01-24-2018, 08:39 AM
(01-23-2018, 11:27 AM)hanwell link Wrote:To have lost Sproules, Hicks, Peters and Wenz and still make the Super Bowl is remarkable. Still no one rates the Eagles, the "D" will be the difference, the Pats are vulnerable to a four man rush and then throw Fletcher Cox at Brady. Two highly rated offences only scored 17 points against Philly in the two play off games. Foles just has to repeat his last two performances, run the ball, and let Chris Long and Jenkins monster the Pat's Offence.
See, i saw the big 'poor philly' injuries piece they did during the game...and....well....i know its a philly home game, but it pissed me off.
Oh, so you lost your QB after you are quaranteed playoffs?
We, lost our #1 QB Teddy Bridgewater 2 years ago...still recovering. We lost our #2 QB after week 1 when he was NFC player of the week.
We, lost our best ever RB and future hall of famer Adrian Peterson in the off-season...we started with a rookie RB who was breaking all kinds of records that even AP couldn't get near. Yeah, we lost him to a knee in about week 5. Gone for the year.
Already gone through CB and safety issues going into the game.
Had pro-bowler WR Thielen who hurt his back last week. Then 1st quarter our other WR Diggs hurt his back too.
Former pro-bowl MVP TE Rudolph has been playing injured as well.
We've had 8 different starting setups in our OL due to injuries too.
But yeah, poor Philly.
Every team has injuries, but playing the 'injuries' card coming up against us is a bit much given what we went through this year.
As for coming up against a good offence....vikes don't have a good offence. They have an average one, partly due to all of the above.
Good on Philly for getting there, but the 'underdog' card they keep playing is BS.