Eagles/Cowboys - What they're saying

by JasonB on Sep 16, 2008 2:13 PM EDT in News Comment 6 comments

The Sporting News has termed last night's matchup an "Instant Classic."

By looks of most media this morning, it appears that's a general consensus. Afterward, Dallas gave the Eagles credit.

"We saw what Philadelphia is," Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said after the game. "McNabb, by having the experience he's got, is better than his younger years. He's still got that mobility. He does a better job when he gets the ball and doesn't have the turnovers. He was a mess out there for our guys tonight. We were fortunate to win this game and everybody knows it."

Said Cowboys coach Wade Phillips: "Anybody who thinks Donovan is too old or can't play anymore, they're absolutely wrong. The guy kept them in the game and made great plays."

I'm sure we were all waiting to hear what Desean Jackson had to say about his near disastrous little gaffe...

"Things happen," Jackson said. "It was just one of those things. I was just overexcited, just trying to have some fun. I'm young, but I'm kind of mad at myself. I could have had a touchdown."

Andy Reid's message to Jackson was pretty simple.

"He just needs to learn from that and make sure he gets across the goal line," Eagles coach Andy Reid said. "You can't do that."

Brian Westbrook had some advice for young Jackson

"He should have scored. He should have held on to the ball,” Westbrook said. "I told him to hold on to the ball until he gets to the sideline.”

Good advice.

Sheldon Brown

"We fought our tails off, We came into a hostile environment, and we didn’t give up. We didn’t quit. We battled a little adversity early, and we kept going back and forth with them. It was a heck of a chess match. It was a championship game. It was one of them title fights.”

Finally, Peter King talked about the strength of the NFC East

One final point about the incredible NFC East: This division just might have the best three teams in football right now, with the Cowboys (still number one), Giants and Eagles. The only team through two weeks that I'd put in the middle of them is Pittsburgh.

By the way, most of King's article this AM was about how great the Eagles looked. From reading it, you'd think we won.

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it will be a tough year this year

no doubt about it. The winner of the division will be the team that can be consistent enough to clean up the bad teams we face(browns, ravens, the entire nfc west) and take a few games from each divisional opponent. As long as we don’t lose a gimme game, (like against SF or Cincinnati) I think our chances are good. As much as I loved this game in terms of entertainment value and showcasing our talent, it was still a loss. There were a couple iffy decisions in the end, and I’m not about to embrace this team as the second coming just yet. Come back to me when we are 6-1 or 8-2, then I’ll start getting excited.

Priority number one is beat the steelers. WE gotta come out of this stretch 2-1. Luckily, the key players on our team are veterans enough to hold their focus, so I’m not too worried. Still…I’m a philly fan, the sun always sets, or at least seems like its about to set.

by CMax on Sep 16, 2008 2:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Gotta admit… Big key going into next week’s game… No lasting injuries this week and we should get Brown back to replace Lewis.

by foos05 on Sep 16, 2008 2:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

however... i have a feeling that loss last night

is going to come back to bite us in the ass at tiebreaker time

http://vimeo.com/1590229

by 700 Level on Sep 16, 2008 2:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

We just have to have to win the home leg. We get to play these guys again. This is likely to be one of the teams we are battling with for position. If we beat them at home that tiebreaker is erased.

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by JasonB on Sep 16, 2008 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think

we can put the blame on the offense for not scoring TDs early in the redzone, and giving up 6 sacks and of course McNabbs costly fumble at the end.

we can put the blame on the Defense for giving up 4 TDs and 312 yards in the air, and not getting a single sack on Romo.

But truth is this was a a battle of haymakers and who was going to be standing at the end and unfortunately for us the Birds were on the losing end.

Our Offense put up 4 TDs 281 yards in the air 78 on the ground and 8 receivers with over 10 yards.

Our Defense held the Boys to 68 yards on the ground and all though we didn’t “sack” Romo we tackled him for -5 rushing yards. We scored a TD forced a fumble and had an INT.

We did a lot of things well and we can only improve, I’m so bitter over the loss but unlike past years I feel like this was a good loss, they played there hearts out and didn’t lose because they were an inferior team or the gave up.

by Whodie126 on Sep 16, 2008 4:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

just to set the record straight.....

you guy’s didn’t force a fumble, romo fumbled on his own…..but the fact remains you guy’s have a very good team and you lost to a team that was just a little better that night….no one will give us ( the cowboy’s) any credit for beating a very good team, they all just want to say that you guy’s lost to a team with a weak defence….thats just an insult to yourselves. I would rather get beat by good team than to make excuses why we lost to a weaker team……

I don't need a compass to know which way the wind shines....

by hashishkabob on Sep 18, 2008 9:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs