Eagles win NFC East! Take on Saints Saturday Night at LINC

Wow wow wow WOW! The Eagles are heading back to the playoffs! After two seasons of hype and turnovers and disappointment, the Eagles are once again NFC East champions and did it in the sweetest way possible. Defeating the Dallas Cowboys to send them home at yet again a 8-8 record. Hiring Chip Kelly was a promising move but nobody expected this type of performance in his first year. After blowing the roof off the Chicago Bears Sunday Night, the Eagles learned they would have to take on the Cowboys in a winner go on loser go home situation. Well a Christmas present arrived for the Eagles when Cowboys QB Tony Romo was ruled out for the rest of the season after a herniated disk was suffered in the big comeback win against Washington in week 16. Well yes Tony Romo didn't play but yet he was still there in spirit when backup QB Kyle Orton threw a last minute interception to Brandon Boykin to put the game on ice. The defense was the big story of the night. Three clutch plays by Connor Barwin, Carry Williams, and Brandon Boykin was needed to get a 24-22 victory. Monte Kiffin's defense was bad this year lets make that clear, but for some reason he knew how to make Nick Foles struggle again. Although Foles had another 200 yard passing performance and 2 touchdowns to 0 interceptions, he struggled at times with decision making. Can we all agree Lesean McCoy is a stud? A 130 yard rushing night with a touchdown claiming the rushing title was the best way to cap the best season of any Eagles running back in our history. Of course McCoy could not have done this without the offensive line which to me is the best in football. Jason Peters and Evan Mathis were flat out stellar on the left side and on the right side is a bit weaker but Todd Heremans and Lane Johnson improved week by week. But the sneaky MVP of the offense was center Jason Kelce. Watching game tape shows Kelce getting to the second and third level making blocks on corners and safeties is something not all centers can do. Foles proved to me that even in tough situations, he keeps his poise and adjusts during the game. If Michael Vick would have played in this game, he would have ran around and tried to make a play on that third and long rather than do what Nick Foles did and stay in bounds to kill the clock and only give the Cowboys 1:45 to work with down by 2. He will be the key in the playoffs if we are going to win a super bowl. Yes win the Lombardi is where I am looking, why shouldn't we? We are in the playoffs with one of the hottest teams in all of the NFL. The NFC East title is nice but this team is capable of beating the Saints and after that who knows. One thing that concerns me this Satruday is Jimmy Graham. Jason Witten had over 100 yards receiving and 12 receptions last Sunday.....Imagine what Graham will do if we allow him the same opportunities. Now what happened in Dallas was Mychal Kendricks covered Witten which was clearly not a good size match up for the Eagles. This week I would put and expect this to happen, Connor Barwin will need to cover Graham. He is athletic and fast enough to keep up but what he has that we need is length and size. With the 3 seed in the NFC the game will be at Lincoln Financial Field so expect a rowdy crowd. The Saints are a different team on the road everyone knows that, but Drew Brees is still the Quarterback so the defense needs to pressure him early and often throughout the game to make him uncomfortable.

Prediction: Eagles 28-24 Saints

Carolina here we come! (Maybe)