How 'Bout Them Hens!

Per karin:

I know Delaware isn't big time in football (unlike greats like I-A Temple, Rutgers, and UConn), but they are fun to watch AND they just keep on winning. This UD team is now 12-1 and making believers out of the biggest skeptics, myself included. Today they beat up Southern Illinois (ranked #4 nationally in I-AA) with a score of 48-7. Just think, the Blue Hens can actually win a national championship outright - none of this BCS garbage. Come on, start routing for the other birds in town - GO HENS!

Editorial Note: While Karin rightly knows that the Hens best represent Philly area college sports, she unfortunately doesn't realize that Eagles football is far more important than the Hens.

Eagles, the "expert" consensus

Joe Theismann	Merril Hoge	Sean Salisbury	Mark Schlereth
Eagles	Panthers	Panthers	Eagles
Mike Golic	Eric Allen	Ron Jaworski	C. Mortensen
Eagles	Eagles	Eagles	Panthers

All week 13 picks here.

Brown in town

Larry Brown says of tonight's game:

"Knowing the fans here, I'm sure the ones that cheered real loudly for us for 6 years are going to probably cheer loudly in the other direction. But that's OK. The reason I loved it so much here was because of those people and their passion for the game and the fact that they cared about the Sixers. So whatever reception I get, I'm sure is going to be deserved."

Yeah, I bet, punk.

per SGW

A Time For Thanks

While this weekend will involve grateful reflection first on family and friends (and maybe even God), in a sports town and era of skepticism and negativity it is time for even those Philly fans at willweeverwin to give their thanks this holiday weekend. Not only is there a weekend full of meaningful football ahead (and an exciting return of Larry Brown to the Wach), but Philly isn't all that bad, is it?

Just because the city hasn't seen hardware since 1983, does not mean we have to remember only moments like last January's debacle at the Vet, 1997's Red Sweep of the Black and Orange, or 1993's Mitch Williams special. Heck, there have even been some acceptable losses, like the Eagles' fifty yards short of an upset of the "Greatest Show on Turf," the Sixers' hard fought 2001 battle against the Lakers, and the 1987 injury laden and nearly won seven game series against Edmonton. None can deny the fun and entertainment value of pulling for our local teams whether they win or lose: AI's "Practice. We talkin' 'bout practice." Booing Santa at the Vet! Haxtall swinging his stick at Kevin Neilson in the Stanely Cup Finals! Charles Barkley spitting on a little girl in the stands (I said "entertaining," not necessarily positive)! In what other town do fans get this level of excitement? Look also at the great athletes we have been able to watch play in this town in the last twenty years: in addition to those already mentioned above, Barkley, Erving, Rose, Schmidt, Schilling, Lindberg, Kerr, Propp, Poulin, Howe, Lindros, Cunningham, White, Dawkins, and McNabb come to mind. And, there were some good winning times in the last 30 years: the Sixers in 1983 (and some good runs against Bird/Johnson in that time frame), the Phils in 1980, and the Flyers in 73-74 and 74-75.

No, I'm not about to settle for all four of our coaches winning the "Coach of the Year" a couple of years ago. But, the Eagles seem to have a quality organization for the first time in my lifetime (remember Braman?), the Flyers at least have an unquestionable commitment to winning, and Ed Wade and the Phils are even putting a better team on the field. Heck, at the very least this weekend be thankful that you have teams that have given you the chance to whine and complain. We all need to do that every now and again. And, this region would not be the same without it... nor would we be able to look forward to the "blog" on a daily basis.

Big Daddy B

"Editor's" addition: This column by Bill Lyon in yesterday's Inquirer is a good read and touches on why we should be thankful for where Philly's sports teams stand today with one caveat - championship's aren't won in November. It nicely sums up the Philadelphia sportsfan's mentality.

Panthers favored

11/30 1:00 PM ET BetWWTS Bet365 Intertops Skybook WSEX Philadelphia Carolina 36 -1.5 36 -1.5 OFF -1.5 36 -1.5 36 -1.5

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Reid's Eagles Force Sixth Straight

The Eagles remain the hottest team in the NFL after sending the Saints home 33-20. While the Saints put up comparable (slightly better) numbers on the ground and in the air, the Eagles again won the battle of the turnovers (+3), which has given the home team wins in more than 90% of this year's NFL games. For a team that started out in the bottom of the league in turnover ratio, the Eagles are now winning games due to: 1) the offense not making mistakes; and, 2) the defense forcing turnovers. The Eagles scored 17 points off of turnovers with drives of 80 and 50 yards for touchdowns (the one recovered fumble on the NO 22 ironically converted for only a FG).

Here are Big Daddy's other takeaways from the game:

Eagles' Positives:

1. Eagles' offense looked great for two straight weeks, putting up 448 yds today. There is something to be said for this team's chemistry: when the defense is down, the offense is stepping up. We all know the converse has been demonstrated before.
2. Andy Reid might really be a multi-faceted genius. I've already given him genius status in judging talent (again, Westbrook impressed today), but the fact that the Eagles have no single "weapon" at the "skilled" positions of WR and RB may be what makes it hardest for teams to defend against the Eagles. No less than ten receivers touched the ball today and three individuals rushed for more than 50 yds. And, despite the noticeable bitterness of Staley at times this year, the lack of a single standout has prevented Keyshawn-like bickering - that just doesn't exist on this team.
3. Eagles' (non punting) special teams continue to contribute positively: blocking a field goal, converting 4 of 4 field goals, and putting four of eight kickoffs in the end zone (two for touchbacks). In fact, the NO average starting position on the field was their own 23 (vs. the Eagles' starting on their own 35).

Eagles' Concerns:

1. The Eagles' run defense has continued to cause broad concern in the last six games. Credit has to be given to the defense for forcing some key turnovers, but in future games where the Eagles' offense doesn't protect the ball, Eagles' fans may be swallowing some more losses.
   
2. Unacceptable penalties (a whopping 14 for 171 yds). Freddie Mitchell's clip in the third quarter stalled the offense in the 3rd quarter and almost tilted the game's momentum in favor of the Saints.
   
3. Dirk Johnson's punting remains weak at 34.7 ypp and none dropped inside the 19 that counted. To his credit, the only good one covered at the NO 2 was negated by an Ena inelligible man downfield penalty.

Fly, Eagles, Fly!
Big Daddy B

Minnesota, Not So Wild

This would be Recchi's 100th career three point game. No score in the first period but then a couple of penalties gave the Flyers a 5 on 3 and Recchi sank the puck while wearing one of the Wild defensemen like a sweater. Just 2:42 later though the Wild would tie it up with a powerplay goal of their own. That goal was from former Flyer and moviestar wannabe Alexander "Watch Me Ring One Off the Goalpost" Daigle. The entire time he was with the Flyers (68 Games 31 pts) he could do nothing but skate really fast and make really loud ringing noises with the goalpost. Now he is scoring on the p-play, go figure! After that Recchi would score another goal and help Amonte get one too.

In the third period Williams threw an elbow and pissed off Brown. Then there is a scrum and out of the dust comes Vandermeer and Brown swingin'. Early in the fight it looked like Brown was really whooping up on Vandemeer. Brown pulled him to the ground and the linesmen tried to break up the fight but it was no use. These boys looked like two gladiators fighting to the death. After about 1:20 they were both exhausted and a little bloody. The crowd roared with delight of course. Twelve minutes later the game would be over and the Flyers would still be unbeaten at home. Esche had 22 saves for his sixth consecutive win. Fight video here, NHL.com Recap here.

Only Salisbury takes NO

Joe Theismann	Merril Hoge	Sean Salisbury	Mark Schlereth
Eagles	Eagles	Saints	Eagles
Mike Golic	Eric Allen	Ron Jaworski	C. Mortensen
Eagles	Eagles	Eagles	AWOL

All week 12 picks here.

McNabb gets award

I missed it on Wednesday that McNabb was named NFC offensive player of the week. As an advocate of benching him even before he played one of the worst games ever vs. the Giants it's good to see him healthy and back on track.

Fox Sports, proving they aren't to be outdone by the "news" division, hired Keyshawn Johnson as an analyst. McNabb supposedly is interested in a career in broadcasting after he's done playing. Unless he gets crackin' and starts beating his wife, doing some drugs in hotel rooms, making divisive comments (racial ones preferred), or complaining alot more about Reid and his teammates he has no chance.

Phantoms pick up Berube

37 year old Craig Berube was signed to a player tryout contract on Tuesday and will be making his debut tomorrow night with the Phantoms vs. the Lowell Lock Monsters. I was in the stands in 1986 when Berube made his debut with the Flyers vs. the Redwings (if my memory is correct). I also seem to remember him getting into a fight with reigning champ Bob Probert and getting the edge on him in their first meeting. The second meeting of the game Probert got his revenge but Berube proved he could hold his own with the league's top goons. Berube of course became an instant fan favorite. I'll go out on a limb and predict the same thing happens again with the Phantoms.

1 vote = a can of soup

Campbell's is donating a can of soup to the needy for every person that goes to their site and votes for their favorite NFL team. Despite being a shill for Cambell's it doesn't look like McNabb has influenced the voting as the Eagles are currently #9 and way behind the top 3 teams (but ahead of Dallass).

Flyers blow two goal lead to the 'Canes

The Flyers are on a roll. They beat the Canucks, who are the best in the west right now. They shutout (4-0) the Atlanta Thrashers who have been off to a pretty nice start, and last night they tied the Hurricanes on the road.

The first two periods were kinda boring, except for Claude LaPointe opening up the game by hitting Wallin like a freight train. For the first two periods it was the goalies putting on a show at each end of the ice. However in the third period Gagne opened up the scoring with a powerful slapshot that beat Weekes. The second goal for the Flyers came from our pair of former 'Canes, Sami Kapenen and Keith Primeau. But the Canes came back with former Flyer, Rowdy Roddy Brind'Amour scoring and then Wallin teamed up with Brind'Amour to tie the game.

Despite all the great saves and great goals, the highlight of the game came during one of the breaks as the fans got to take a look at J.R's ass bruise. He was hit in the ass by a puck during the Atlanta game on Saturday. Coatsey demonstrated his careful choice of words with the following quote:

"Its very rare that you see a guy get drilled that hard in the butt."

I offer this advice to Coatsey, be careful how you use the phrase "drilled that hard in the butt." Anyway next game is against the Minnesota Wild on Thursday NHL.com Recap.

Keyshawn the clown

As much as Eagles fans rip Andy Reid and the talent he has at wide receiver, one thing you have to give him credit for is the players are true team guys. Freddie Mitchell is a jackass but he's just a fan hater, he sticks up for the coach, the gameplan, and his teammates. Keyshawn Johnson on the other hand is everything that's wrong with sports - a complainer, a whiner, a baby, selfish, self-serving, and delusional about his own abilities to the detriment of the team. Here's a quote on ESPN:

"It [sic] a shock. I thought we would get through the year," Johnson said. "Why would you do that when you're trying to win another championship?

"You're talking about your best offensive player. And you're going to let him go? That's basically what they did. It doesn't make sense. ... But that's OK. I'll be fine. It didn't work out (with Gruden). It was a bad marriage. Now, I'll move on."

The emphasis is mine. ESPN immediately following the quote noted that Johnson is the Buc's third leading receiver. AJ Feeley on his show last night said the Eagles don't fear Keyshawn, they do fear Joe Jurevicius. (Gee, I wonder why).

So this brings us to this question: Did the Eagles do the right thing by passing over Randy Moss a few years ago? Are they going to do the right thing by ignoring Terrell Owens' free agency? Should character trump talent?

Eagles favored over Saints

11/23 1:00 PM ET BetWWTS Bet365 Intertops Skybook WSEX New Orleans Philadelphia 39 -5.5 39 -5.5 OFF -5.5 39 -5.5 39 -5.5

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Giants go out like suckas

The Giants disappointed me with their weakness. I hope they at least try against Dallass (who lost 12-0 by the way) a couple weeks from now. But you knew it was the Eagles day when Chad Lewis was able to catch a football, which is a special kind of Kryptonite to his legs, remain upright, and actually hurdle a Giants defender. Brian Dawkins returned and with him the Eagles defense's swagger. How a guy can miss as many games as he did and come back and be totally in tune with the game is impressive. Look for him and Michael Lewis to destroy a few people by the end of the year. Also of note, Freddie Mitchell caught 4 balls yesterday for a new career high. He's on a pro bowl pace of 32 catches for the year. Westbrook, a third round pick, scored three touchdowns in his return and didn't feel the urge to tell the fans how to act.

Did I mention Dallass lost, 12 - NOTHING?

Strawberry to Develop Young Guys

Darryl Strawberry has been designated a "player development instructor" for the New York Yankees and will work out of Tampa for the team. Given Strawberry's past repeated substance abuse problems, some might wonder how he is suited to positively develop the "young guys." Others might argue that his problems and struggles with cancer better position him to take on such a role. What do you think?

Big Daddy's Eagles-Giants Preview

The Eagles are 4-6 against the Giants under Andy Reid. However, five of those losses came in Reid's first two seasons, where the Birds were wrapping up 9 straight losses to their foes from the Meadowlands. Since then, the Eagles have gone 4-1 over the past two and a half seasons against the Giants with the sole loss coming at the end of last year with no McNabb and horrid play calling by Andy Reid. The tide remains turned in the Eagles' favor after this year's win in NY, and Eagles fans can expect to win this weekend's struggle against Fassel's floundering and injured squad (Hilliard is listed as questionable and did not practice Thursday, and Shockey and Brown are both out for Sunday). But, what will this weekend's game look like?

If past history is an indicator of the future, there are three things to watch for on Sunday, besides an Eagles' victory:

1. Downright sloppy football.
   
2. Critical special teams contributions.
   
3. Lots of Giants ground yardage.
   

In the last ten PHI-NYG matchups, only three have been won by more than 10 points (those other seven by less than five). Even as far back as the 1999 losing days, the headlines read, "Eagles' collapse opens door for Giants" and "Giants win ugly, thanks to Eagles." The observation from the second of those matchups: "For more than three hours, the New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles tried to find a way to lose," has held true in about half of the last ten games, especially the one the Eagles' stole from the Giants on Monday Night in 2001 and this year's last minute Westbrook Special. So, don't expect to see pretty football. While Collins only has one interception against the Eagles, the Giants do fumble the ball (the Eagles have only been net negative in fumbles twice in the ten matchups). The Eagles' sloppiness has mostly been confined to an unproductive offense and more interceptions (with at least two turning into immediate touchdowns).

Without a doubt, the special teams will dominate the outcome. From big kickoff and punt returns (Dixon's 97 yarder in 2000 comes to mind, as does the recent aforementioned Westbrook game saver four games ago) to field goals and extra points, special teams will contribute a significant quantity of points. Total special teams points (PAT's, FG's, and RETTD's) have accounted for 42% of the scoring in these recent NYG-PHI matchups. With the return of Westbrook and Brian Mitchell's dead-last-in-the-league kick and punt return averages (20.5 and 4.2 yd/ret), the Eagles have the clear edge in return performance. And, despite Akers' miss of a tough 40+ yarder in the rain and into the wind vs. The Pack Monday, he still has the edge over the Giants' Matt Bryant, who is "questionable" for the game.

Finally, the Giants should produce a lot of offense on the ground. In fact, the Eagles have only had more total and ground offense in two of the last ten games against the Giants, once winning and once losing. The clock has favored the Giants in those same ten games, 353 - 255 total minutes, with the Eagles only winning that stat in one game last year. With the Eagles giving up 180, 125, 131, and 241 rushing yards in each of the last four games of this season (the first of which was vs. the Giants), they're not exactly poised to stop the Giants's ground attack on Sunday.

If the Eagles can duck the bad karma of the black uniforms and home field disadvantage at the Linc, this game sways in favor of the Eagles - not only because of their owning the Giants these days, but because the Giants are clearly playing worse football (they lost to the Falcons!) and have a stiff for a kick/punt returner.
Fly, Eagles, Fly!
Big Daddy B

Only Theismann takes NY

Joe Theismann	Merril Hoge	Sean Salisbury	Mark Schlereth
Giants	Eagles	Eagles	Eagles
Mike Golic	Eric Allen	Ron Jaworski	C. Mortensen
Eagles	Eagles	Eagles	AWOL

All week 11 picks here.

Eagles favored over Giants

11/16 1:00 PM ET BetWWTS Bet365 Intertops Skybook WSEX New York Philadelphia 38 -3.5 38 -3.5 38 -3.5 38 -3.5 38.5 -3.5

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Help determine worst uniform ever

ESPN's page 2 has apparently started catering to Mr. Boobird by creating the Worst Uniform Bracket. There's too many uniforms to list here so you'll have to follow the link and choose for yourself. But look for the Flyers All orange 3rd jersey in the NHL bracket and Delaware football in the Wildcard.

I wonder if the Eagles black uniform, which is making its debut vs. the Giants, should be in the mix.

Flyers Rough up the Islanders

Who knew Michal Handzus could be a back up goalie? Jeff Hacket stopped all but one shot, however the biggest save of the game came when Jeff Hackett was caught behind the net and Sean Bates was wide open in the slot. Michal Handzus knew what he had to do:

"I knew there was an empty net and I just tried to have it hit me," Handzus said. "I think it is instinct or something. I just tried to go down and have the puck hit me."

Jeff Hackett, fearing he might lose his job to an underrated center, had this to say:

"That was a helluva save," he said. "I wish that I could say that I taught him to do that. That was an unbelievable save. I haven't two-padded in about four years. That was incredible, I could not believe it. That is when you know you have luck on your side, when your centerman is making great saves like that."

A center stacking the pads wasn't the only highlight either, there were also two great fights. Windows Media Clips of the fights can be found here. Fedoruk pulled out a classic Three Stooges move on Cairns. Look at my right, Look at my right, and then popped him in the chin with his left. Brashear and Godard also squared off and exchanged blows like the ol' Rock'em Sock'em Robots. The red hot Amonte, Roenick and Recchi line continued to produce. Amonte made an incredible pass to Roenick to open the scoring late in the first. Then, only 50 seconds after the Islander's Adrian Aucoin tied the game Recchi sunk a rebound to give the Flyers the win. NHL.com recap can be found here.

Get Kevin Johnson

The Browns released their most productive wide receiver Kevin Johnson yesterday, a week after he was benched. Supposedly he and coach Butch Davis have always been at odds but Johnson was a popular player and teammate. Seeing how Johnson is better than any of the stiffs the Eagles have - he can catch, the Eagles definitely have the cap space, and Johnson went to Syracuse with McNabb and is a good friend it makes all the sense in the world for the Eagles to pick him up.

So look for it not to happen. Our receivers are good enough.

A beautiful ugly, ugly win

Eagles gave up 250+ yards rushing and still won. McNabb had another lame performance (15/31, 198, 6.39 avg, 1 TD, 0 INT) especially in the first half, but he was outdone by Favre in lameness (14/22 109 4.95 avg 1 TD 1 INT - and many fumbles, 1 lost) and earned parts of his salary on the winning drive. The "genius" of Andy Reid caused the Packers to fumble 5 times and lose 3 turnovers - the factor that was the difference in the game. Thrash proved himself only effective catching balls that come down like kickoffs as Andy Reid's "genius" was evident again on the 51 yard pass play to Thrash that happened just like they practiced it. Andy Reid's "genius" was evident on the final drive however when apparently he was letting McNabb call the plays since they struggle getting them in on time in normal game situations.

But to the positives - The Eagles won at Lambeau field in terrible conditions, conditions which oddly effected the Packers way more, overcame terrible run defense and an offense that sputtered the entire game. I don't know how they do it. Jim Johnson is a genius. While the Packers were giving the ball away all game the Eagles didn't come close to a turnover. The biggest positive in the game was the final drive and touchdown with 27 seconds left. I can't remember the last time the offense came through in the clutch. That was huge. Also Freddie Mitchell solidified his Pro Bowl roster spot by catching 3 balls this game, topping his previous career high of 2 catches in a game.

Andy Reid Is A Genius

I told you Andy Reid is a Genius. Mr. Boobird is a back on the bandwagon. Who wanted Koy in there, not the readers of this blog. Fly, Iggles, Fly.

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Flyers Still Undefeated At Wacho Center

The Washington Capitals are 0-12-1 in their last 13 attempts in Philly. The last time the Caps won in Philly was on January 31, 1998. Hockey's 11 million dollar man Jaromir Jagr was a complete non-factor in this game. Things are not looking good for the former mullet king, who at one point he was sitting at one end of the bench completely alienated from the rest of his team. The Flyers first line of Roenick, Amonte and Recchi continues to be hot. Roenick had this to say:

"I know my line, with me, Tony and [Recchi], we really feel comfortable together and we're moving the puck extremely well," said Roenick. "I love it when Tony scores, and when Recchi scores."

The Flyers continue to roll four lines and with three of those lines scoring goals and other teams are left wondering how to match up their defensemen. Justin Williams continues to be a stud on the ice and had this to say regarding their performance:

"We need to create the identity that we are quick starters and we are hard finishers, too. We let the team back in tonight when we had them down, and we still won, but we need to be better in the third."

Last night was Brashear's first night back from a partialy torn ACL and he made it loud and clear that he was back. A few seconds after stepping on the ice he hit Steve Eminger, who then left the game with an upper body injury and never returned. Things also heated up between the Fridge and Doig who duked it out for a few seconds. Both players landed a few nice punches and best of all, the linesmen let the fight happen. Esche has been steadily improving and even our oppents are noticing. I found this on the Capitals website:

Esche splits time with Jeff Hackett, but has clearly outplayed the veteran so far. Hackett is 2-2-2 with a 2.44 goals-against average and .903 save percentage. Esche is 4-1-1 with a 1.81 goals-against and .921 save percentage.

The Flyers are on a roll and looking good. Is this too good to be true? THN Recap here.

Golic lone Eagle supporter

Joe Theismann	Merril Hoge	Sean Salisbury	Mark Schlereth
Packers	AWOL	Packers	Packers
Mike Golic	Eric Allen	Ron Jaworski	C. Mortensen
Eagles	Packers	Packers	AWOL

All week 10 picks here.

Packers favored

11/10 9:00 PM ET BetWWTS Bet365 Intertops Skybook WSEX Philadelphia Green Bay 43.5 -4.5 43 4 43.5 -4.5 43.5 4 43 -4.5

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Sixers get a win in Robinson's debut

Iverson led the Sixers to a victory last night over Mo Cheeks' Trailblazers with 31 points. Portland seems to be the only western conference team the Sixers regularly beat. Robinson contributed 15 in the effort but Kenny Thomas was a bigger force in the game with 16 points and 9 big rebounds.

In other good news you can now get Kyle Korver wallpaper for your desktop.

Phils do something

The Phillies traded for the Houston Astros Billy Wagner. My baseball sources tell me he's definitely worth Duckworth, third best closer in all of baseball, when he was younger broke his arm a bunch and switched from throwing right to throwing left, and he's no Jose Mesa.

How 'bout those Flyers

Almost as forgotten as the Sixers on their western conference tour of losing is the Flyers. They actually scored 7 goals in a game vs. a quality(?) opponent. The Maple Leafs embarrassed themselves in this game. Defense was very lax and it didn't help that almost every bounce seemed to go the Flyers way. The Flyers do appear to be a substantially improved team over last year's product. They seem to have an extra little jump, and extra little quickness and crispness to their passing, and the power play resembles one for a change - no more $1000+ McDonalds payoffs.

Esche won defensive player of the week and he and the rest of the Flyers will be resting on their laurels until Thursday when they play the pathetic Washington Capitals.

Is McNabb Back?

NFL.com's headline read, "Sharp McNabb leads Eagles past Falcons." ESPN.com's headline read, "McNabb breaks out with 312 yards." Is McNabb really back?

First, the Eagles' win is first and foremost at this point. So, Eagle fans rejoice, the Birds won! In a season dominated by injuries, some significant coaching bloopers, and an at least temporarily busted franchise quarterback, the Eagles are now at 5-3 only a game back of the Cowgirls. The Eagles are poised to head back into some difficult games against some quality teams. Will McNabb be there?

Yes, I believe McNabb is back! No, not the franchise quarterback that is going to dazzle you with his passing game. Heck, he's only performed at an average level these last two games against sub-average teams. Case in point, look at the following chart, that shows how others fared against the Falcons (with the starting secondary):



McNabb's passer rating is actually a point below the average and ranks in the middle of all the other quarterbacks who faced Atlanta (yes, there were a few more dropped balls on Sunday, but at least Freddie caught one for a TD).

While that is sobering reality to the 100+ rating McNabb managed to reign in on Sunday, I would argue that he's still back. Again, McNabb has never been the marquee passer that Reid has him slated to be in the pocket. He has been average in his career and remains exactly that in these last two games. That average passing combined with some key runs on Sunday should restore some confidence to the team and fans - that yes, McNabb (the average passer) is back!

Fly, Eagles, Fly!
Big Daddy B