Back in December, I wrote a post about the key statistical indicators of quarterback performance and then ranked the starters in the league. It’s very basic stuff—I tend to be skeptical of data that makes sports more complicated than physics—and you can read the entire thing here. But for our purposes I want to isolate […]
That the Philadelphia Eagles are in trouble is no secret. After an offseason where head coach Chip Kelly adopted the somewhat unorthodox strategy of getting rid of all his best talent, the Eagles are now sitting at 0-2, coming off a putrid home loss to the Dallas Cowboys. Philly lost the game 20-10 and for […]
Expectations were sky high for the 1980 Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles were coming off two consecutive playoff appearances that saw progressive improvement. They lost in the wild-card round in 1978, giving up a fourth-quarter lead in Atlanta. The following year, Philadelphia went one round further, beating Chicago in the first round before losing to Tampa Bay in the divisional playoff.
The Philadelphia Eagles are the only NFC East team that hasn’t gotten a rush of positive publicity at some point in the first four weeks of the NFL season. The Redskins are riding the wave of RG3 hype. The Cowboys played their brilliant opening game in New York. And the Giants hammered Carolina with several second-stringers in the lineup. Philadelphia, meanwhile, turns the ball over, barely escapes games and its quarterback and head coach both are under the gun. But it’s Philadelphia that’s alone atop the NFC East with a 3-1 record, while their rivals are all 2-2.
The Philadelphia Eagles took three-quarters of the season to find their bearings in 2011, but when they finally clicked they won their last four games to finish 8-8 and nearly snuck off with the NFC East crown that the almost-as-mediocre New York Giants used to parlay into a Super Bowl title. Which Eagles team will we see in 2012? The dysfunctional group that looked like one of the worst in the NFL? Or the team playing as well as anyone in December? TheSportsNotebook previews Philadelphia…