Eagle Fan Diary

  Yield to the field, F the Ref.   Yes, Pat Mahomes and Andy Reid were great.   Yes, the Chiefs won Super Bowl LVII.   But it would have been nice to see what could have been, had professional field conditions and an incompetent late game call not controlled the outcome of the February 12 Super Bowl. The Eagles won the first half (24-14), the Chiefs the 2nd (24-11, and therefore, of course, the game).   In the reg season the Eagles were 14-3 on the coin toss, always deferring.   While 0-3 in the playoffs on the coin toss, they therefore got the ball first 3 times in 3 playoff games and scored 3 TDs.   The decision to defer looked especially bad for Chiefs coach Andy Reid as the 2nd quarter ended.   His QB Pat Mahomes appeared to having re-tweaked his previously injured ankle on KCs last 2 nd quarter possession, giving the Eagles time to add a FG before halftime and open up a 10 pt lead.   The Eagle defense had only allowed 7 first half poi...

  A Super Bowl memory from retired Hall-Of-Fame NFL columnist Ray Didinger… Back in 1981 when the Eagles were preparing for Supe 15, NFL players all over the league NOT participating in the game were calling the Raiders to extol them to win.   Why?   Eagles coach Dick Vermeil had been an unenviably harsh coach/task master all year to his players.   Today, “2-a-day” practices are a thing of the past.   Back then, Vermeil introduces 3-a-days! 3.5 hour practices were common.   Vermeil exhausted himself and his players to create the muscle memory he believe they needed to succeed.   It didn’t work.   The favored Eagles lost 27-10 because Vermeil had himself and his players “wound too tight.”   The rest of the NFL players association rejoiced in the Eagle (and Vermeils methodology’s) defeat! Another reason for Philly fans to laugh at the Cowboys?   Note the following from Cowboys owner Jerry Jones early this past week: “ I’m real hesitant t...

 After a 31-7 demolition of the 49ers, the Eagles are advancing to a showdown with Andy Reid, Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs.  Philadelphia is both psyched and euphoric: Philly’s done a lot right to get here : All 22 week 1 Eagle starters will be starting the championship game.   A combination of Light practices & every 3rd day off, worked for the team, yielding a relatively healthy Supe contender.   The New training staff seems to know what they are doing, including handling injuries and corresponding recoveries effectively.   Jalen’s playoff stats have not great.  But again, the Birds won 31-7.  It’s about what the old Raider owner Al Davis said..  “Just win baby!” That’s what Jalen’s been doing when playing since getting injured weeks ago vs. the Bears.   The Eagles have gone back to old time football, antithetical to the midern NFL in these playoffs.  The Eagles have run the ball (88-416-8), 44 times...