Dream Team Nightmare

The Philadelphia Eagles are not who we thought they were, but I am not going to let them off the hook.  Andy Reid has watched his team blow 3 4th quarter leads in as many games.  The Birds could easily be 4-0, but on the other hand they can also 0-4 as well.  With St. Louis' Steven Jackson pulling up lame on his 47 yard TD run in week 1, the Eagles dodged a bullet and with Jackson out of the game, the Birds went on to win 31-13 for the first and last time they won a football game.

Now with a 1-3 record on the season, the Eagles are in last place in the NFC East.  A "Dream Team", really, sorry America, but that term does not apply.  Who in their right mind would even suggest something like that?  Oh yeah, good old Vince Young.  You know the guy that never took a snap for the franchise, but the media took that sound-bite and ran with it.  I don't know for what though, the original "Dream Team" was made up of some of the best basketball players to ever play the game.  Jordan, Magic & Bird were just some of the names associated with that legendary team.  The Eagles don't quite have such star power on their roster.  I believe them to be very loaded at the skill positions such as quarterback, running back, wide receiver & corner back, but their lack of talent with their safeties, linebackers & offensive linemen are holding this team from greatness. 

The Eagles have always been an arrogant franchise.  More times than not because their regular season success during the Andy Reid era, the Birds do not do a good job in hiding their weaknesses.  They always had the mentality that they would use their strengths to beat the other team anyways.  This years flock of birds are built on team speed and protecting a lead. Sad thing is they loss 3 straight games with 4th quarter leads.  Teams are running the ball right down their throat and then they carve the Eagles undersized "D" with mismatches on the safeties and linebackers.  The only way for the Eagles to fix this problem and get to the Super Bowl is to score 35-40 points a game without turning the ball over to outscore the opposition.  An impossible task to execute in the NFL week in and week out, but it seems like it is the only way for the Eagles live up the media's expectations and climb out of their 1-3 hole. 



Blog by Haz Bey