Eagles host Falcons gameday open thread

by JasonB on Dec 31, 2006 11:59 AM EST in Philadelphia Eagles News

With last night's Giants' win the Falcons have officially been eliminated from the playoffs. With a win today or a Dallas loss to Detriot, the Eagles win their 5th NFC East division title in 5 years...

injuries

CB William James
and S Michael Lewis are listed as questionable.

For the Falcons, WR Ashley Lelie is out and CB Jason Webster is doubtful.

Post any thoughts or comments on the Eagles game or any of the Sunday games here.

Update [2006-12-31 13:53:27 by BleedGreen]: Although this sounds like blatant rumor mongering on his part, ESPN's Sal Paolantonio is reporting that Falcons GM Rich McKay began compiling a list of replacements for Jim Mora who Sal says will be fired after the season.

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Detroit 39, Dallas 31

The E-A-G-L-E-S Eagles! stand alone atop the NFC East and will host the stumbling (but still dangerous) Giants at the Linc next Sunday.

Unbelievable. That the Cowboys could lose a must-win season ending game in Dallas to one of the worst teams in football? No, really. Up is down, right is wrong, and it's 60 degrees and sunny on December 31st in Philadelphia. What a season.

by Dire Radiant on Dec 31, 2006 6:38 PM EST reply actions

P.S.

At halftime, the Eagles' backup players were beating the Falcons 17-10. No point playing starters when the division and playoff seeding have already been decided.

by Dire Radiant on Dec 31, 2006 6:40 PM EST up reply actions

Final: Eagles (jv) 24, Falcons 17

Another red-zone stand by the Eagles defense. Atlanta had a first and goal from the 9 yard line (sound familiar?) with 2 minutes to play, down 24-17, and failed to convert. IIRC the sequence was a run play by Warrick Dunn to the 3 yard line, an incomplete pass, another run play for about 1 yard, and on 4th down another incompletion. Awesome work by the backups.

Brodrick Bunkley's name was called more today than it has been all season long. About time to find out if he can play. Looks like he can, although he and Sam Rayburn were both sucking wind by the end of the game.

My prediction: Jim Mora's tenure in Atlanta lasts about 6 minutes after the final gun.

by Dire Radiant on Dec 31, 2006 8:24 PM EST reply actions

Frankly

It was alot of fun to see the young guys out there playing. Feeley was fantastic, Baskett and Avant both played very well, Joselio Hanson played out of his mind. I liked what I saw from Bunkley... Heck, even Dhani Jones played well!

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by JasonB on Dec 31, 2006 8:56 PM EST up reply actions

Experience

It's great to see the young guys get some live game experience before the postseason starts.

Hank Baskett with another 80+ yard catch & run - nice! Hanson made a bunch of critical plays. And what Feeley showed was a pleasant surprise.

I was very happy that Bunkley showed up and looked like a number 1 pick should, once he was finally allowed into a game. Too bad we had to wait most of the season for that to happen. Hopefully he'll get it and make more of a contribution going forward.

It seemed like Atlanta packed it in for the night when Vick went down, although they did make a run late in the game.

Now that the Giants have backed into the playoffs I guess it's time to get over the latest improbable win and start thinking about how to beat New York again.

You know, the division championship was unthinkable 8 games ago at the mid-point of the season. And yet again, Andy Reid pulled it out. Coach of the year?

by Dire Radiant on Jan 1, 2007 3:29 PM EST up reply actions