The Giants are starting to get that winning attitude back and it is obvious they like it. It wasn’t eas y Sunday against the NFC North leading Chicago Bears. Big Blue collapsed in the final minutes letting a 27-17 lead evaporate over the last 1:49 left in regulation. The Giants defense seem helpless as former […]
When Giants rookie sensation Sequon Barkley scored on a 51-yard touchdown run with 4:06 left in the first half, the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles looked dead in the water, falling behind 19-3 at the Linc. The Birds were dead in the water not just for the game, the season. Then the heart this […]
EAST RUTHERFORD: If Eagles fans think playing the New York Giants this Sunday at the Linc is a great opportunity to get back to winning again, you may be disappointed. This is not the same team the Birds picked apart 34-13 back on October 11. Eagles Head Coach Doug Pederson as well as quarterback Carson […]
If the Eagles (4-4) defeat the Dallas Cowboys (3-5) this Sunday night (NBC, 8:20 PM) at the Linc, and the Washington Redskins lose on the road to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Birds would be tied for the lead in the NFC East. Each team would be 2-0 in division play. No one wants to […]
EAST RUTHERFORD: The NFL is always starved to find great quarterbacks. In recent years, the bright new stars who are established include Eagles Carson Wentz, Rams Jared Goff, Bears Mitchell Trubisky, Texans DeShaun Watson and Cowboys Dak Prescott. Topping this year’s class is rookie sensation Patrick Mahomes of the Chiefs. The jury is still out […]
EAST RUTHERFORD: Time will tell if what happened Thursday night at MetLife Stadium was the turning point for the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles or just the result of playing a bad opponent. The Birds (3-3) pounded the New York Football Giants (1-5) 34-13 in a game that was never seriously in doubt from […]
Eagles franchise quarterback Carson Wentz has been back for three games and the Birds have lost two of them, the second was a 23-21 loss to the Minnesota Vikings at the Linc. His numbers have been good. Sunday against the Vikings, Wentz was 24 of 35 for 311 yards and two touchdown passes. He rushed […]
NASHVILLE: For the first time in a long time, the Eagles found a way to lose. The Birds, of course. during the Carson Wentz era, have lost games. They lost two weeks ago to Tampa Bay. In that game though, they were simply outplayed. But against the Tennessee Titans, there are not many examples you […]
NASHVILLE: When the Eagles take to the field Sunday at Nissan Stadium, Tennessee Titans standout center Ben Jones will no doubt be watching his good friend, Eagles Pro Bowl guard Brandon Brooks while he is on the field. The two were teammates, and linemates for several years with the Texans. In fact they were drafted […]
NASHVILLE: Former Eagles offensive lineman Dennis Kelly was once compared to a “bag of footballs” after he was traded in August 2016 to the Tennessee Titans for wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham. The long, talented player had been drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the second round of the 2015 NFL Draft following a disappointing career at Missouri where he was dismissed from the team in 2014.
As it turns out, the Titans are the ones who fleeced the Eagles. Green-Beckham was a bust and Kelly just signed a three-year extension with Tennessee. But Kelly will not get his last laugh up close and personal as he has been out for over two weeks with a mysterious illness,. He is expected to recover and rejoin the team at some point this season.
