Eagles

Since I wear a lot of Eagles gear I have found that I am asked quite often, even by strangers,  what I think of the Eagles chance this season since they dumped McNabb. (and 13 other players) Everyone seems to act like McNabb was the only big change the Birds made this off season but in fact they dumped a ton of players and in the process are now the youngest team in the league.  They only have one non-kicker over 30. The average age on the team is 24 years old.

It may look odd to read this but I am probably more excited this season than any in at least a half a decade.  To me, the unknown that a team of talented young players brings is more exciting than what I was looking at otherwise.

Yep if they kept McNabb I could expect the Eagles to finish above .500, make the playoffs and then have McNabb ultimately fall apart when the chips are down.  McNabb has always been a gifted athlete but when push comes to shove and the pressure was high I just had no confidence in him delivering.  To be fair, sometimes he did deliver in high pressure situations but those were few and far between.  The sloppy, slow, way he ran the Eagles towards the end of the Super Bowl will never get out of my head.

Anyway, with Kolb I have no idea how he will do.  Maybe he will suck, the Eagles will finish 4-12 and I will be wishing for number 5 to be back.  But, he may do GREAT.  It will be such a pleasure to see a QB that doesn’t throw half a dozen balls in the dirt every game or one that artificially inflates his completion percentage by throwing tons of 3 yards passes.

I’m ready for something different and that is one thing that I am guaranteed to see this year.  I’m pumped for it.