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Why playoffs are not for the Birds

November 18th, 2009

CONSIDERING THE PATH the Eagles took to earn their last two postseason invitations, you half expect Andy Reid to open his midweek news conference today by saying, “OK, we got ‘em right where we want ‘em, boys.” After back-to-back losses to the Cowboys and Chargers, Reid’s Eagles will lug a disappointing 5-4 record to Chicago for Sunday night’s game against the Bears. This is familiar November territory for them. A year ago, they were a seemingly dead-in-the-water 5-5-1 after a home loss to the Giants, an ugly, 13-13 overtime tie with the Bengals and a 29-point road loss to the Ravens that saw a desperate Reid bench his five-time Pro Bowl quarterback, Donovan McNabb, who was playing lousy …

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