The Eagles' 5 best moments of 2010, in video

by JimmyK on Apr 18, 2011 9:00 AM EDT in Philadelphia Eagles News

Last week, we masochistically did the Eagles' 5 worst moments of 2010. Today, we do the 5 best. Let's just get right to it:

5) Shady seals the win over the Giants - Michael Vick bobbled the snap, barely got the pitch to LeSean McCoy, Osi Umenyiora juuuuuust missed swatting the ball away, and Shady did the rest to make it 5 in a row over the Giants.

4) Kolb *almost* flawless against the Falcons - With Michael Vick and Jason Peters out, Kolb put up a line of 23/29 for 326 yards, 3 TD, and a pick in a comfortable 31-17 win over the Falcons. Kolb was named the NFL Player of the Week:

3) The Nestea plunge - After going 0-3 against Dallas in 2009, including two utterly gross Eagles performances against the Cowboys to close out the season, it was great to get one in the win column against them. The most memorable play was of course DeSean Jackson's 91 yard TD catch and run on a gimpy ankle, punctuated by Jackson doing the Nestea plunge into the end zone as the Cowboys defense watched:

2A) Eat it, Landry - LaRon Landry and DeAngelo Hall tried to intimidate DeSean Jackson pre-game. Bad idea. The first play of the game Jackson ran right past both Landry and Hall in route to an 88 yard TD:

2B) Madden on rookie level shellacking - Unfortunately for the Redskins, that above play was only the beginning of a "Madden on rookie level" style shellacking, which saw the Eagles put their 59th point on the board with more than 5 minutes left in the 3^rdquarter due to the out-of-body type performance by Michael Vick. As embarrassing as this game was for DC, it's scary to think that it could have actually been a lot worse:

1) We already know what #1 is:

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Osi

Crazy to think that would’ve been his 11th forced fumble of the season.

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by corn on the kolb on Apr 18, 2011 9:39 AM EDT reply actions

oh, and I still have a great wallpaper on my desktop, a picture of DeSean running backwards in for the touchdown, and Landry laying on the grass just looking at him.

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by corn on the kolb on Apr 18, 2011 9:41 AM EDT up reply actions

Yeah i love that picture

"Get 'Em"

by FlyEagles15 on Apr 18, 2011 12:07 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

I giggled like a school girl.

I love seeing safeties, especially somebody like Landry who really should know better, when they think they’ve got an angle and a enough cushion to cover Jackson. Then DeSean hits another gear and disappears into the ether.

by Tracer Bullet on Apr 18, 2011 9:45 AM EDT reply actions

If anyone wants to question Peters’ motivation anymore, watch the end of the video where he’s sprinting towards the endzone well after his part of it all was more than finished.

by outsyderz34 on Apr 18, 2011 9:49 AM EDT reply actions

Watch him on the Jerome Harrison run in the Skins game, too. Physical domination.

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by JimmyK on Apr 18, 2011 9:55 AM EDT up reply actions

Single-handedly created that cutback lane by blowing his man off the line and caught the LBs in traffic.

by Dpez71 on Apr 18, 2011 10:04 AM EDT up reply actions

Speaking of Harrison...

It’d be great to re-sign him as insurance for Shady.

by NowWhat? on Apr 18, 2011 10:26 AM EDT up reply actions

He wants to start somewhere, and definately not be in an offense that barely features RB1. I think he’s gone.

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by corn on the kolb on Apr 18, 2011 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions

Currently, he’s a restricted free agent. If Judge Nelson sides in favor of the players and bars a lockout, he’ll still be a RFA, and the Eagles can retain him cheaply whether he likes it or not. If however, some sort of new CBA gets worked out and Harrison becomes unrestricted, I agree, he’s probably gone.

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by JimmyK on Apr 18, 2011 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions

Being an RFA, that means they can basically name their price for a team to trade for him, correct? Like, restrict him at a 2nd round pick?

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by corn on the kolb on Apr 18, 2011 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions

Sort of. The Eagles placed a second round tender on him, so if another team successfully signed him away from the Eagles, they’d have to fork over their second round pick. Not sure how that will all work with free agency occurring after the draft this year.

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by JimmyK on Apr 18, 2011 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions

Yeah but the higher tender you put on him, the more you have to pay him.

You only think were front runners because our team is winning.

by andyb on Apr 18, 2011 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions

Gotta love the Redskin fan mouthing “he was out of bounds” after they got down 28-0. Hey, kid, there are probably better things to gripe about at that point.

by outsyderz34 on Apr 18, 2011 9:57 AM EDT reply actions

GO SCREWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

http://youtu.be/ePAevL_cEaA

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by JAXIDELPHIA on Apr 18, 2011 10:06 AM EDT reply actions

get em

In 20 We Trust

by Lyons81 on Apr 18, 2011 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions

I honestly can't get enough of this.

"Get 'Em"

by FlyEagles15 on Apr 18, 2011 12:25 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Get em

Boomer Motha F****** Sooner

by allmaddenking on Apr 18, 2011 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions

2B = Sick

15 Min 9 Seconds of game time (so less of actual possession time)… Eagles have 35 Points. And the wealth was spread, 5 different people crossed the endzone, even more crossed later.. 8 TDs & 1 FG, Akers must have been walking on jello legs for the entire next week..

by Sparki on Apr 18, 2011 10:06 AM EDT reply actions

Needed That

Was woken up by ghetto neighbors at 4:00 in the morning( I go to school in LA). This prevented my day from being totally crappy, thanks Jimmy.

by nyeaglesfan624 on Apr 18, 2011 10:34 AM EDT reply actions

I agree with the list although I would of probably done a 1b & added the whole 4th quarter comeback against the Giants

by The Legend on Apr 18, 2011 10:41 AM EDT reply actions

good point

that whole thing was insane

by nyeaglesfan624 on Apr 18, 2011 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions

Ask and ye shall receive:

Celek TD – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRypIsbS9AA
Onsides kick – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBp3nc99kyU
Getting to within 7 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQakEyC4vb0
Tying it up – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWqDt4r_C7E

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by JimmyK on Apr 18, 2011 10:56 AM EDT up reply actions

That onside kick was a thing of beauty

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by Udalango on Apr 18, 2011 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions

I love this video still

No actualy game play vid, but listening to merrill gives me goosebumps still
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfypz5Vj9SA

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by midnitegreen on Apr 18, 2011 12:36 PM EDT up reply actions

amazing stuff.
i still can’t believe they tried to pass 3 times on that last series.
as much as they want to blame individual players for any part of this loss, had they run the ball ONCE on any of those 3 downs, there would never have been time for a punt at all.
then again, theres not one person you can point the finger at when a team overcomes a 21 pt deficit. except maybe the HC…

just. wow..

by RogerPodacter on Apr 18, 2011 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions

Video here

http://www.youtube.com/matthewjbutch#p/a/u/2/1xCZA9gICcs

Eagles next starting QB: "East-West Shrine Game Legend" Mike Kafka
Flyers playoff motto: BOB
Phillies starting off well.

by bdawk4ever on Apr 19, 2011 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions

My favorite clip of the year is a clip of all of the above, as called by Merril Reese and set to R.T.T. theme music

http://youtu.be/ddTacY83qBk Feast… ;)

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by w-w-JJ-d on Apr 18, 2011 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions

Still get all geeked when I see Avant jacking up DeOssie on that Jackson punt return. Man he layed DeOssie out!

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by uhrsker on Apr 18, 2011 11:07 AM EDT reply actions

Ill remember that punt return for as long as i live

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by Lyons81 on Apr 18, 2011 11:10 AM EDT reply actions

I have a video of me screaming NO FUCKING WAY over and over again. And jumping up and down.

Eagles next starting QB: "East-West Shrine Game Legend" Mike Kafka
Flyers playoff motto: BOB
Phillies starting off well.

by bdawk4ever on Apr 19, 2011 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions

Shoudlnt’ this thread also be tagged in the lolredskins in some type of way? lol

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by corn on the kolb on Apr 18, 2011 11:11 AM EDT reply actions

I think Collinsworth...

Needs to figure out the how much an inch is, because number 5 definitely seemed closer to an inch than number 3 did.

by dredre99 on Apr 18, 2011 11:21 AM EDT reply actions

Ha, that’s funny. Didn’t notice that.

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by JimmyK on Apr 18, 2011 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions

I pushed play on all of the videos at one time, turned the volume up, and listened to the debacle of Eagles awesomeness for about 3 minutes.
It was perfect…..

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by GreenInBaltimore on Apr 18, 2011 11:35 AM EDT reply actions

Kinda like an Eagles version of a Row Row Row Your Boat round?

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by JimmyK on Apr 18, 2011 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions

Kind of. In one of those, not at all kind of ways. /s

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by GreenInBaltimore on Apr 18, 2011 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Hahahaha

That’s a great idea!

"Get 'Em"

by FlyEagles15 on Apr 18, 2011 12:27 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Except I dont know if I have the bandwidth for that

"Get 'Em"

by FlyEagles15 on Apr 18, 2011 12:28 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

still gives me chills

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by Djax10 on Apr 18, 2011 11:37 AM EDT reply actions

was the best game ever. EVER.

As soon as I saw Jason Avant lay that block I started jumping up and down and screaming “YES! HE DID IT! HE DID IT! I CAN’T BELIEVE IT!” I was just a few inches away from hitting my head on the ceiling I was jumping so high. I was beside myself. For about a half hour afterward I was just muttering to myself “Did that really just happen?”

Best. Game. Ever.

Merry Vickmas everyone! * Falls into pile of snow DeSean style *
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by d-jackfan10 on Apr 18, 2011 11:44 AM EDT reply actions

i ran screaming through my apartment complex in my djacc jersey waving/chugging a bottle of vodka…BEST DAY EVER

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- MV7

by Rockstaar02 on Apr 18, 2011 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions

I didn't get to see the first 57 minutes due to living in DC during a Skins game

I had a Giants fan come over and the look on his face was priceless after the Desean return.

Rivals beware

by starship 007 on Apr 18, 2011 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions

wow. i gotta say that last one got my heart pumping all over again.
simply. amazing.

by RogerPodacter on Apr 18, 2011 11:49 AM EDT reply actions

Its a good list and all but Asante’s game winning interception against the Colts has to be up there somewhere. The game was getting so intense and after he picked it off I screamed at the top of my freaking lungs.

E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!!!

by Mikesta on Apr 18, 2011 1:25 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

Yeah, that would have been 6th.

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by JimmyK on Apr 18, 2011 1:40 PM EDT up reply actions

I love that pic of Andy Reid

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by 2Fast2Catch on Apr 18, 2011 1:29 PM EDT reply actions

That first TD of the 2nd half in the Redskins blowout is still the play that pisses off my Redskins fan friends to no end. Haynesworth gets knocked to the ground by Herremans and… just gives up and stays on the ground. Herremans comes off of Haynesworth and gets another key block to spring the TD.

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by wildcatlh on Apr 18, 2011 2:28 PM EDT reply actions

Hah,same here.

Rivals beware

by starship 007 on Apr 18, 2011 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions

So who’s more depressed – a Giants fan or a Redskins fan?

RIP Jim Johnson, best ever.
Cam Newton: future QB bust

by Imp on Apr 18, 2011 3:57 PM EDT reply actions

Giants. At least the Redskins made an appearance in the Eagles’ 5 worst moments of 2010.

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by JimmyK on Apr 18, 2011 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions

Quote of the night

I can’t remember which announcer said it during the Skins game, but one of the announcers made this observation, “The Redskins have a lot more pride than most people would think right now.”

AR should have to wear a Flava Flav necklace until he learns how to manage a fucking clock.

by KByars on Apr 19, 2011 2:20 AM EDT reply actions