Are the Eagles a L_ck next week vs Arizona?

[El Stugoto]

Eagles have one of the best secondaries in the league, and an underrated pass rush. they will get pressure and force warner to throw before he wants to. this will limit the arizona's deep threats.

PLUS - Most people dont know this, but Donovan lives in Arizona in the offseason, including westbrook. He calls arizona home. All of his WRs work out down there all offseason. He will feel VERY confortable this weekend! He is going to throw the ball all over the place. ESPECIALLY with the weak AZ socondary.

AZ will not be able to put up points with the Eagles this week. This game is a huge mismatch

Eagles 31
Arizona 17

 

[El Stugoto]

soorry, wetbrook works out down there with him. he doesnt live there

 

[RonMexico]

here is something interesting cards are the biggest homedogs in a conference title games since '79 bucs..............and homedogs are 4-6-1 and I got this stuff from another site

 

[Ramonskee]

Eagles have one of the best secondaries in the league, and an underrated pass rush. they will get pressure and force warner to throw before he wants to. this will limit the arizona's deep threats.

PLUS - Most people dont know this, but Donovan lives in Arizona in the offseason, including westbrook. He calls arizona home. All of his WRs work out down there all offseason. He will feel VERY confortable this weekend! He is going to throw the ball all over the place. ESPECIALLY with the weak AZ socondary.

AZ will not be able to put up points with the Eagles this week. This game is a huge mismatch

Eagles 31
Arizona 17

wasn't the falcons' offense vs the cardinals' defense a huge mismatch?
wasn't the panthers' off/def overall vs the cardinals' off/def a huge mismatch?

cardinals just have it all going their way. but they could also resort to being the cardinals of the regular season and get destroyed. mcnabb can also suck it up and have a horrible game. this is definitely a "i wouldn't be surprised either way" because i really wouldn't.

 

[Scans33]

wasn't the falcons' offense vs the cardinals' defense a huge mismatch?
wasn't the panthers' off/def overall vs the cardinals' off/def a huge mismatch?

cardinals just have it all going their way. but they could also resort to being the cardinals of the regular season and get destroyed. mcnabb can also suck it up and have a horrible game. this is definitely a "i wouldn't be surprised either way" because i really wouldn't.

I couldn't agree more .... might be a close game or blowout either way, who the hell knows? 2 Jekyll & Hyde teams for sure.

 

[Dilrod]

"2 Jekyll & Hyde teams for sure"

can't wait to see guys bumping their threads congratulating themselves on bein pro cappers when this game looks totally unpredictable

 

[midman2161]

One thing that you can't do is compare this to the regular season matchup which Philly dominated. I see a lot of posts with people talking about how Philly did so-and-so against Zona Thanksgiving night. But that was just an awful spot for Zona, who had been awful on the East Coast to begin with and had to travel for that game on 3 days rest. Now they will have had a full week and will be playing at home, so it really is a completely different game/situation.

 

[Kevin36]

Mcnabb is the worst QB for a Lock. He shit in his pant too often.I'm not racist or anything but black QB is a no trust game after game,I mean they look good this week and then look like a idiot next week.

Mcnabb said ,"Oh I didn't know we have a tie in NFL"

 

[RonMexico]

what surprises me is the cards are very good at home........thats why I thought they would be favored at least by 1

 

[AsianGodofGambler]

cards cover this weekend or theres gonna be bad bad NEWS

 

[GOFOR2]

Ariz/Phi will go into overtime and Mcnabb will wish there was a tie and both teams could go represent the NFC (zona will win) but they will need to combine their teams to have a shot at beating the Stillers!

 

[gobucks]

GoGo- Ready to call this a triple banko? I would rather call it that than a l ck.

 

[GoGoBird]

So has anything changed over the course of the week? Doesn't seem like it

 

[VoiceofReason101]

I don't do write ups so I'll let the Sports Guy speak for me

Refuse to type or say the word but have looked at this game many different ways and under no way shape or form does GoGo not see the Eagles winning this game going away. Something like 31-17 looks about right. Have not had a gut feeling as strong as this all season. Cards backers please provide some sanity as to why the Cards will hang here.

CARDINALS (+4) over Eagles

1. Other than that 70-yard screen pass in Minnesota, Brian Westbrook has looked more banged-up than Mickey Rourke this month. Same for Jon Runyan. And I don't know what to make of Asante Samuel -- one minute he's picking off passes, the next minute he has 14 doctors working on him. They don't look healthy to me.
2. Loved the way Zona played at home two weeks ago when the crowd kept affecting Atlanta's snap count. If I'm the Cards, I'm closing that dome, getting the fans riled up and hiring Bill Polian to give them tips on pumping in fake crowd noise. And if they can get a lead, we know they can run the ball at least a little bit ... right?
3. Donovan McNabb, meet Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie! You know he's throwing him one.
<!-- INLINE NFL.com Video (BEGIN) --> NFL.com Video
A preview of the NFC Championship Game between the Eagles and the Cardinals.


<!-- INLINE NFL.com Video (END) --> 4. Just like Andy Reid will blow one challenge in this game, Fitzgerald will make one huge play and possibly two. Plus four or five other good ones. Which reminds me -- the first Super Bowl that I can remember watching was Super Bowl X, when Lynn Swann made the famous catch when he was falling down, the ball got tipped, and then he hauled it in. Nobody passed much back then, so we all thought this was an incredible sports moment. Can you imagine what the reaction would be in 1975 if Swann had made one of those patented Fitzgerald "jumping over two guys, catching the pass three feet over his helmet, then holding onto the ball as he crashes to the ground" catches? He would have been bigger than Bruce Jenner.
5. Take it from someone who got crapped on by a bird right before the 2004 baseball playoffs: Any time something weird is going on with birds and sports, you roll with it.
6. Of the four remaining teams, the Cards have the best case for "Nobody believed in us!" status; we complained they made the playoffs, discounted them and made them underdogs at home this weekend, nobody seems to be making a case for them, and beyond that, they're the Cardinals! They're like the Clippers with better uniforms, for God's sake. Could NFL Network even come up with one hour of footage for a documentary on the Cards franchise? When we come back, it's the greatest game in Arizona history -- the time Jake Plummer beat a washed-up Cowboys team!
7. The Phillies win the World Series, the Eagles are making a Super Bowl run, every Philly sports fan is starting to relax ... historically, isn't this right when they get kicked in the teeth? I'm just thinking out loud.
8. The line moved a full point ... toward the Eagles. Translation: Nobody likes the Cards. Do you really want to join the general gambling public on a pick?
9. For two straight rounds, Philly was handed the football equivalent of a sewage pump leak from opposing QBs (Taint Jackson in Round 1, Eli-San in Round 2). This will not happen with Kurt Warner. And, yes, I am fully prepared to have this paragraph e-mailed to me if he throws four picks Sunday. Just concede there's an enormous competency difference with Warner versus Tarvaris, as well as Warner versus Eli in the wind. Or at least there should be.
10. You don't bet against God, puppies and gambling theories hatched in Pakistan.
The Pick: Arizona 26, Philly 20

 

[VoiceofReason101]

About point number 10

This e-mail from Richard in Islamabad, Pakistan, arrived Saturday, only I didn't read it until the second quarter of the Cards game (and we won't edit it so you get the full flavor): "I HOPE YOU GET THIS E-MAIL IN TIME. I put big money on the CARDS and you should do the same!!! I just got done reading your column and you said 'If you like the Panthers, you'd better really like them.' That is great but I just read a story where Kurt Warner was talking about his kids and said, 'My wife (Brenda) kind of put words in my mouth and told them if we won the Super Bowl, they could get a puppy.' YOU CANNOT BET AGAINST GOD AND PUPPIES. After I read the last story I put everything on the Cards. I wish I could have told you sooner but I'm in Pakistan and things move a lot slower here ... WE LOVE YOU OVER HERE."


Recent history has shown that a man and his puppy quest are virtually unstoppable.

The lesson, as always: I am HUGE in Pakistan. At least until I start making cricket picks. But let's talk about the Puppy Theory. We know it worked with Obama. We're one more Arizona victory away from it working with Warner. Could one of my legion of Pakistani diehards be onto something here? Could the NFC pick really be as simple as "Don't bet against God and puppies"? Will I be telling my kids next December that they're getting a puppy if I finish 11-0 on my 2010 playoff picks? Stay tuned.

 

[Selectrick]

This game is far from easy...Arizona has been playing well on the defensive side of the ball...this is for the NFC title...no easy games when you get this far...

"when you get this far" ? How many close Super Bowls have you ever watched? Hmmm?

 

[Jstack34]

Bump

 

[VoiceofReason101]

CARDINALS (+4) over Eagles

1. Other than that 70-yard screen pass in Minnesota, Brian Westbrook has looked more banged-up than Mickey Rourke this month. Same for Jon Runyan. And I don't know what to make of Asante Samuel -- one minute he's picking off passes, the next minute he has 14 doctors working on him. They don't look healthy to me.
2. Loved the way Zona played at home two weeks ago when the crowd kept affecting Atlanta's snap count. If I'm the Cards, I'm closing that dome, getting the fans riled up and hiring Bill Polian to give them tips on pumping in fake crowd noise. And if they can get a lead, we know they can run the ball at least a little bit ... right?
3. Donovan McNabb, meet Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie! You know he's throwing him one.
<!-- INLINE NFL.com Video (BEGIN) --> NFL.com Video
A preview of the NFC Championship Game between the Eagles and the Cardinals.


<!-- INLINE NFL.com Video (END) --> 4. Just like Andy Reid will blow one challenge in this game, Fitzgerald will make one huge play and possibly two. Plus four or five other good ones. Which reminds me -- the first Super Bowl that I can remember watching was Super Bowl X, when Lynn Swann made the famous catch when he was falling down, the ball got tipped, and then he hauled it in. Nobody passed much back then, so we all thought this was an incredible sports moment. Can you imagine what the reaction would be in 1975 if Swann had made one of those patented Fitzgerald "jumping over two guys, catching the pass three feet over his helmet, then holding onto the ball as he crashes to the ground" catches? He would have been bigger than Bruce Jenner.
5. Take it from someone who got crapped on by a bird right before the 2004 baseball playoffs: Any time something weird is going on with birds and sports, you roll with it.
6. Of the four remaining teams, the Cards have the best case for "Nobody believed in us!" status; we complained they made the playoffs, discounted them and made them underdogs at home this weekend, nobody seems to be making a case for them, and beyond that, they're the Cardinals! They're like the Clippers with better uniforms, for God's sake. Could NFL Network even come up with one hour of footage for a documentary on the Cards franchise? When we come back, it's the greatest game in Arizona history -- the time Jake Plummer beat a washed-up Cowboys team!
7. The Phillies win the World Series, the Eagles are making a Super Bowl run, every Philly sports fan is starting to relax ... historically, isn't this right when they get kicked in the teeth? I'm just thinking out loud.
8. The line moved a full point ... toward the Eagles. Translation: Nobody likes the Cards. Do you really want to join the general gambling public on a pick?
9. For two straight rounds, Philly was handed the football equivalent of a sewage pump leak from opposing QBs (Taint Jackson in Round 1, Eli-San in Round 2). This will not happen with Kurt Warner. And, yes, I am fully prepared to have this paragraph e-mailed to me if he throws four picks Sunday. Just concede there's an enormous competency difference with Warner versus Tarvaris, as well as Warner versus Eli in the wind. Or at least there should be.
10. You don't bet against God, puppies and gambling theories hatched in Pakistan.
The Pick: Arizona 26, Philly 20

:toast:

 

[SaltyVeteran]

LOCK :cripwalk: