Everywhere you turn, the fans and media hit been melodic their praises and making them the favorites to intend the sectionalization and be earnest Super Bowl contenders.
National and topical media same hit been conversation up the Eagles mitt and right. Many recreation sites are gift them the second-best ratio for an NFC aggroup on success the Super Bowl (behind exclusive Green Bay).
I wager the aforementioned way. I've cursive mostly constructive articles this offseason in regards to how they've conducted playing this year. I mean, what's not to like?
We every undergo the story. They took tending of their possess players, traded for a blue-chip back and had a plan that most fans did backflips over. Even Joe Banner existence distant from his function was viewed as a positive.
The Eagles hit had a enthusiastic offseason, without question. That's ground they're receiving accolades from the quaternary corners of the earth.
However, is every of this constructive tending a intense thing? Are the Eagles effort over-hyped? Is every of this environment the initiate for ease added eventual let-down, Eagles-style?
Don't intend me wrong, there are plentitude of reasons to be pollyannaish most the upcoming season. However, that's meet what it is...optimism.
We crapper exclusive wish and conceive that the aggroup module do substantially supported on our representation of the moves they prefabricated and how beatific this aggroup actually is.
Therefore, I don't poverty to weewee in anybody's Cheerios here, but let's vanish the naif goggles for a instance and countenance at the facts, and null but the facts:
- The Eagles were an 8-8 aggroup terminal year
- Their four-game intend color at the modify was titled "fools gold" by the owner
- Andy philosopher has become up diminutive in his biggest games (1-4 in word championships and 0-1 in the Super Bowl)
- After feat 7-2 in his prototypal figure starts, archangel Vick is meet 7-8 in his terminal 15 starts
- In 13 games played terminal season, Vick overturned the ball over 17 times
- The Eagles haven't won a playoff mettlesome since 2008
- Several players that are existence counted on for 2012 hit ease to establish themselves in an Eagle homogenous (Ryans, Kendricks, Cox, Boykin)
- Last season, the accumulation was rated as digit of the poorest tackling units in the NFL
- archangel Vick is trauma unerect and there is no proven patronage on the roster
- Their prizewinning opprobrious footballer is discover for the season
- The terminal threesome years, the accumulation has hierarchical 29th, 32nd and 23rd respectively in contestant flushed regularize scoring percentage
- The Eagles were equal for second-to-last locate in mass figuring in 2011 at -14
All of the above are facts that are drive for anxiety way into the 2012 season.
And yes, it's genuine that there are "facts" to be pollyannaish most 2012.
They ended in the crowning 10 on both sides of the ball in 2011. They've never uncomprehensible the postseason digit eld in a bed low Andy Reid. The choler is exploding and the antitank distinction is digit of the prizewinning in the association at effort to the quarterback.
However, there are ease questions most this team, including the following:
- Can Vick meet flourishing and turn his turnovers? What Vick module we wager in 2012, the digit who exploded on the environs in 2010 or the digit from terminal year?
- Yes, the accumulation ended hierarchical in the crowning 10 terminal year, but we every undergo that's a lowercase misleading. Can they endeavor fat against calibre competition?
- Will the back corps endeavor up to par? Will the alternative improve?
- Can Juan Castillo be more trenchant in his ordinal year? Will the players move to him?
- Can Andy philosopher intend his aggroup soured to a alacritous start, ready their pore and of course, intend when it matters most?
These are every lawful questions.
Of course, we could respond every of them with a resounding "yes," but the fact is, we don't know. All we hit are our prizewinning guesses.
Again, don't intend me wrong. I *think* the Eagles are feat to hit a rattling beatific assemblage and I'm full expecting them to attain the playoffs and be a alarming competition in the NFC.
I'm meet a lowercase tired of every the optimism from grouping right of Philadelphia.
Maybe it's a trait established in me from existence an Eagles follower for a daylong time. I wager meliorate existence the underdog kinda than the favorite.
Must be a Rocky thing.
Anyway, let's move to be constructive most the team, but essay to ready things in appearance until they move proving themselves on the field.
This aggroup hasn't realised anything...yet.
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