1 of 4 meaningless week 17 games

1/01 1:00 PM ET	Opening	Legends	5Dimes	SBGGLOBAL	JustBet
Washington @ Philadelphia	46.5 -10	45.5 -9.5	45.5 -9.5	45.5 -8	45.5 -8

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Bonus Question: Which is more meaningless, this game of all the college bowl games?

Dallass sucks

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the town

loyal Birds fans watched another Dallass beatdown.

The Cowboys were dressed, but they did not care,

their focus was gone, it just was not there.



Though Eagles hopes were totally dead,

visions of playoffs were still in their heads.

So with Vick in the pocket, and Reid in his cap,

the Eagles crushed the Cowboys. But it didn't mean crap.



Celek took a screen and ran like a flash,

but the cheers were muted; hopes had been dashed.
Apologists will tout, "Philly played well with their season in tatters!"

But the fans do not care—it's the Super Bowl that matters.




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In the postgame press conference, Reid went straight to his work,

spinning like a top and playing the fans for jerks.

And laying his finger aside of his nose,

He acted like the Eagles didn't fail, and his team didn't blow!



He sat in his seat, and to his 7 and 8 team he gave praise,

I wouldn't be shocked if Laurie gave him a raise.

Then I heard him exclaim, between his coughs and his hacks,

"We're not making the playoffs, but I'll still be back!"

Suckers.

Other notes:

• Jets suck.

Dallass sucks

12/24 4:15 PM ET	Opening	Legends	5Dimes	SBGGLOBAL	JustBet
Philadelphia @ Dallass	50.5 -3.5	50.5 -1	50.5 -1	50.5 -1	50.5 -2

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Bonus Question: What is your prediction for the Jets vs. Giants game?

Jets terrible so Eagles still alive

The Eagles took advantage of the Jets Eagle-like self destruction and romped on another Ryan defense and won easily, 45-19. By doing so they are still mathematically alive to make the playoffs. To do that the crappy Jets have to scrape themselves off the mat and beat the crappy Giants next week and then the crappy Giants have to beat the crappy Cowboys the last game of the season. The crappy Eagles have to beat both the crappy Cowboys and the crappy Redskins. It can happen!

Of course they'll probably lose in the first round, and Reid will definitely be back (though I think that was already certain) and Castillo will be too. Next year is the year! Merry Christmas.

Other notes:

• Even though the Eagles are winning, I'm not excited.
• Santonio Holmes is the perfect player for DeSean Jackson to aspire to - bad fumble, bad missed catch, and a stupid TD celebration that earned a 15 yard penalty.
• After watching Celek catch a 10 yard pass and run 73 yards to the 1 maybe the Jets have the worst safeties in the NFL, not the Eagles.
• McCoy continues to be the best Eagle and has the records to show for it.
• None of that cutback and reversal of field stuff McCoy does worked at all vs. the Dolphins. Against the Jets it worked all game.
• Vick had a decent game. He still is stupid and takes dumb hits.
• One hit Vick took that they penalized was a completely ridiculous penalty.
• When the pressure is on Sanchez he just sacks himself without fighting at all. Totally weak.
• If Babin sets the sack record it will be hollow.
• I enjoyed watching the opponent instead of the Eagles commit stupid penalties all game long.
• The announcers were clueless all game and repeatedly called things wrong and of course defended Reid.
• In the little bullet point graphic during the game of why the Eagles were "floundering," I noticed "terrible coaching" and "terrible personnel decisions" were absent.
• Did Buddy leave behind a defensive playbook and the Eagles have it in the vaults?

J-E-T-Z! Jetz! Jezz! jzz. zzzz...

12/18 4:15 PM ET	Opening	Legends	5Dimes	SBGGLOBAL	JustBet
New York Jets @ Philadelphia	45 -1.5	44 -3	44 -1.5	44 -1.5	44 -3

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Bonus Question: Which overhyped quarterback will play worse?

Looking good for the playoffs

The Eagles offense only showed up for the second quarter, but in that span they scored all 24 of their points. Fortunately the defense played the entire game. They allowed only 10 points, created the turnovers that gave the offense short fields and got 9 sacks, one of which resulted in a safety. So by winning, the Eagles will still be alive next week when they play the Jets.

Other notes:

• Which was less yards, the offense's second half total or all of DeSean Jackson's punt returns?
• There were some actual good, hard hits by the defense!
• Casey Matthews still sucks, but he made a play (or two) this game.
• Asante's forced fumble and recovery was a pretty good individual play.
• What was up with the defense and all their short yardage stuffs?
• Vick's pick was another terrible decision.
• Eagles punter did a good job today, whatever his name is.
• Fire Reid.

LOLphins (I've been waiting all season to use that)

12/11 1:00 PM ET	Opening	Legends	5Dimes	SBGGLOBAL	JustBet
Philadelphia @ Miami	44 -3	45.5 -3	45.5 -3	45.5 -3	45.5 -3

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Bonus Question: How long will Vick last?

Radical realignment!

Because Atlanta was a stupid place to put a hockey team they had to move to a less stupid place, aka Winnipeg. Because it's stupid to have a team in Winnipeg be in a division named "Southeast," and Detroit and others have been bitching for years about flying out West to play a bunch of games, the NHL decided to realign the divisions. The result they came up with is the following four new "conferences":

• Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, NY Rangers, NY Islanders, Washington, New Jersey and Carolina
• Boston, Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Buffalo, Florida and Tampa Bay
• Detroit, Columbus, Nashville, St. Louis, Chicago, Minnesota, Dallas and Winnipeg
• Los Angeles, Anaheim, Phoenix, San Jose, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Colorado

I have no problem with the various switches, but what I dislike is how they decided to change who makes the playoffs.

The top four teams in each Conference will qualify for the playoffs. The first-place team in each conference would play the fourth-place team in the same conference; the second-place team would play the third-place team.

I think this is dumb because you will have crappy, maybe below .500 teams making the playoffs from one conference while other teams in stronger conferences will be golfing. Why not allow the conference winners to have automatic bids and then sort it out by best record and so on from there?

Hip Hop RIP

The Sixers new ownership has made its first big move- firing mascot Hip Hop, the totally jacked sunglasses wearing rabbit who terrified kids and adults for years. The Sixers have contracted with Jim Henson's Creature Shop to create a new mascot for the team. Fans can now vote for the new mascot. The three finalists are Big Ben, a colonial dude, Franklin Dogg, a dog that rocks an American flag top hat like Apollo Creed in Rocky 4, and Phil E. Moose, a moose that wears colonial garb. These designs are the mascot equivalent of drafting Shawn Bradley. Unfortunately my mascot proposal, Crow Chee, a highly excitable Pirate bird that feels great, was rejected.

Hilariously bad

I watched this 31-14 loss to Seattle not in anger, but with bemusement. The Eagles that showed up were the Eagles we expected. They were stupid, soft, lackluster, and bad. It was funny to me watching all the NFL Network "experts" pick the Eagles in the pregame show and then listening to the announcers laughably maintain the premise that the Eagles season wasn't over. These are the same clueless fools that defend Reid, don't think he should be fired and chastise the fans for wanting him gone.

#1 goat of the game was Vince Young who was absolutely atrocious with terrible passes, slowballs and 4 interceptions. His pick six at the end of the game made the 100 or so people still watching the game laugh out loud, including myself. #2 goat is the defensive tackling and inability to play positionally, cover people and do the basic things high school teams can do. #3 goat was the first half game plan that was the usual Reid masterwork - throw the ball and ignore McCoy with the predictable result - behind at the half 17-7.

In the second half the offensive strategy changed, and McCoy got the ball a lot more and the Eagles marched right down the field. But then Young had to throw the ball and Cooper, who really sucks, let a ball bounce off his shiny metal hands for an easy interception to kill the tiny smidgen of momentum that was building in the Eagles favor. Seattle took that turnover, turned it into another touchdown and that was pretty much the game. Sure the Eagles "responded" down 17 with an 80 yard, 17 play drive that ate up 10 minutes to get it to 24-14, but what was the point of that?

Other notes:

• I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm buying a Kia Soul first thing tomorrow - lime green too.
• Players that are still competing - McCoy, Avant, and a few people on defense, but they aren't any good so big deal.
• Player that isn't and hasn't been competing - DeSean Jackson.
• Although Mike Mayock supports Reid, his blunt criticism of the Eagles was amazingly refreshing. He called out Vince Young and DeSean Jackson and the Eagles tackling and defensive mistakes. I'm sure he wanted to say more, but probably felt he was piling on.
• Eagles lead the league in drops.
• Reid's challenge streak came to an end right after they showed he is the most successful at it in the league this year.
• Chaney was the guilty party on that killer holding penalty late in the game.
• Loved the 12 men on the field for the punt return that caused a timeout to be burned.
• Loved not calling a timeout at the end of the first half to save time for when the Eagles were going to get the ball back after the field goal attempt.
• How many passes is Riley Cooper going to not fight for and then fall down on while they get picked. He's terrible.
• There is no such thing as a long yard against the Eagles.
• Fire Reid