Improbable comes true for Eagles

What started out as a day where only one could dream of everything falling into place for the Philadelphia Eagles to make the playoffs, ended with an explanation point and a playoff berth for the Eagles.

Just before kickoff the Eagles found out they got the help they needed as both the Bears and Bucs lost.

Again, the Eagles held their destiny in their own hands. But unlike a week before where they squandared the opportunity, the Eagles took their second chance, grabbed it by the throat, stepped on it, and absolutely demolished the Dallas Cowboys, 44-6.

The defense was phenominal, forcing turnovers all over the place and returning two fumbles for touchdowns.

There have been classic games with the Cowboys, but this may have been the most important. It was a win or go home game for both teams. The Eagles obviously did not want to go home.

And now they will go on to face the Minnesota Vikings in the first round of the playoffs.

Does it seem imporbable the Eagles could win the Super Bowl? Yes.

But would it be any more improbable than what happened today to even make the playoffs? Maybe not.

Hope for Eagles fans at halftime of the 1 pm games

Hope is about all Eagles fans have at this point.

Going into today needing not only a win over Dallas, but also a Bucs loss to Oakland as well as a Bears or Vikings loss to clinch the last playoff spot in the NFC, I did not think the Eagles stood a chance.

However, with the Bucs losing by seven and the Bears losing by four (the Vikings are winning by four), I am sitting here wondering if this could actually happen.

It sure would be cool to have the Eagles/Dallas come down to a showdown game with the winner moving on and loser going home.

Of coarse, the Eagles still need help before their game later this afternoon, and I still feel like it is unlikely the Bucs wil lose to the miserable Raiders. But this is the NFL and stranger things have happened.

At least, so far, there is hope.

Flyers look terrible in Columbus

At least when I am at a game in Philadelphia where the Flyers play terrible, I can boo along with 19,000 other fans.

It sure was not fun tonight being one of the few people in the building not having any fun. The Flyers looked terrible, one night after being pounded by Chicago, 5-1.

The final 3-0 score was not reminicent of how bad the Flyers played, and had it not been for a few spectaculer saves by Anterio Nittymaki the game could have gotten completely out of hand.

With the Rangers loss, the Flyers blew an opportunity to move into a tie with the New York Rangers.
It sure would have been nice to be one of a few having fun.

Oh well.

With Eagles, disappointment never ends

When will the disappointment with the Eagles end?

Years ago it was frustrating NFC championship loss after frustrating NFC championship loss.

Lately it has been terrible play week after week.

But since their Super Bowl loss in 2004, this has to be one of the more frustrating losses.

After the Tampa Bay Bucs loss earlier in the day, the Eagles controlled their own destinay to make it into the playoffs.

All they had to do was win two games. It was theirs to go out and take.

They stunk!

The Eagles came out with no sense of urgency, the playcalling was terrible again, they wasted timeouts, and only scored three points in a game they had to have.

Pathetic.

Another timeout sure would have been nice after Reggie Brown was stopped just short of the endzone and a game-tying touchdown with just a few seconds left. But no, the Eagles wasted a timeout just a few plays into the second half.

Instead, the Eagles came up just short and their playoff hopes are just about gone.

Just as I thought about a month ago, the Eagles turned things around just enough this season that the top brass would not make any major changes - mainly getting rid of Andy Reid.

I for one have had enough of the frustration.

Hey, at least the Phillies won the World Series.