Like the rest of you, I wanted to see Dallas go down today, but I don't think I'm as happy as the rest of you with the way they went down. The 'Boys were pretty much never in the game. They lurked for quite a while, but they never threatened. Since we pretty much didn't challenge Dallas in two straight weeks, what does that say about the Birds? I think it says A LOT. One could argue that if we are 20 points worse than the Boys, we are probably 30 points worse than the Vikes.
The Eagles are very far away from being an elite team. Sure, Favre and Sidney Rice had great games, but the clear difference between the two teams was in their defensive front 7 play. The Vikes had men playing in their front seven and the Birds fielded a defense filled with a bunch of undersized D linemen and line backers.
The Vikes won that game because Jared Allen, Ray Edwards and the Williams Boys toyed with a Dallas offensive line that barely needed to break a sweat to overpower the Birds' D Line. Rarely did the Vikes need to blitz to get pressure on Romo or stop the 'Boys run game. What a contrast to the Birds' defensive efforts all year. Throughout '09, the Eagles couldn't sniff the QB unless they brought 5 or more rushers to the QB. I don't want to belabor the point, but the Eagles' will continue to have problems on the defensive side of the ball until they start bringing in big time defensive linemen and linebackers.
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As for other points from this weekend of playoff football:
-It was nice to see the 2008 version of Tony Romo take the field today. It was also great to see the 2005 USC version of Reggie Bush on display Saturday.
-Shonn Greene of the Jets is a beast. It's nice to see a local boy do good and I hope he keeps it up next week.
-Nate Kaeding...The best thing I can say for you is to thank god you don't play for us. If you did, you would probably find your house burned down when you got home from the game.
-Jared Allen's hair is brutal...he can play, but he looks ridiculous with that mullet.
-By the way, the defensive end on the other side of Allen, Ray Edwards, is a free agent. He had three sacks today.
-Drew Brees is on another level than most QB's in the NFL. I love how efficiently he operates. I'm rooting for the Saints from here on out.
-I can't stand the Colts (despite the fact that they start two RU guys on defense) and it sure looks like they are going back to the Bowl. Manning and Co. seem to do just enough to win.
-By the way, the biggest laugh I got out of the weekend was from my mother in law when she declared "I just don't like the long hair coming out from these guy's helmets. These dreadlocks are just a bad look." You know what, Carol? I agree. It's a bad look. Cut the hair short, fellas. It looks much better.
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