What To expect from the Eagles

First of all I do not see a repeat of last year, not even close. The Eagles are coming in to the "09 season a healthier team for starters, we have added key players, and all the guys from last year have one more year under their belt as an eagle.

The Eagles have added some key players to their roster this year, by signing Asante Samuels, Chris Clemons, DeSean Jackson, and Lorenzo Booker. With the addition of Samuels that should definatly help our interception starved secondary out alot. As well as make them want to shine a little bit more. By adding Chris Clemmons we add speed on the line, He can definatly get to the QB, and if not make them throw the ball faster then they wanted to, therfore causing a bad pass, and its just a matter of who in the secondary wants to catch it!!! I don't think alot of people understand the significance of Clemmons.

With the signing of DeSean Jackson we have immediatly addressed the return game. No ifs ands or buts that this guy will come right in as a rookie and begin returning, as long as he can hold on to the rock! Now as a WR that is to be seen, the guy is fast, real fast! If he does come in as a WR he may not see a whole lot of passes, but he definatly will be a distraction to other secondaries, Now if he is open deep expect to see a long pass. When we signed Lorenzo Booker alot of people did not understand that this was big! He's young, fast and is capable of making big plays as well! This also gives B-west time to relax here and there and not take a beating all of the time. Now this also gives a the ability to run split backs. With that option alone we could set up dual screen plays , or designed trick plays around these two. The list is really endless as far as the scenerios go with those two!

So on offense just think about westbrook and booker in the back, with curtis, jackson, and brown lined up, that is alot of speed and playmakers on the field at one time, which will scare the crap out of defenses. " WHICH WAY DID HE GO GEORGE, WHICH WAY DID HE GO???? On top of everything i have said lets not forget that our man McNabb is coming in healthy, and so is L.J.!! I see us going at least 12-4 final predidction!!! Lets hear your feed back good or bad!!!
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12 - 4 you are dreaming!!!

we might take one loss to the giants, one to seatlle , throw one to the cowgirls, and one more. if the Eagles play then it can definatly be a reality!

we could easily go 12-4 this season, if everyone stays healthy on offense. the defense is STACKED this year. i can't wait to absolutly OWN all of the teams we play. all i gotta say is defense wins championships, ask the 2000 Ravens. With the best cornerback tandem in the NFL, and increadibly fast and skilled D line, young, fast, and smart Line Backers, and of course B DAWK, the likes of Dallas or any other team for that matter stand little to no chance of scoring more than 10 points a game on us. look out for the #1 or #2 defense in 2008. and always be weary of a 100% McNabb, 100% LJ Smith (thus renewing the team as a redzone threat), the always beastly Brian Westbrook, speedy and now expirienced Curtis, a healthy Offensive line (ala John Runyan), and new offensive features such as Doomsday Jackson and Booker. I personally see us alternating a "rocket" or "pony" style setting on O featuring 2 RBs (Westbrook and Booker/Buckhalter/Tony Hunt(?)), a TE (LJ Smith), 1 slot WR (Jackson/Avant), and one split wide WR (Kurtis, Brown (?), Jackson). i think we could easily run this to open up the feild to give multiple options to McNabb, who can now even fall back to his old weapon of scrambling. this offensive set would serve the eagles perfectly for 1st and 2nd down plays. just an observation. anyway, the entire team is stacked, and as Big Red said, we are set to win a championship. E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!!

thats what i am saying it can definatly happen

20-0 lol na
12-4 is good i see that

20-0 haha. You plan on our team playing the Pro Bowl team too?? lol And I think 12-4 can be a realistic goal if our team stays healthy. Most of our loses last year were 5 points or less, so it's not as much of a "reach" as some people would believe.

19-0...what the hell shoot for the moon....

i can see us goin 12-4 we did it a few years back and our d was not this good now all we got to do is wait and see how they play together

Hey when did the eagles sign asante Samuel's????

wow...

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It was sarcasm dumbass..His name is Asante Samuel, i don't understand why some people tend to call him Samuel's....That is all... My membership is now renewed lol...

a horrible, horrible attempt at it...make your membership to the "sense of humor club" should be revoked?

DTRIK go kill urself dude...I actually thought u were a smart intellagent birds fan untill u made retarded comments... I think ur comebacks should be revoked as well...

Your sarcasm was duly noted, but seeing phillyphan54's comment ignited my sense of humor - thus my funny, and (I thought) friendly response. You call me a dumbass and call DTRIK19's comments retarded, AND YET YOU MISSPELLED INTELLIGENT!!!!!! At this point, we could just continue sniping at each other, but I'd rather call a truce and get back to talking Eagles football. What do you say? "Why can't we all just get along...?"

sounds good but we'll have to see!!!! i still long for a trade after june 1st for a #wr!!!! if we getthat then i see us going 12-4 or 13-3!!!!

I see 11-5, maybe 12-4. I think we have the potential to have one of the top 3 defenses in the NFL. Offense can be more than solid if it stays healthy, we just need to score in the damn red zone. Special teams took a big improvement with DJ.

We Will definatel take 3 losses in the division, one way or another. And then a loss to seattle, and pittsburg. I see 11-5 best case.

i see a loss to the cowgirls and giants, but not one to the skins.....no way

wow "cowgirls" thats original...get over yourself and your Beagles...and u said you'll throw one to us??? Ha kinda like u threw us 38-17 at the linc last season...and for phillyphan54 who said there is little to no chance for scoring more than 10 points against your defense thats pretty funny too...your defense will be good but not that good...9-7 for u guys next season...hell maybe even below .500 cause u know mcnabb will get hurt AGAIN next season

bra shove ur little 2 inch D up ur a$$. and lets see you go 13-3 again, now that the first 5 weeks of ur season are against ACTUAL competition, rather than going against 5 teams that were 5-11 last year to start. our defense will eat out ur pu$$ies. expect several more pics like this on week 2.

Better show those pics of Jason Witten running over your secondary and motoring on with his helmet off, too.

Or the pics of Michael Irvin bumpin lines off prostitutes. Seriously though FIVER, you know I respect your thoughts and opinions, but bend over and take it like a Dallas fan when you enter an Eagles thread. If my fellow Eagle fans talk trash on a Cowboys thread....then have at em. But do us all a favor and not try to defend a moron who wonders into the wrong threads way too often.

Just didn't like the language or I probably wouldn't have commented at all. And as far as you, I'[ll go where I want, when I want and how I want. Thanks for the warning though. I'll respect your opinion also.

Agreed on the language...comment on that then. And you are more than welcome to go where you please...just be respectful (don't stoop to his ^ level, you will never win against people like him)

ok i apologize about the language

awwww mr. sensitive didn't like what I had to say...don't worry little buddy i'm sure u guys won't be last again...i'm sure you'll be 3rd ahead of the skins if your lucky...and our first 5 oponents were the giants, dolphins, bears, rams and bills 4 of which u guys also played so whats your point???? maybe u forgot that since we play in the same division that we play a similar schedule...so with playin that similar schedule we ended up 13-3 and u guys were 8-8...so bra get your facts straight and then come back and talk

The defense will be great, the offense who knows? True you have a lot of speed, but almost no size at all. Adding a big possession receiver would have been great, but what you have is what you have. Apparently the Eagles were real high on Booker last season and wanted to draft him but the Dolphins got him first. If you look at what went wrong last season, the reasons the Birds lost games, special teams, lack of turnovers. They seemed to have sured up those spots by adding Jackson not only as a kick/punt returner but also as an offensive weapon and Samuel as someone to perhaps jumps start this defense into getting more turnovers. Certainly it could be a good year, they aren't far and away better then anyone and they aren't far and away worse. I'd look for them to go 10-6, 11-5 if everything goes right. And I think you can be happy with a 10 win season.

Who knows about the offense? It was great last year, why would this year be any different? The only place they struggle was in the red zone...thats the only question we have on offense. The reason we lost games last year (besides Green Bay) was an inability to put the ball in the endzone. Sure takeaways are great and the return game always helps, but it comes down to being able to score 6 instead of 3.

That being said, their schedule is vary favorable and should conducive to pointing up points. Games againts the Rams, Bears, 49ers, Falcons, Cards, Bengals, and Ravens should all be winnable. I won't call them gimmes because you never know, but some of them are pretty damn close. Of the remaining 9 games, they get five of them at home including Pit and Cle. Divisional games they should be right around 4-2. 11-5 seems very, very likely this year. If not yet another NFC East crown ...a wildcard berth for sure.

we probably would have won the game if we had a decent returner... good thing we finally have one.

We could have won that game with a Pinkston as the returner....just flail the arms to indicated a fair catch and get the F out of the way because you're afraid of the guys coming after you = no muff

I'll wander to any thread I please...your a joke cause you have a double standard...how many times do u see eagle fans on here post a bs thread about dallas, how bout all the time smart guy...so yes I jump down there throats cause there posting pointless BS about us...so I come across this eagle thread which I thought would be interseting b/c it dealt with where philly may end up this season...since u guys r a division rival I was curious to see what u guys thought as far as where u guys might stand this season...first thing I see is talk about how philly will give one to the "cowgirls"...well dtrik19 thats where I will always jump in...if thats an issue for u then too bad...I'm sure u would do the same...and by the way when there is a cowboy thread u can guarantee there will be that philly following bashing us like u guys generally do...so stop cryin about a cowboy fan on an eagles thread givin his opinion.

You just proved how stupid you are...I guess Dallas fans are illiterate too? I was talking to FIVERINGS, a Cowboys fan I actually have respect for....not a POS like you. Enjoy your dirt star

dtrik19 did u not mention "a moron who wanders into the wrong threads way too often" and u told five not to defend him...if that "moron" wasn't me then who was it????and illiterate???u wish...I think we all know u guys r classified as the most ignorant of them all

I think we should let any Dallas fan go wherever they want to go. We all know they won't win a playoff game this year - for the 13th consecutive season. I'd be a little upset if the Dallas fans were actually intelligent.

However, the Dallas fans on Yardbarker are cretins. They can't even present a logical argument to support their thoughts. Dallas fans simply remind me how lucky we all are to be Philadelphia fans. Life is good.

19-0 NO DOUBT IN MY MIND

i think we'll go 13-3 this season ... i hope everyone on the squad stays healthy esp. Dawk, Westbrooke and Mcnabb.

The west coast O is mostly undersized in general and built around speed. but we need a power rusher to drive the ball down their throats late when we have a lead

lets hope hunt becomes that back

could the three headed monster be back? west, booker, and hunt

Well I can tell ya this much...they're definitely doing some bonding off the field. All 3 of them, along with Hugh Douglas were at the Mexican Post celebrating Cinco De Mayo last Monday evening. It'd be great to see them tear it up on the field...sad thing is...Hunt sucks.

ya no way Bucks goin any where. He will be used a lot on kick returns and a back. Buck is a beast.

Damn flyigglesfly have you been living under a rock or are you kidding.

hehas to be kidding

akers gets us one extra win/ d jackson gets us two/ LJ gets us one / samual get us one extra
on top of the 8 wins last year 12 wins total

akers gets us one extra win/ d jackson gets us two/ LJ gets us one / samual get us one extra
on top of the 8 wins last year 12 wins total

Love it PhilyPhan!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey love for the star you know i bet ya'll are still basking in that win i would be to if i were you, considering that in the last nine years, playing us twice a year and in nine years you have only won 5 times, YEAH like i said we'll give ya'll one this year.........MAYBE

Thanks for being so generous.

again i apologize for the language.

again i apologize for the language.