Sports Illustrated: Eagles Are The #7 Story In The NFL This Year

by JasonB on Dec 30, 2011 12:27 PM EST in Philadelphia Eagles News

SI's Don Banks compiled his list of the top 10 stories in the NFL this year and the Eagles came in at #7. Specifically, the fact that the Eagles took 14 weeks until it was pretty much too late to start playing like the team we expected them to be.

7. The Dream Team wakes up belatedly. I'm sure Vince Young wishes he had that one back. No, not any particular pass he has thrown since arriving in Philadelphia this summer. You know, the label he tossed out there so cavalierly at his first Eagles press conference, the one that's been used to beat him and anything wearing green and white senseless all season long. To be sure (and a little bit snarky yet again), there have not been any Dream Teams playing in Philly this year. Once the lockout was over, the Eagles went on an acquisition frenzy, landing the likes of cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha, defensive end Cullen Jenkins, defensive end Jason Babin, cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, running back Ronnie Brown, ex-Giants receiver Steve Smith and Young. But all it won them was the underachievement of the year award, and a third-place 7-8 record with no chance to make the playoffs entering Week 17. The Eagles are finishing strong with three consecutive victories, but this wasn't how the story was supposed to go in 2011.

Best thing about 2011 ending? That the "Dream Team" moniker goes away...

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Best thing about 2011 ending? That the “Dream Team” moniker goes away…

I have a very scary feeling that no matter what happens this offseason, it won’t go away.

"If I can get you to think twice, I'm in your head."
-Brian Dawkins

The 2011 Philadelphia Eagles:
"EXPECT NOTHING AND ACCEPT EVERYTHING AND YOU WILL NEVER BE DISAPPOINTED."

Margarito laughed, smiled and even taunted Cotto after suffering several big blows. His demeanor didn't help him at the end of the seventh round, when he sat on his corner stool, his right eye shut.

by immynimmy on Dec 30, 2011 12:39 PM EST reply actions 2 recs

I was just thinking the same thing

Let's get it Birds.

by homestar2281 on Dec 30, 2011 12:46 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

True dat yo

Getting rid of that waste Vince Young will help as well. Time to get RG3 after last nites performance!!!

by Big Slice on Dec 30, 2011 1:53 PM EST up reply actions

What about...

sending young elsewhere?

by Sparki on Dec 30, 2011 1:53 PM EST up reply actions

He's a free agent

I doubt they’re gonna resign his ass.

by Big Slice on Dec 30, 2011 1:54 PM EST up reply actions

I hated the VY signing from the beginning

All I heard was he was a winner. He wasn’t the winner he was on a winning team with a great defense. Without that he would have been what we have seen this season, a weak armed QB that makes bad decisions.

by slandog on Dec 30, 2011 2:05 PM EST up reply actions