Brian Dawkins number retired

Before the game tonight, Brian Dawkins No.20 jersey was retired in a pre-game ceremony.  People watching the game in person and from their televisions had the honor of seeing him introduced with the team, as he came out of the tunnel wearing his Eagles green, Lincoln Financial Field was roaring.  This is officially the last time we will see the legend come out of the tunnel as he put on a show for the fans doing his trademark crawl.  Dawkins will forever be an Eagle, his passion for the game was a perfect fit for the city of brotherly love.  His relentlessness on the field and the many memories he brought to the city will never be forgotten.  This man is the best Eagle to play the game in my lifetime.  Growing up and watching this man has been a pleasure.  He motivated me to play the game, and play the game hard, just like him.  The guy known as Weapon X will forever be an Eagle.

Sunday Night Preview

The Eagles look to bounce back tonight after a embarrassing loss to the Cardinals last week, but the Giants will be no easy task.  The Giants come in a little more banged up then the Eagles, Hakeem Nicks will not be playing, and Bradshaw will attempt to give it a go after sitting out last week with the neck injury.  Andy Reid's teams have always been resilient and I believe they will play a lot better than they did last week.  NFC East games are always exciting, look for this game to be a smash mouth game, with it coming down to the very end.  I have the Eagles winning 35-31

Regular Refs Return Tonight!

Well it only took the monday night meltdown on the hailmary pass from the Seahawks to get the NFL front office to realize that they need the real refs back out on the field.  Sparking conversations, Roger Goodell has now lifted the lockout and the refs will be officiating tonights game between the Ravens and Browns.  The new agreement will be voted on before sundays games and all games will have the real NFL refs back in action.  Finally some real football can be watched.  Finally we won't be seeing any of this:

Week 4 Picks

My Picks to WIN the games are highlighted in green.

Thursday  Ravens   Browns

Sunday games

Patriots    Bills
Lions   Vikings
Falcons  Panthers
49ers  Jets
Chargers    Chiefs
Texans  Titans
Seahawks    Rams
Cardinals  Dolphins
Broncos    Raiders
Bengals   Jaguars
Packers    Saints
Eagles    Giants

Monday night

Cowboys     Bears

Replacement Ref's really did it this time...

The replacement refs really did it this time, actually giving away a win to the Seahawks on this blown call.  First of all Tate should have been called for offensive pass interference when he shoved away a Packers defender and secondly, clearly a Packers player came away with the ball.  It's absurd to see what Roger Goodell is allowing to happen in this league week in and week out.  He can't allow the refs to keep dictating how these games go, that's not football and from a fan and aspiring football journalist, it's ruining the game.  This needs to stop and the NFL needs to make an agreement with the real refs soon or we're going to continue to see horrible calls in each game.

Week 3 picks

My picks to win the games are highlighted in green.

Thursday night game: 
9/20 8:20 ET NY Giants    -1 At Carolina 

Sunday games:

9/23 1:00 ET At Chicago    -7.5 St. Louis
9/23 1:00 ET At Dallas    -7 Tampa Bay
9/23 1:00 ET San Francisco    -7 At Minnesota 
9/23 1:00 ET Detroit    -3 At Tennessee
9/23 1:00 ET At Washington    -3.5 Cincinnati 
9/23 1:00 ET NY Jets    -3 At Miami 
9/23 1:00 ET At New Orleans    -9 Kansas City 
9/23 1:00 ET Buffalo    -3 At Cleveland 
9/23 1:00 ET At Indianapolis    -3 Jacksonville
9/23 4:05 ET Philadelphia    -4 At Arizona 
9/23 4:05 ET At San Diego    -3 Atlanta 
9/23 4:25 ET Houston    -1.5 At Denver 
9/23 4:25 ET Pittsburgh    -5 At Oakland 
9/23 8:25 ET At Baltimore    -3 New England 

Monday Night Football game:
      
9/24 8:35 ET Green Bay    -3.5 At Seattle 

Week 2 Predictions

Teams highlighted in the color green are my picks to win the games.

Thursday night game:
9/13 8:20 ET At Green Bay   Chicago 

Sunday games:
9/16 1:00 ET At NY Giants  Tampa Bay
9/16 1:00 ET At New England    Arizona 
9/16 1:00 ET Minnesota    At Indianapolis 
9/16 1:00 ET New Orleans At Carolina  
9/16 1:00 ET At Buffalo  Kansas City  
9/16 1:00 ET At Philadelphia   Baltimore
9/16 1:00 ET Oakland  At Miami 
9/16 1:00 ET At Cincinnati  Cleveland 
9/16 1:00 ET Houston   At Jacksonville 
9/16 4:05 ET Dallas At Seattle 
9/16 4:05 ET Washington At St. Louis
9/16 4:25 ET At Pittsburgh  NY Jets 
9/16 4:25 ET At San Diego Tennessee 
9/16 8:20 ET At San Francisco  Detroit 

 Monday Night Football 
      
9/17 8:35 ET At Atlanta  Denver

Eagles vs Ravens preview

We all saw how sloppy the Eagles offense was against the Browns, but let's not forget something, the Browns were ranked in the top ten in total defense last year.  Vick was running for his life most of the game with constant pressure in his face.  The offensive line needs to do a better job at protecting their franchise player.  This team is talented, there is no argument there, but the team will only go as far as Vick can take them, so why not protect him more?  Flacco looked brilliant on Monday Night Football against the Bengals going 21-29 for 299 yards and 2 TDs.   Eagles defense matches up well with the Ravens.  The Eagles secondary was playing at a high level in week one, with ten passes defended and four interceptions, so don't be worried about the Ravens throwing on the Eagles.  As for Ray Rice... well Trent Richardson was only able to notch 39 yards on 19 carries.  Remember, teams get better as the season goes on, i'm excited to see how this defense comes out in week 2.

NFC East Prediction

This division is the hardest to pick.  In my opinion all four teams will be competitive all season long.  The Redskins will end up finishing last, RGIII is a rookie and like every rookie he will have a learning curve.  The Giants are going to fall off this year, yes they won the superbowl last year, but statistically teams don't do as hot the following year which I think holds true this year.  As we saw in wednesday nights game, Eli and the Giants struggled at home against the Cowboys.  Victor Cruz dropped three passes which is a side of him we didn't see last year.  The Giants were only able to gain 269 total yards on offense compared to the Cowboys 433 total yards.  The Giants secondary couldn't cover anyone that night.  Cowboys number 3 receiver Kevin Ogletree had 2 touchdowns...Giants finish 3rd in this division, with the Cowboys finishing 2nd and possibly sneaking into the playoffs via wildcard.  The Philadelphia Eagles have the most potential in this division.  From the top to the bottom of the roster, this team is filled with talent, now all they have to do is go out and perform on the field.  It will come down to Mike Vick staying healthy, but this team is dangerous.  The defense parted ways with CB Asante Samuel in the off-season but now DRC and Nnamdi are now playing the outside CB positions that they are used too.  They also added former Pro-Bowl MLB DeMeco Ryans who should be a leader for this defense and could spark this team to become one of the best in the league.  Eagles finish 12-4 this season and win the NFC East.

Welcome! (repost)

Hi, My name is Sean Breen and I'm a student at West Chester University.  I am majoring in English writing and minoring in journalism.  In my future, my goal is to become a sports writer.  I grew up playing baseball and football and now find myself analyzing the games as I watch seeing things that the average watcher typically would not.  I wrote for the school paper last fall, covering four the of the West Chester University football games and had a blast doing so, interviewing players after each game.  My favorite sports teams are the Philadelphia Phillies and the Philadelphia Eagles.  I love football and it's a passion of mine.  Expect to hear a lot about the NFL!

AFC West Prediction

This division will surprise some people.  There is a lot of potential from these teams.  But i'm not too high on the Chiefs, which I believe will finish dead last in the division.  The scary combination of Jamaal Charles and Peyton Hillis looks good on paper, but they're both coming off injuries and you don't really know if they can stay healthy a whole year.  The Raiders will most likely finish 3rd.  They have had the ability to shoot themselves in the foot over and over again with all the stupid penalties they get, and in my opinion you cant win any kind of sports championship without having discipline.  Although I believe the Chargers will have a better year than the last couple, I do not think they'll win the division.  We haven't seen the Rivers we're used to seeing in a couple years, but he's due for a big year.  Vincent Jackson is gone, but they still have Malcom Floyd, and Antonio Gates. They added Robert Meachem in the off season, so Rivers still has a lot of weapons on offense, but is it enough?  Not to win the division, their best shot will be to win the wild card, if that.  The Denver Broncos are a team I'm really high on this year, with the addition of Peyton Manning I believe the sky is the limit for them.  In Peyton's last preseason against the Niners, he went 10-12 for 122 yards, 2TDs and 0 INTs.  Peyton did look bad early on in preseason, but he's still shaking off the rust of sitting out for a year.  He's got weapons in Decker and Thomas, and even TE Tamme who he played together with in the Colts organization.  The defense is fierce, and this team is scary.  Considering the Broncos were my pick to represent the AFC in the Superbowl, look for them to win at least 10 games in the regular season.