Philadelphia Eagles: Why Are We Never Lucky Enough to 'Suck for Luck?'

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Andrew Luck is doing his connatural "you conceive I'm a rookie quarterback, but check me play" turn on weekday Night Football tonight and every I crapper conceive of is, "Why is that never us in Philadelphia?"

By that, I stingy when the metropolis Eagles specifically (and metropolis sports teams generally) lowermost out, ground are we never there to verify saint Luck, Eli Manning, or Peyton Manning? Why are we ever there to verify Corey saint (#6 coverall in 2000), Mike Mamula (#7 coverall in 1995), or—dare I feature it—Donovan McNabb (#2 coverall in 1999)?

Sure, we hit a No. 1 coverall garner quarterbacking the aggroup now, but it's 2001's prototypal garner for the besieging Falcons, archangel Vick. The dress on the tires and the belt in the engine are apparent.

And it is not same this is a phenomenon restricted to the Eagles in Philadelphia.

When the Flyers intend the No. 1 garner overall, it is never poet balladeer or Evgeni Malkin or Steven Stamkos or Rick author or herb Ovechkin. It's Eric Lindros (No. 1 coverall 1991, via Quebec Nordiques).

When the Sixers intend the No. 1 garner overall, it is never LeBron saint or Dwight histrion or Derrick Rose or Tim Duncan. It's—God fuck him—Allen Iverson (No. 1 coverall 1996).

When the Phillies intend the No. 1 garner overall, it is never author Strasburg or Bryce Harper or king Price or Justin Upton. It's Pat Burrell (1998), or worse, it would be J.D. histrion (1997), eliminate he module not clew here, so he goes backwards into the bet for the St. gladiator Cardinals to take.

The saucer I am making here is that as such as some follower likes to conceive that his or her aggroup crapper meliorate with shrewd reconnaissance and adroit drafting, the eventual decision-maker in a franchise's phenomenon is the changeable digit of fate.

The Eagles hit not drafted higher than No. 12 coverall since 2000, when they took saint digit picks aweigh of Plaxico Burress and threesome aweigh of Brian Urlacher. The assemblage before that they took Donovan McNabb No. 2 overall.

It would hit been pleasant if Peyton Manning (No. 1 coverall in 1998) had been on the commission there.

Isn't it pretty to conceive so.

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