- It's Dallas week! The Cowboys play at home tonight against Tennessee.With a win they will invade the Linc next Sunday night at 4-4, same as the Birds. It will be a zoo. It's the Cowboys, in a key NFC East prime-time game. Philly has a week off. It's the Philadelphia debut of WR Golden Tate.
Watching the Redskins choke at home against the mediocre Falcons, the Eagles should win their division if they take care of business in the division. That gets the birds into the playoffs and a home playoff game. No bye, plus two road games would follow. But the Eagles have the experience and know how to win big games.
Granted, road games against New Orleans and Los Angeles look daunting, but in the playoffs, maybe the Eagles only play either the Saints or Rams, not both. They missed played New Orleans lst year, got the Vikings instead, and the rest was history.
Going 6-2 in the second half of the season would give Philly a 10-6 record, good enough to win NFC East. I had the birds winning over 10 1/2 games this season, so my wager would be lost. But getting back into the post-season, where anything can happen, is worth it.
Looking back, how did the Eagles ever lose to Tennessee and Tampa bay? Plus they blew a 17-point lead in the 4th quarter at home to Carolina. Win two of those games and they now stand at 6-2 instead of 4-4 and we are talking seeding in the playoffs.
I went 2-1 against the spread yesterday in the NFL, to my record for the year stands at 13-6, not bad.
- The Sixers lost an embarrassing game Sunday night in Brooklyn, committing 27 turnovers. They are now 6-5 in the early season, undefeated at home but winless on the road. one has to wonder how much longer head coach Brett Brown will stay on. Sixers ownership isn't very in-tune with basketball operations, so, Brown, the puppet he is, may last the rest of the season, but is brown the answer long-term?
- Even though free agency is now open, little has happened in the first few days. Clayton Kershaw stayed with the Dodgers, signing a three-year extension. The Cubs picked up the option on Cole Hamels. otherwise, things are quiet.
Once the ice is broken, and a standard is set with either Bryce Harper or Manny Machado, the other free agents will fall in line.
To me, the Phillies need a big bat and a lefty starting pitcher. They can fill in the rest- catcher, bullpen help, third baseman, with trades down the road.
- There were pictures in the paper of Carson Wentz and Mike Trout hunting together this week in North Dakota. Hopefully Wentz is quietly campaigning for Trout to jump ship and ask the Angels to deal him to the Phillies even before he becomes a free agent in 2021.
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