Would everone please relax?

To them I retort, ‘you clearly did not watch last year’s team.’

We’re going to be fine. Every loss with McNabb under center has been close. We get our red zone woes corrected, and we will be more then fine.

The Eagles will not only make the playoffs, but will win the division

HOLLA!

It was actually extremely remarkable that their OL has stayed in tact for the entire season thus far, seeing as every single one of their starters will be 31 years old by the end of the season. Well, not anymore. RT Marc Colombo broke his leg and will be out for about 6 weeks, and the Cowboys themselves aren’t really sure what they want to do. They have absolutely NO depth whatsoever… none. Here are their options…

- They can start former 4th round pick Doug Free at RT, who played in one game in 2007, none in 2008.
- They can start former 7th round pick Pat McQuistan at RT. This is McQuistan below… seriously…

- They can slide Leonard Davis out to RT and have either Cory Proctor or Montrae Holland play RG, both of whom played horribly last season.

I’ll preface what I’m about to say that I’m not certainly not rooting for any kind of injury, but…

If they sustain any kind of injury to any single one of their remaining 4 OL starters at all the rest of the way, expect another really ugly December for Dallas.

it’s hard to stay positive after two straight losses, but compared to last year we’re in great shape. dallas’ dreaded december is quickly approaching and that’s when we’ll rise to the top.

you’re REALLY never out of it until the MATH says you’re out!

I think we’re actually better this year than last; McNabb’s been inconsistent as usual, but he hasn’t turned the ball over. In his horrendous stretch last year, he had 7 turnovers (btw INTs and fumbles) in only 3 games. We lost 2 in a row, but didn’t lose any ground in the division with our second loss.

Of course we’re still in the mix. Of course we can still win the division. We’d all like to see more consistency, so we can feel more confident…but I’m with you 700…this could easily be ours

On one hand, I agree 700, the division’s totbut on the other, the injury/depth situation seems much more dire this year.

I think McNabb is going to have to put the team on his back and play great the whole way down the stretch now, and the coaching staff is going to have to make adjustments if he has one of his “off” days.

Nothing will be easy the rest of the way, but hopefully the Bears and Redskins can be the beginning of a winning streak.

i’m been saying this every week. sure we have problems, injuries, etc. but we are still in the thick of the race. from here on out facing the niners, falcons, giants, and cowboys we control our destiny. we could win the rest of the games or we could lose every single one. no on knows whats gonna happen. we all just have to stop listening to espn and realize that this is when we excel. we also have to realize that if this team starts to click and roll on all cylinders (which is what usually happens around now) this team is dangerous. And lack of heart? i wouldn’t say that. if you look at all the rookies and new players i’m sure you can’t justify a lack of heart. if i’m a rookie playing on a new team that is a contender i’m gonna play with heart.

just enjoy the ride people :)

heres the thing…we seem to have these problems every October-November…losing to bad teams…inconsistency on offense…games lost on questionable (stupid) coaching moves…etc. then we correct them, make the playoffs, only to fall short. and I think thats whats got people up in arms.

Its not that I thnk the Eagles are doomed, it just that it seems theyre following the same script theyve followed for the last decade. for those of you that say nothing matters as long as we make the playoffs…i whole heartedly disagree. a dominant regular season is what gives you the swagger you need in the playoffs. Not to mention homefield advantage (does anyone think arizona would have beat us at the linc last january?). Im not throwing in the towel by any means, but these last couple games have left me with an overwhelming feeling of “here we go again”.

I completely agree. Not that my opinion means jack squat, just sayin. ;-)

Always get our hopes up and then crush them in the most excruciating way possible. I know it’s not the end of the world, but “close but no cigar” is becoming the norm in Igglesville

this happens every year, you know that …. and its impossible to convince them its far from over …. we just need whoever it was before to bring back the bandwagon bus and weld the doors shut like we did last year lol …

…but I really want to know what everyone’s threshold is with Reid AND McNabb. You all know that I love Donovan and hate the fatman. It should also be evident at this point that I neither respect Kolb’s game nor think him our future starter. All that being said, what does it take for us to consider this season “successful?” And I am not willing to take injuries, bad breaks, luck, the influence of the 9 Muses, the duplicity of Iago, the pernicious presence of the ghost of Hitler or ANYTHING else as an excuse.

I’m so tired of these comparison’s with last year’s season which if we hadn’t gone to the playoffs it would’ve been a terrible season. The Eagles got very, very, lucky the Raiders pulled an upset on Tampa Bay, because if they hadn’t you’d probably be sitting here pissed that the Eagles blew their opportunity when they had control of their playoff chances the first time against Washington one week earlier. Just because we squeaked by last season doesn’t draw any comparisons to this season, if we’re in the same position we were in last year we should definitely have some questions about the Eagles chances.

The Eagles at this time have a laundry list of injuries, a diluted secondary, a makeshift linebacker corps, no bye week ahead of them, a stretch of road games coming up, a rematch with the NFC East. Not much to relax about when it sounds like that does it…?

that so many fans are still satisfied with just making the playoffs especially since no one is realistically talking about winning the Super Bowl. Is that what you want? To make the playoffs again just to have your hopes destroyed by much better teams? I have been an Eagles fan for thirty years and I’m sure many fans here are similar. We need a Super Bowl victory. Compare losing to the raiders and for that matter a crappy dallas team or a mediocre Chargers to the absolute clinic Peyton Manning had against the Patriots. He was playing arguably one of the best teams in the league and he came from two touchdowns behind to win with 4 minutes left. That is the standard by which you should compare the Eagles if you want to seriously contend otherwise you’re just going to frustrate yourselves…again. The playoffs are just not enough. Start by scoring one lousy touchdown when given three red zone attempts in the first half.