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Originally Posted by BeastsoftheNFCeast
I know what all you are thinking, I'm crazy and the skins suck. Well both those might be true, but nonetheless we still have a very good shot of going to the playoffs, for the simple reason that our schedule is weak. Teams who we are playing that had a top 10 pick- Arizona, Miami, Minnisota, Detroit, and Tampa Bay. We are also playing Buffalo, who sucked last year and only got worse in the offseason by losing London Fletcher, Takeo Spikes, Nate Clements, and Willis McGahee. We are also playing Green Bay who is so bad, their own legendary Quarterback was thinking of being traded. Chicago is having many off the field problems and might self destruct as a result. The giants are weak, and we play them twice; they have one linebacker, a weak secondary, no quality running back, and no left tackle. Without Garcia this year, the Eagles will not be so great when (not if) McNabb gets injured. By my count that is 9 games against poor teams, and 3 against teams with potential major problems. That leaves 4 games against quality teams that dont have any problems, and two of those games are against Dallas, which we have to beat at least once or the world will end. Also, the NFC is so weak that we dont need that great of a record to get into the playoffs.
off topic- I thought Julius Jones was released, but NFL.com says hes still a cowboy, am I crazy or is there a typo (maybe I m mixing things up and was thinking of Thomas getting traded).
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Every year there are teams who come out of nowhere and surprise the league. The Eagles won't be a pushover- they never are. I agree that we should handle the Giants, Bills and probably the Dolphins. But we have to play in Lambeau against the Packers. No easy task, EVER. And I think Arizona and Detroit will both be much better than a year ago, although both of those games are in FedEx.
4 out of our first 6 games are at home (I'd rather have more home games on the back end of the schedule personally), and I can see us going 4-2 to start the year. Those 4 home games are Miami, Detroit, NYG, and Arizona.
Julius Jones is the #1 RB in Dallas. Thomas Jones got traded to the Jets.