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Sun Oct 28, 2007 7:17 am EDT

Eagles facing must win in Minnesota

By Joe Zedalis

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Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid and his players will follow the one-game-at-a-time mantra for their latest must-win game in Minnesota today. But really, this team has to complete a difficult exacta to avoid spending November and December dealing with questions about Reid's status, Kevin Kolb's timetable, and Donovan McNabb's trade value.

The game that matters is next Sunday night, when the revived Dallas Cowboys come to Lincoln Financial Field for a nationally televised game. The Eagles' entire season rides on that game, and they are capable of putting together the kind of effort it would take to upset the Cowboys here - but only, repeat only, if they take care of business today.

Lose today and an upset over Dallas won't have nearly the impact. It will just be a bad team beating a good team, which happens every weekend somewhere in the NFL. Win today and an upset over Dallas would mean a .500 record at the halfway point, momentum and suddenly energized fans.

Source: Philadelphia InquirerNew Window

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  1. bigmo
    1. Posted by bigmo Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:31 pm EDT

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    EAGLES will defeat vikings but lose to cowboys. no way they will beat the cowboys.
  2. A Yahoo! User
    2. Posted by A Yahoo! User Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:28 pm EDT

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    win lose or draw,it's time to rebiuld!!
  3. Chris-Co
    3. Posted by Chris-Co Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:46 pm EDT

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    The Eagles need to start again, leave mcnabb and just totally create a new roster with new faces in the lineup. Vikings will run all over the eagles defence and the cowboys will just end the eagles seaon.
  4. Chris
    4. Posted by Chris Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:25 pm EDT

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    i gotta go with the vikings in this one...eagles are blowin hard this year imo...hope peterson lights em up for 200 yards and a few scores lol
  5. Don T
    5. Posted by Don T Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:14 pm EDT

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    I just love saying this. The Eagles are going down the drain. They soar like turkeys, frozen turkeys that is.
  6. GaryG
    6. Posted by GaryG Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:52 pm EDT

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    Rashad Evans? That's the most ridiculous comment I've ever seen on these boards. He's a good MMA fighter but having athletic skill in one area does not necessarily translate to another. Not to mention that he's excelled in individual sports (wrestling, MMA) which would not correlate to a team sport like football.
    As for the Eagles, they were highly competative for most of the Andy Reid era and we owe him some respect for where he's taken the team. They do need to look toward the future and today's game vs. the Vikings is their last chance to salvage the season.
  7. branflakes
    7. Posted by branflakes Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:01 pm EDT

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    we will not lose.
  8. Fletch 1165
    8. Posted by Fletch 1165 Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:00 pm EDT

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    I think we are all in full consensus here. The Eagles are meat for the grinder this year under a super-lethargic McNabb and no receivers except Curtis to go to anyway.
  9. hikealot73
    9. Posted by hikealot73 Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:19 pm EDT

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    Who are you people???? The Eagles may not have a winning record, but they are more of a team then the Vikings or the Cowboys. When their rolling, no one wants to play the Eagles. They can beat any team in the NFL on any day and they don't do it with sellout players like Moss and T.O. The NFC's not good this year. You will see them beating some team in the playoffs when its all said and done. Hopefully, it's the Cowboys.
  10. barbara w
    10. Posted by barbara w Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:02 pm EDT

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    They need a SMART quarterback, not an "atheletic" one.
  11. Jabronie
    11. Posted by Jabronie Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:05 pm EDT

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    I agree with you mehtab_1969. The Eagles Secondary can handle Minny's WR's. I see the Eagles placing 8 guys in the box with a 9th not to far away. Eagles do have the better Defense and this should be the difference. I would like to see Andy take it easy on L.J. today. Yes he needs to play, but don't wear him out.
  12. Nibbles
    12. Posted by Nibbles Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:22 pm EDT

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    You think? Geez...last week it was a 'must win'...now this week. Face it....without someone downfield to catch his passes...the Eagles CAN'T win. Eh...time to find a new team!
  13. Big Daddy
    13. Posted by Big Daddy Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:30 pm EDT

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    Whether or not the Eagles win against the Vikings and/or the Cowboys, the next two weeks are irrelevant this season unless McNabb and Reid can regain their confidence and bruised egos. Watching them play the last few weeks has convinved me that they no longer have the MENTAL focus and commitment they had the past 5+ years. There's no question that the team needs to reorganize: (1) Let "Kid" Kolb start a few games, (2) Shake-up the coaching staff, (3) Put a few Defensive starters on the bench and let the rookies get a taste of the NFL. Yes, these are very controversial moves, but the current "process" is obviously not working. The times, they are a changing......Lead, follow or get the hell outta the way!
  14. Pete S
    14. Posted by Pete S Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:23 pm EDT

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    Sure. Lets bring in all the UFC fighters and their coaches with winning records. Maybe that will fix things right up (that's just stupid talk). The Eagles have had a good run under Reid but I do believe it is time to look at rebuilding. They have been using the same offensive and defensive schemes for a while now and all the other teams can play around them. I do see Philly coming out to prove something today, but until the line can protect McNabb and the receivers can break away from defenders, there are going to be problems moving the ball. Westbrook can't do it all (although it seems as though he does).
    As for Rashad Evans, he will not be undefeated after his match with Bisping.
  15. Seabass
    15. Posted by Seabass Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:12 pm EDT

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    Eagles are done! Stick a fork in them.
  16. ipatent
    16. Posted by ipatent Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:24 pm EDT

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    they should have traded mcnabb and kept garcia.
  17. psycohistory
    17. Posted by psycohistory Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:21 pm EDT

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    anyone who wants kolb in there needs their head check..........with no recievers except for one year mcnabb has one the best td-int ratios
  18. Islamorada
    18. Posted by Islamorada Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:10 pm EDT

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    It's obvious a lot of you expert morons must have bad ankles and knees, just like many players. Difference is yours come from jumping on and off the band wagon. Fair weather fans. If they were to miraculously turn it around and make a wild card ,you same people who run from the foxhole now will be the first to claim you backed them all the way.
  19. Dinger
    19. Posted by Dinger Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:13 pm EDT

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    McNabb is the Eagles, Kolb had success with a system in college that is antiquated by NFL Standards. Any QB out of Houston looks great but falls flat....DAVID KLINGLER anyone??? Real Eagles fans know that without McNabb, we are no better than the sorry Eagles teams of the early 90's.
  20. A Yahoo! User
    20. Posted by A Yahoo! User Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:38 pm EDT

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    if u havent forgot mcnabb has been to more then four pro bowls and is a proven winner so dont think that philadelphia will be willing to jsut give up their long time leader and the nfc east is allways been the best division and is still the division so that affects the eagles run to the playoffs and mcnabb cant do all he can with another terrell owens .i believe the eagles can win and they have done it before. GO EAGLES SCREW THE HATERS
  21. Bret
    21. Posted by Bret Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:38 pm EDT

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    beside the fact that mcnabb is coming back from knee surgery the big thing that is killing us is our red zone offense 3 4 or 5 fgs a game won't beat most nfl teams last time i saw our d i hovering a little above middle of the league so the offense needs to start turning some of those fgs to tds especially against dallas they need to put up close to 30 points
  22. Rmoss606
    22. Posted by Rmoss606 Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:26 pm EDT

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    eagles win
  23. Billly
    23. Posted by Billly Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:25 pm EDT

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    the Eagles are a terrible team, and a disgrace to he NFL. fire the coach, and hire URBAN MEYER
  24. Antonio S
    24. Posted by Antonio S Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:58 pm EDT

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    the E-gals are done. Dallas will beat them and pick up some cheesesteaks for flight back to dallas....
  25. iheartrashad
    25. Posted by iheartrashad Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:56 pm EDT

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    knightmare1966: Rashad Evans could outrun every wide receiver the Eagles have in the 40. Hell, since MMA fighters somehow wandered into this discussion, I bet that Cabbage Correia could outrun one or two of them.

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