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Well, you talk about the hills and valleys across seasons, what amazes me is the hills and valleys during the season. It seems so rare for a team to carry across all 16 games with the same fire and personality, never mind just the same look, the same playbook. At the beginning of the season the Eagles were so absolutely dominating and every loss seemed so ridiculous. To beat the birds you had to have your kicker make an impossible 62-yard FG he's never made before.
Then, in midseason, so many different things seemed to go wrong at the same time! Stuff that worked right in September just blew a wheel out in November. In September they were rotating the entire D line; then with injuries, they had to stick to the same guys for a while, just when the offense was sputtering and leaving the D on the field too long.
Now all these other teams seem like they might have peaked too early. Dawk said in last week's press conference, THAT was the REAL Eagles, not the crap you've been seeing recently.
I don't know. But you're right, I love the Eagles defense, it has been a fantastic thing to watch for the last few years.
How far will it go. So hard to know! You can call it better than I can, I'm sure! I hear the boys are -6.5 this week, for the third road conference game in a row. But you would not be surprised whatsoever to see the Eagle D pull another rabbit out of a hat! Yeah, I doubt it's a superbowl season without McNabb, but it's sure fun to watch!
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