I think all of us have an all time favorite Philly team. For some, it is 1993 Phils, the '83 Sixers, the Broad Street Bullies or the 2004 Super Bowl Eagles team. My all time favorite Philly team is the 1988 Eagles team that lost in the NFL sanctioned atrocity known as the Fog Bowl. Personally, I have never understood why a bigger deal has never been made about the NFL's decision to not suspend the Fog Bowl. There is no way that game should have been played in that fog. Do you think today's television driven league would have allowed a game to have been played that the viewers at home couldn't see? I don't think so.
Ok, now that I got that off my chest, let's get back to the 1988 Eagles. That team was so friggin' fun to watch. They were immensely talented with current or future All Pros such as Reggie White, Jerome Brown, Eric Allen, Randall Cunningham, Keith Jackson, Keith Byars, Seth Joyner, Mike Quick, Cris Carter, Wes Hopkins, and Clyde Simmons. They were also stocked with a shit load of interesting personalilities including Andre Waters, Ron Heller, and Mike Golic. They finished as NFC East champs on the last day of the season when the Giants lost to the Jets.
While I have a ton of fond memories of this team, I must have wiped the below video completely from my memory. (Please watch, it is undoubtedly worth the 4:17 of your life.)
I don't know about you, but I can't stop laughing at this video. I've watched it three times and notice something else each time. There are so many highlights...where to start:
1. Jerome's red and black leather outfit looks like it was yanked right from Eddie Murphy Raw. He must have organized this thing. He is way too invested in dancing to this wretched song and singing his heart out;
2. Reggie White and Terry Hoage might be the stiffest two people to ever appear in a music video;
3. Did Mike Quick steal that sweater from Bill Cosby's closet?
4. Luis Zendejas....That may have been the worst rap I've ever seen. It has no rythym and completely makes no sense. He couldn't finish up fast enough. I think he said something along the lines of "Am I Nervous? I suppose so." I wonder if he was talking about pressure kicks, or this rap;
5. Keith Jackson and Wes Hopkins look waaaaay too comfortable with their choreographed dance moves;
6. Dirty Waters' leather suit and hat is by far the sharpest outfit worn by anyone on the video;
7. If you look up 80's pornstache, you will see a picture of Gregg Garrity. Seriously, how the hell was he included in this video?
I really felt sad realizing that three of the participants of the video (Reggie, Andre and Jerome) are no longer with us. Man, is that a shame. A bigger shame is the fact that this group never got past the divisional round of the playoffs. We haven't seen a more talented, exciting group of Eagles since. I just wish they had a coach that understood how important an offensive line was to a team's success.
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Wow, i kinda remember that musical performance. I think they were mocking the Bears rap from the '85 season. That team was real fun to watch. There's something about having 2 safties that can lay the wood. Remember the House of Pain Game? May not have been the same season but certainly #20 and #48 were crushing people.
The O Line was horrible, but Randall held the ball forever etc. etc.
What i remember most about this team, Buddy was the first coach to "rotate" DT's. We had Jerome, Pitts, Golic, and someone else that would rotate series. Now it seems a lot of teams do this. Its amazing how good the NFC East was back then.
This is impossible to be accurate on but what players from that squad would be an improvement on today's Eagles.... Of course, Reggie, JB, Keith Jackson, Quick, Eric Allen, Wes, Clyde. Just about the entire team would be an upgrade on our current Eagles sans the entire O-Line and QB. As bad as McNabb was, Randall couldn't hold 5's jock.
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