Showing posts with label Philadelphia Eagles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Philadelphia Eagles. Show all posts

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Philadelphia Eagles vs Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys and Eagles are the only NFL teams with four receivers who have at least 475 yards each. Philadelphia is the only NFL team averaging 400 total yards a game, and its 144 rushing yards average is the highest in 12 seasons under Coach Andy Reid. Dallas LB DeMarcus Ware is only a half-sack shy of his fifth consecutive season with at least 10 sacks.

SMARTER STATS: It's all well and good that the Cowboys are 3-1 in the Jason Garrett era, but let's hold off on the 2011 Super Bowl predictions. Of the three teams they've beaten since Garrett took over (the Giants, Lions, and Colts), only the G-Men aren't in total free fall or trying to find their way.

Sunday, November 28, 2010

NFL power rankings: Michael Vick just might take Philadelphia Eagles to Super Bowl



Ranking all 32 teams from top to bottom.

TEN BEST
1. New England (9-2)
2. N.Y. Jets (9-2)
3. Atlanta (8-2)
4. Baltimore (7-3)

5. Pittsburgh (7-3) -- Coach Mike Tomlin refused to criticize the NFL for not suspending Oakland Raiders defensive end Richard Seymour for punching Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and for fining him only $25,000. "I don't have a reaction," Tomlin told reporters. "I tend to focus on the things that are relevant to our team moving forward and the things that we can control. That doesn't fall into either category." Hmmm. You wonder if Detroit Lions coach Jim Schwartz couldn't benefit from that same sort of thinking.

6. Green Bay (7-3)

7. Philadelphia (7-3) -- How good is Michael Vick? In seven games, he has thrown 11 touchdown passes and has not been intercepted. He is responsible for a combined 16 touchdowns and has lost just one fumble. At this rate, the Eagles are beginning to look like a possible Super Bowl contender.

8. New Orleans (8-3)

9. N.Y. Giants (6-4) -- Michael Clayton, a first-round pick of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2004, has been signed to help get the Giants through a rash of recent injuries to their receivers. He had been catching passes for the UFL's Omaha Nighthawks, the same team that released wideout David Kircus of Rockford, a former NCAA Division II All-American at Grand Valley State, before the beginning of the season following his latest legal problems.

10. Indianapolis (6-4)

MIDDLE OF THE PACK
11. Chicago (7-3)
12. Tampa Bay (7-3)
13. San Diego (5-5)
14. Kansas City (6-4)
15. Jacksonville (6-4)
16. Oakland (5-5)
17. Washington (5-5)
18. Miami (5-5)
19. Tennessee (5-5)
20. Seattle (5-5)

21. Houston (4-6) -- Arian Foster is the first running back in the league to reach the 1,000-yard mark this season. He has rushed 194 times for 1,004 yards (5.2 average) and has scored 12 touchdowns on the ground and lost just two fumbles. Now, if only the Texans could stop opposing teams from scoring on them.

22. St. Louis (4-6)
23. Dallas (3-8)
24. Cleveland (3-7)
25. Minnesota (3-7)
26. Arizona (3-7)
27. San Francisco (3-7)

BOTTOM FEEDERS

28. Denver (3-7) -- It has gotten so bad that Broncos coach Josh McDaniels is being asked whether he plans to bench starting quarterback Kyle Orton and put rookie Tim Tebow in as the starter. "I don't know. I'm not willing to go there," he told reporters. Perhaps not. But those questions are going to get tougher to deflect if the Broncos keep up their losing ways --15 of their past 20 games under McDaniels. He, of course, created this monster when he insisted Denver pick Tebow in the first round of the 2010 NFL draft.

29. Buffalo (2-8)
30. Cincinnati (2-9)
31. Detroit (2-9)
32. Carolina (1-9)