Well, that could be just about all she wrote for the 2007 Philadelphia Eagles.
Somewhere amid the wreckage of last night’s 38-17 debacle, you can find a 3-5 Eagles team showing only the faintest signs of a heartbeat. It only makes it worse that the near-fatal damage was inflicted by the Cowboys, with Terrell Owens leading the way.
In today’s Daily News, Rich Hofmann points out that the Eagles and Cowboys are traditionally not good at the same time and that last night’s game may have marked the beginning of a new era in the NFC East. Or the end of one, depending on how you look at it.
He might be right but I’m not buying in yet. It’s time to concede the division for this season and the Eagles have a quickly aging core, but the guys that built this team into the NFC power for much of this decade are all still in place. I won’t count them out yet.
Meanwhile, the Patriots solidified their status as the best team in the league after rallying from a 10-point deficit in the 4th quarter to win 24-20 in Indianapolis.
Bill Belichick showed some of his typical defensive mastery by using an unorthodox scheme. For most of the game, the Pats used four down linemen (instead of their usual three) and five defensive backs. That left room for only two linebackers and pushed star LB Adalius Thomas to the sidelines for most of the contest. The Boston Globe notes that the Patriots defensive surprise was reminiscent of what they did against the Eagles in Super Bowl XXXIX, when they came out in a 4-3 instead of their usual 3-4.
Still, with the Colts missing numerous key players due to injury, it could be anyone’s game if these teams were to see each other again in January.
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