It was my intention to write a post prior to Christmas that included a wish list for our local sports teams. However, with a sick baby and my mom in the hospital, I got pretty busy this week and never got around to writing that post. Nonetheless, since it is still technically "Christmas Week" (well, as long as it is still "Bowl Week" on ESPN, it is still "Christmas Week" to me), I figure I can still get a way with publishing at least an Eagles' Wish List. So what the hell, here it is.....
-First off, no matter who else this team adds, the two most important components of this team (Big Red and D Mac) need to come to peace with issues that destroyed the early part of '07. Hopefully, for the sake of our football team and the Reid family, Andy's good for nothing kids take a break from being public nuisances and allow Andy to get his head back on straight. As for D Mac, it appears that his knee is just about 100%, but he needs to get his head right also. He's been moping around all year since Kevin Kolb was drafted. The front office needs to let him know that he is wanted around here by telling him how important he is and then adding some weapons to his arsenal. Which brings us to the next part....
-The Birds need to draft another TE to team up with Brent Celek and re-sign Donte Stallworth as a free agent. Donte fit in fine here and I'm sure he wouldn't mind coming back and being a big part of our offense again.
-Re-stock the secondary. This team needs at least one more solid corner and likely another depth guy since Lito is perpetually hurt. He's been on the injured list so often, I'm starting to think he has hyphenated his last name to Sheppard-Questionable. Plus, at least one more safety is needed as a starter and another to be Dawk's eventual replacement at Free Safety.
-Another defensive end that can rush the passer. Trent Cole could use a little help. JT is a nice complimentary guy, but he does not give you the consistent rush that we would all like. Or....JJ could just turn Gocong loose on passing downs from the other end like he did in limited situations this year.
-A quiet offseason where everyone overlooks our chances. I love when everyone in the national media overlooks us.
-A return to the '06 performance levels for Todd Heremanns, Jamaal Jackson and even Shawn Andrews. All three were much better last year than in '07.
-Continued health in '08 for Tra Thomas and Jon Runyan. Both tackles played great in '07. We need them to remain at that level and stay healthy in '08 because we all know who the alternative is: Winston "Turnstile" Justice.
-As long as we're talking about the continuation of events from '07, let's hope Mike Patterson, Trent Cole, Broderick Bunkley, Omar Gaither, Chris Gocong, and Stewart Bradley take the next step and really contribute in '08.
-Another spectacular year from B West. This is one of the tragedies of '07. The Birds absolutely shitted away a fabulous year from Westbrook.
Wow...the Birds sure have a lot of work ahead of them, huh?
3 comments:
First of all, best wishes to your mom and daughter. Hope all is well?
Agreed, McNabb and Reid need to be at their best in '08. Dante would be a fit and will not be in NE in 2008 unless he agrees to restrucuture his contract. Another DE and some secondary help would seem to be the big priorities. Somehow Giles needs to get on the field along w/ the young LB's.
I think Sheppard-Questionable is one of the funniest things you've written.
My wish would be for a playoff birth. Looking at the NFC pretenders and they way we finished up the year I have to believe we could have won in the playoffs. T
The Bucs are 9-7 in the worst division in the NFC. They have a ton of holes.
Giants gave everything last evening and I see them coming up flat this weekend.
My edge is "i don't care b/c the Eagles would have smoked both by 10pts.
Skins Seahawks. Same story, both have holes. Christ the Eagles beat both of these teams this year even though the score didn't say so against Seattle. Neither of these teams scare anyone.
The Pack is a great story and actually have a balanced attack but they could lose their opener if Favre gets loose w/ the ball.
The Boys look like the girls w/ Romo playing poorly since December rolled around. Will TO be effective? We saw Terry Glenn briefly and she's not ready. Their defense is susceptible to the pass but their future is tied to the play of Homo. If he limits turnovers they should advance.
The AFC is tight as 4 of those teams could walk thru the NFC playoff pretenders. We'll get into that later.
Put the Birds on the road this weekend in Tampa or Seattle and they win the game. I think Seattle b/c of the QB would be closer but feel the Birds would come out on top.
At the Pack or Boys would be much more difficult b/c of the Bye and rest those teams get but we were real close to knocking off the Saints a year ago in that scenario. I feel the Cowboys are not the team they were 6 weeks ago and if TO is limited they're in deep doo doo.
The Pack, here's my thing, I'm not a Brett Favre guy and feel he has hurt that team since 2000. I realize they're 13-3 and on the verge of something, but he hasn't won a playoff game in forever. Seriously, when was the last time he won a playoff game? I guess the 4th and 26 year they had to win a wildcard game, but until he wins again in January I don't care.
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