’t hate the Eagles or think lowly of their fans (no offense)
1st games as of late
2007: Dallas 38-17 Philadelphia
2008: Dallas 41-37 Philadelphia
Ahhh great games!
2009 Dallas Cowboys: 10-6
don't forget 2005
which was Dallas 33-10 Philadelphia…arguably Bledsoe’s best game as Dallas QB.
But then there was Philadelphia 38-24 Dallas in 2006, arguably Bledsoe’s worst game as Dallas QB.
But then there was Philadelphia 38-24 Dallas in 2006, arguably Bledsoe’s worst game as Dallas QB.
Ah, yes… The Lito Sheppard interception game. It’s my second favorite youtube clip of all time…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk8onB6Lm64
My favorite youtube clip? This…
Philly has their moments
I still think they’re grossly overrated, much like our Boys last year. Nobody should actually be so confident in their team in July. For all we know, Westbrook could decline drastically in production, McNaab could start to suck like he did early last season, their “improved” O line could end up being a complete joke(sort of like our O line last year), their rookies could end up in IR after week 6 or so, Desean could regress, etc.
Happened to us last year…Bad things happen to good teams all the time. The NFC almost never goes as expected.
Epic Fail since 1985
they've been inconsistent for years now
they’re as likely to go 8-8 as 12-4. and their two biggest offensive playmakers are old and very injury prone…
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