Gameday Linc - Has The Eagles vs Cowboys Rivalry Faded?

by JasonB on Oct 30, 2011 6:00 AM EDT in Philadelphia Eagles News

The best thing about this is the completely bootlegged $10 jersey the Cowboys "fan" is wearing in this picture.

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How can you lead off with that philly.com garbage

Wasn’t it just 2 years we both faced off in the playoffs. Cowboys have had just as much success as the Eagles in the last 5 years.

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by thebigham on Oct 30, 2011 6:14 AM EDT reply actions

Have the Cowboys had just as much success as the Eagles the last 5 years?

The last full 5 seasons, the Eagles have made the playoffs 4 times. Once they advanced to the divisional round, and once they went to the NFC title game. 3 playoff wins.

The Cowboys have been there 3 times. One ended with Romo’s choke job in Seattle, one ended with a collective “team choke job” to the Giants, and after FINALLY getting one playoff win in the last 15 years (granted, over Philly), they got blown out by the Vikes to the point where Keith Brooking was all but crying on the field because the Vikes scored a late meaningless TD. And need I remind you of the 2010 debacle?

Obviously, the ultimate goal is to win a SB, which neither team did. But there’s no comparing Dallas to Philly here.

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by JimmyK on Oct 30, 2011 6:47 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions 2 recs

Yes there is.

Being in the playoffs 3 of the past 5 years and winning the division twice means the rivalry is still relevant.

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"No one gives us the right, we take it." L. ~SPN

by thebigham on Oct 30, 2011 8:12 AM EDT up reply actions

wrong

Jimmy is right. I don’t hate the cowboys as much as I did back in the 90s….The boys are just not relevant enough

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by Joe_D on Oct 30, 2011 9:21 AM EDT up reply actions

How does that make any sense.. using that logic the Eagles are never relevant.

Good to know.

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"No one gives us the right, we take it." L. ~SPN

by thebigham on Oct 30, 2011 9:28 AM EDT up reply actions

what dont u get about it?

Cowboys have only won 1 playoff game in 16 years….

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by Joe_D on Oct 30, 2011 9:59 AM EDT up reply actions

I see the giants as

a bigger rival. Especially the way our players tweet back and forth all year long.

Joe Banner is Evil Banners father. Kinda like Luke and Darth Vader.

Juan Castillo switching from the offensive line coach to Defensive coordinator is soooo dumb it might just work.

Our defense will not be a top 10 defense this year.

by MightyJoeBanner on Oct 30, 2011 10:17 AM EDT up reply actions

for the past 7 years i have seen them as the bigger rival

JoeD AKA The Voice Of Reason

by Joe_D on Oct 30, 2011 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions

Look man it hurts but it's a fact..

Eagles and fans hated us because of our success. Our success has faded, rivalry faded. Eagles and fans no longer feel like the road to the SB is through Dallas and any Dallas fan trying to convince them otherwise come off as desperate. “No you really do fear us. You want to beat us so bad because we’re so good. We’re America’s Team and your Jealous!!” Look I’m a Cowboy fan so I will ALWAYS hate the Eagles. I think the reason Cowboy fans are sensitive to this issue this time around is because you guys had the big offseason splash and the “successful” year last year, and a QB who was doing well… which lead to HIGH expectations. As far as everyone was concerned the road to the SB was through the Eagles. So naturally the NFC East team’s fans developed a hate for you guys that you used to have for us. When a fan says they don’t “get up” for the Cowboys/Eagles we feel like you see us like the way we see the Deadskins, which does hurt. The only way to change everyone’s mind is to win and be successful. That starts tonight BTW!!!

Everyday I feel a little better about the way this team is being run.

by Feeling Blue & Silver on Oct 30, 2011 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions

Nice assesment

Joe Banner is Evil Banners father. Kinda like Luke and Darth Vader.

Juan Castillo switching from the offensive line coach to Defensive coordinator is soooo dumb it might just work.

Our defense will not be a top 10 defense this year.

by MightyJoeBanner on Oct 30, 2011 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions

Thanks for telling us how we should feel. And as always, thanks for wishfully IRing our QB tonight. Your genius is beyond us.

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by Bleediots on Oct 30, 2011 10:41 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Couldn't agree more...

…and you could actually push that comparison back a full 10 years and it would write up the same way. Had we gotten a ring one of those years, then the rivalry would be over as the only argument Cowboys fans have is “You still don’t have a Superbowl ring.”

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by Qwest on Oct 30, 2011 8:38 AM EDT up reply actions

yup

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by Joe_D on Oct 30, 2011 9:21 AM EDT up reply actions

It does feel like the Giants have surpassed them

As our biggest rival.

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by JasonB on Oct 30, 2011 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions

If DeMarco Murray goes for 250, the Eagles are in trouble.

Otherwise, I’m not too worried about the Cowboys.

Oh boy, is this great!

by MayIhave10,000marblesplease? on Oct 30, 2011 7:14 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

Oh don’t say that kinda shit… we don’t need karma working against us right now.

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by AnthroEagle on Oct 30, 2011 12:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Is it game time yet?

"Get 'Em"

by FlyEagles15 on Oct 30, 2011 7:39 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

I thought this was a good article on shady, if anyone is interested. It talks about Shady getting injured during his senior year of HS.

The right ankle had been dislocated from its socket. There was ligament damage and a fracture, too. Just like that, Shady’s senior season was over.

Just like that, so many of the Division I schools that had beaten a path to his front door, stopped showing up, stopped calling. And Pete Carroll, then the head coach at USC, had recently told McCoy he wanted him to take Reggie Bush’s place when Bush left.

Not anymore.

by eagleyosh on Oct 30, 2011 8:26 AM EDT reply actions

woah scared the shit out of me there

I missed the whole senior in HS thing

JoeD AKA The Voice Of Reason

by Joe_D on Oct 30, 2011 9:22 AM EDT up reply actions

I remember reading about his injury in the Patriot News when it happened.

by Ben16 on Oct 30, 2011 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions

The best thing about this is the completely bootlegged $10 jersey the Cowboys “fan” is wearing in this picture.

I disagree. With a little use of the imagination, I can come up with better things regarding that picture.

by captain nodar on Oct 30, 2011 10:19 AM EDT reply actions

Whose jersey is our (much hotter) girl wearing? Looks like 28 but Marlin Jackson does not end in an ‘S’. (Plus no Eagles fan on this planet bought a Marlin Jackson jersey.)

by youaretheman26 on Oct 30, 2011 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions