The Birds that cant Fly

If you have been watching the NFL lately you know how unpredictable the league is this year. There have been many upsets and teams that have had major success. As expected, the “glorified” “untouchable” defending Super Bowl champs the GreenBay Packers are undefeated. As much as I hate to say it they look like the best team in the NFL as of right now, having very few close games besides week one when they faced the Saints powerhouse offense behind Drew Brees. The big stories of the first 4 weeks were the Bills and Lions. Both led by relatively young quarterbacks started out 4-0. The Detroit Lions are known for in the past few years for being the “easy win” for the opposing teams. Another underdog, the Buffalo Bills, started out 4-0, led by a literally genius quarterback, Ryan Fitzpatrick, that attended Harvard University.

            So besides the fact of theses untalented, unreal or some may say “lucky” teams that have been winning games, My main concern is the Philadelphia Eagles. Being an Eagles fan when making this statement I can probably speak for the many other fans out there but I am extremely disappointed in the Eagles this year. There is no other way to put how I feel about them other than disappointed. After the NFL lock out I was ecstatic to hear of the Eagles picking up players and making moves in the free agency market. They picked up the prize gem in the free agent market, Nhamdi Asgmough, who is considered one of the best secondary players in the NFL. Also a Heisman winning quarterback in Vince Young and an extremely versatile runningback in Ronnie Brown who was the face of the Miami Dolphins franchise. Also, in the draft, they drafted the brother of Clay Matthews, Casey Matthews. I got all hyped for Casey Matthews because I figured if he was anything like his brother, then the Eagles would have a solid linebacker core. But I was dead wrong. The Eagles are now 1-3. I do not understand how Andy Reid has all of this talent on one team and does not know how to put it together. Vince Young even considered the Eagles to be a “Dream Team.” Right now the Eagles are far from that. They have the most athletic quarterback in the NFL and arguably the fastest receiver in the NFL, Desean Jackson. The receiving core of the Eagles filled with Jackson, Maclin and Avant is a pretty solid group of wide receivers. The backup runningback, Ronnie Brown, would start on half of the teams in the NFL. So my question is….WHY ARE THE EAGLES NOT WINNING GAMES? This has left me frustrated and angry to a point where I cannot enjoy the rest of my Sunday because of the ridiculousness of the Eagles play. They just keep losing to teams that are not better than them. I can go on for days about other negative things I have to say about the Eagles but for now I will hold that off. On a positive note I can say that I have been impressed with the way Jason Babin has played and also Trent Cole. For now, they are the only two players that actually look ready to go to work on Sundays.