I understand the altering of reality around football season dude.
Maybe my reality is a little deluded, but so far with the addition of DE /DT Darren Howard(Saints), 1st Rd pick DT Broderick Bunkley, this new young DE who came totally out of nowhere J.Thomas(5.5 sacks in the preseason, 1 so far this season), and blossoming 2nd Year men DE Trent Cole(2 sacks Sunday), and DT Mike Patterson(led all rookie DTs in sacks last season), the Eagles D Line has looked STOUDT.
They have so many stud lineman that they actually rotated the entire 1st and 2nd team lines in alternate series on Sunday, and totally dominated the line of scrimmage(Held the backs to about 50yds rushing and sacked Carr 5 times).
Adding LB Shawn Barber back into the mix will help(he is first backup at all LB positions), and 2nd year OLB Matt McCoy is one of those undersize superfast sideline to sideline type LBs. All world MLB Jerimiah Trotter will again be roving the field for the Eagles.
Pro Bowler Lito Sheppard just got hurt, but the Eagles swear the kid backing him up (3d yr player Roderick Hood)is actually a better player. I don't know if he's better, but he is certainly a MUCH harder hitter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp0Rubps ... ed&search=
Lito was the only guy in the secondary that wasn't a big hitter. Dawkins, Lewis and Brown all lay SERIOUS lumber on hits(see video below, hehehehe).
Then again, Lito aint bad himself either:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsNXszfJ ... ed&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sThKaPfX ... ed&search=
Sure, Dante Stallworth and Westbrook and McNabb and LJ Smith should all have big years, but it's DEFENSE that wins Championships.
It's the Eagles DEFENSE that has me seeing great things for this team.
Hopefully we'll have no more debacles like last year. That'll probably be what happenss with Dallas.... <img src=newicons/saevil.gif border=0 align=middle>
<b>Eagles secondary greatest hits video</b>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSHDuB1_KJk
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