{"id":225,"date":"2008-12-20T19:55:10","date_gmt":"2008-12-21T00:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.broadstreetbelievers.com\/?p=225"},"modified":"2008-12-20T19:55:39","modified_gmt":"2008-12-21T00:55:39","slug":"the-true-eagles-fans-are-rooting-for-the-cowboys-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/?p=225","title":{"rendered":"The True Eagles Fans are Rooting for Dallas Tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I know that sounds like heresy, but I&#8217;ve thought long about about this (I spent an hour at the gym with nothing else to think about) and here is my reasoning:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I&#8217;m working under the assumption that 9-6-1 won&#8217;t be enough to make the playoffs, so nothing matters if they don&#8217;t beat the Redskins tomorrow<\/li>\n<li>That means that the Dallas game next week is also a must-win, no matter what happens around the league<\/li>\n<li>To make it, the Eagles need 2 wins, but they also need a loss from either Atlanta or Tampa Bay<\/li>\n<li>But, here is the kicker:\u00a0if Dallas wins tonight AND both Tampa Bay and Atlanta lose tomorrow (not totally out of the question, as Atlanta is a road dog against Minnesota and Tampa has an injured qb at home against San Diego), then the Cowboys clinch a playoff spot, and therefore, will be much more likely to rest injured players like Romo and Barber against the Eagles, making that game\u00a0MUCH easier.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, all that being said, a true Eagles fan is cheering for the Dallas Cowboys tonight&#8211;yeah, I know, I&#8217;m not sure I can do it either&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know that sounds like heresy, but I&#8217;ve thought long about about this (I spent an hour at the gym with nothing else to think about) and here is my reasoning: I&#8217;m working under the assumption that 9-6-1 won&#8217;t be &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/?p=225\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5,4],"class_list":["post-225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nfl","tag-cowboys","tag-eagles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}