The 2010 Super Bowl is upon us and looks to be a true match-up of the best two teams in the NFL from this season. With arguably the two best quarterbacks squaring off, Peyton Manning and Drew Brees, this game could go down in the record books as one of the best.
Fact: This is the second time in NFL history that the #1 and #2 overall rated quarterbacks have squared off in the super bowl. The last two to do it: Mark Rypien and Phil Simms.
I usually don’t like to bet on the Super Bowl because it’s a tough game to call, but this year I might have to get in on the action. Ya know, give me that extra incentive in pulling for someone this year. Keep me on the edge of my seat. This years Super Bowl odds currently stand with Indy being a 5 point favorite, but I’m sure that will change as we near kickoff Sunday evening. Speaking of odds, I usually do my Super Bowl betting over at BetUs.com. They had some deal a ways back where I could double my buy in amount, so I took it, considering it was free money to play with. I eventually lost it all of course because I bet with my heart. This year I’m looking to change that.
So grab yourself some ice cold beers, some delicious food, a few good friends and kick back and enjoy the show. Because this years Super Bowl will be just that, a show, and one for the ages.
Dave Spadaro, the main voice for Eagles management to the media, is front and center of the Philadelphia sports world today as his personal videotape of him spitting loogies onto the Dallas Cowboys star were published on the teams website earlier in the week. The video, shown below, was promptly taken down after everyone, besides Spadaro apparently, realized the indecency and unprofessionialism of the video.
While on my drive in this morning the talk on 97.5 The Fanatic was that Spadaro could potentially lose his job over this bonehead move. We all remember that Eagle brass has been known to fire people for much less when they allegedly fired a lower level employee for simply down talking the Eagles after a loss on his Myspace page.
THE FIRST regular-season Eagles game I covered, the late Steve McNair led the host Tennessee Titans to a 27-24 comeback win, Sept. 8, 2002, but that isn’t the picture I see when I recall that game. What I see is Titans running back Eddie George catching a pass against Eagles middle linebacker Levon Kirkland, and cutting back. Watching Kirkland try to adjust was entertaining. His listed weight was 275, just as it had been years earlier when he was going to Pro Bowls with the Steelers, but Eagles teammates later speculated that “Big Daddy” went about 320 during his year with the Birds, which turned out to be his last in the NFL at age 33. Think ocean liner trying to reverse direction, or …
While driving across the city last night I was fortunate enough to catch the DeSean Jackson Radio show ‘LIVE from the Philadelphia airport’ for the first time ever. Interesting intro to say the least.
DeSean seemed to be in a decent mood after the Eagles sloppy and mind-boggling loss to the lowly Oakland Raiders Sunday evening. However he did have a few comments for his fellow teammates that I’m sure he hasn’t told them in person yet. When asked by Brian Seltzer about what happened at the end of the first half when Donovan used a timeout the Eagles didnt have, DeSean had this to say:
Donovan needs to be better aware of the clock in that situation and know where we stand as far as timeouts.
DeSean went on to explain that play call was for a wildcat formation and everyone was a little bit iffy as to who was supposed to be in and where. Michael Vick ended up going out in motion with DeSean in the slot and before McNabb knew it, the play clock was down to :01 and he just burned a timeout real fast out of pure instinct.
After explaining this play, Brian Seltzer poked a little bit deeper asking whats the deal with the wildcat and Michael Vick. Pointing out the fact that is doesnt seem to working and the wildcat has produced very few positive yardage plays so far this season. DeSean’s response:
Michael Vick needs to become more productive when he’s out there.
Now I understand the frustration from losing to the Oakland Raiders, but how does DeSean expect Vick to become productive if he can barely get into the game, coming in every 25 plays to act as a decoy once a drive and not see the field until the next quarter.
DeSean is definitely right when it comes to your veteran leader, and Pro Bowl Quarterback Donovan McNabb knowing where you are during the course of the game and how many timeouts his team has. However I disagree with DeSean’s points made about Michael Vick. I think the Birds need to get back to basics and utilize all their offensive weapons. Vick should definitely be seeing some more PT if the Eagles expect him to get acclimated back to the NFL and be a positive asset to this team moving forward.
“It really didn’t come up,” Vick told Philadelphia reporters this week in advance of Sunday’s game against the Raiders at The Coliseum. The issue came up after former Colts coach Tony Dungy, who advised Vick upon his release from prison, said on NBC’s “Football Night in America” on Sunday that he told Vick not to sign with the Raiders because it was “not a good place,” referring to ownership. Vick said, “I just think if I would have went there, there just would have been a lot of quarterback controversy.” He got that right. Second-year starter JaMarcus Russell is the high-paid face of the NFL’s worst offense in scoring, total yards and passing yards. If vocal fans scream for backup Bruce …
Donnie F was back under center yesterday and looked pin point accurate, going 16 for 21, for 264 yards passing and 3 touchdowns, including a beautifully thrown 51 yards needle threader to rookie Jeremy Maclin in the first quarter, as the Eagles continued to dominate the league’s weak, cruising to a 33-14 victory at the Linc yesterday.
Jemery Maclin finally emerged and lived up to the first round pick, catching 6 passes for 142 yards and 2 touchdowns, Brian Westbrook got into the end zone for the first time this year, as this one was never in doubt from the onset. This game was won more on the defense side. Constant pressure on quarterback Josh Johnson and forced him into three INT’s, giving the Eagles solid field position all day, which they took advantage of often.
The feast against the feeble continues next week as the Birds travel to Oakland to take on the winless Raiders at 4pm next Sunday.
ANDY REID can claim his 100th regular-season victory as the Eagles’ coach tomorrow, in a remarkable 11-season run that has included a little of just about everything except a Lombardi Trophy.Team chairman Jeffrey Lurie and president Joe Banner remain huge Reid boosters; the Daily News has learned they have initiated talks aimed toward extending Reid’s contract, which runs through next season. That wasn’t something the coach wanted to talk about yesterday during his end-of-the-week news conference, however.”I love the Philadelphia Eagles, but right now I’m focused in on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers,” he said. Asked whether he wants to sign up for another coaching stint, Reid gave the same …
Andy Reid could have more than his 100th regular season win coming soon. The Eagles coach might have a new contract.During an interview with Larry Kane that is to be aired tomorrow on the Comcast Network, team president Joe Banner said that he expects the Eagles to renew Reid’s contract before it expires after next season.”Yeah, I’m sure it will be,” Banner said. “We have a phenomenal relationship with him. We view him as [being] in the top couple of coaches in the league.”Reid’s record suggests as much. In his 11th season in Philadelphia, he is 99-63-1 with a .610 winning percentage. Only the Patriots’ Bill Belichick and the Titans’ Jeff Fisher have more victories among active coaches. …
It happens in the NFL almost weekly: A veteran gets hurt and a younger player gets his chance.Sometimes the veteran returns to assume his spot, other times he does not and the change becomes the moment when one player began to descend and the other started to rise.Last week, might have been that moment for Kevin Curtis and Jeremy Maclin. For the second straight game, Maclin will start at wide receiver in place of the injured Curtis.While he wasn’t officially named the starter against the Kansas City Chiefs until a doubtful Curtis was listed inactive two hours prior to kickoff, Maclin has been deemed a first-teamer for tomorrow’s game against Tampa Bay no matter Curtis’ condition.The Eagles …
It’s difficult to envision many quarterback matchups in which resumes could be more disparate than Sunday’s game pitting Josh Johnson against Donovan McNabb. The Bucs’ 2008 fifth-round draft pick is set to make his second start, this time against the Eagles’ 1999 first-round pick, who is the franchise’s career leader in passing yards, completions and touchdown passes. McNabb is set to return from a broken rib that sidelined him for two games. Suddenly, Johnson squares off against a player he has admired. “I’ve watched him his whole career,” Johnson said. “He’s a special player. I feel like it’s an honor just to go out and finally see him live and be on the other side of the field.” After a …
Even with an emerging star in DeSean Jackson and complementary pieces around him, the Eagles stunned their fans in April by trading up two spots to draft receiver Jeremy Maclin. But with each passing day, the pick seems more sensible and to have been made out of necessity. Veteran receiver Kevin Curtis missed practice again Friday with knee soreness, the persistent swelling that’s frequently keeping him out of the lineup and paving the way for Maclin’s second consecutive start. The coaches aren’t publicly admitting Curtis’ career could be seriously jeopardized, but they aren’t ruling out the idea of shutting down the 31-year-old receiver for a long time. Curtis missed the Eagles’ last game …
Barring a major upset, Eagles coach Andy Reid will get his 100th career victory Sunday against the winless Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The win would place Reid in rather esteemed company. Only 34 head coaches — roughly the number of Oakland Raiders coaches in the past decade — have won at least 100 games. Only three active coaches — New England’s Bill Belichick, Tennessee’s Jeff Fisher and the Giants’ Tom Coughlin — have more victories. But the Eagles’ head coach insists he hasn’t given his imminent entrance into the Century Club a second of thought. “I think that’s very important as a head coach that you don’t do that . . . that you stay focused on the job at hand and strive to win football …
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