The Philadelphia Eagles season were supposed to be a super bowl contender and a favorite this year for the 2011-2012 season. They were labeled “the dream team.” They picked up a lot of big time athletes in the offseason and were building together a solid team. They picked up big names such as Vince Young, Dolphin’s starting running back Ronnie Brown, and the biggest free agent Nhamdi Asmough. Nhamdi was being compared to the current best corner in the league, Darrell Revis. They started out the season 1-0 and it looked like they were going to live up to the hype. But the next couple games were a disaster. They blew 4th quarter leads and dealt with injuries. Their biggest concern was not being able to have a fully healthy Mike Vick. Vick is the star quarterback and he has suffered everything from concussion injuries throughout the season to broken ribs. The Eagles finished mid way through the season with an ugly 3-5 record. At this time many Eagles fans, including myself, were taking this season as a failure and thinking about next season. The playoffs were not even in mind. With a losing record and the way they were playing people lost hope in the Eagles.
Another main concern for the Eagles besides the injuries to Mike Vick was the terrible defense and the lack of performance in their “overpaid” “blockbuster” corner. Nhamdi Asmough has not been playing good for the Eagles at all. He has blown coverage’s and has given up multiple touchdowns this season. Not only him, but the defense in general was playing terrible. There were even rumors about firing defensive coordinator Juan Castillo. On the other side of the ball, DeSean Jackson has not been playing to his potential. He wants a bigger contract and on the field it just looks like he has no motivation to play at all.
Just as I was about to give up on the Eagles, there started to be a little hope. The two teams in their division, Cowboys and Giants, started to lose crucial games and were keeping the Eagles in reach. The Eagles have played well in their division losing only once. Now at the end of the season the Eagles actually have some playoff hope. They have won their last two games and are heading into Dallas next week in a must win game. They also need some help from other teams. They need the Giants to lose their next game leaving them 7-8. Then the week after that they need the Giants to beat Dallas. Therefore Dallas needs to lose next week (to the Eagles) then lose again to the Giants. If all this happens all 3 teams will finish 8-8. But because the Eagles will have a better division record being 5-1 they will make the playoffs over both of these teams. So all the Philly fans out there don’t lose hope just yet. There’s a very slim chance this could happen but it is defiantly possible
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