NEW ORLEANS – In their NFC Divisional Playoff game against the New Orleans Saints, the Philadelphia Eagles – for one quarter – were able to flip the script from their previous visit to the Superdome (a 48-7 loss on November 18) but Drew Brees and the Saints did a rewrite of their own and advanced […]
EAGLES DEFEAT CHICAGO, 16-15, IN WILD CARD ROUND * Philadelphia defeated Chicago, 16-15, in last night’s Wild Card game at Soldier Field, marking the team’s first road playoff win since 1/11/09 at N.Y. Giants (W, 23-11). * It was also the closest margin of victory in Eagles postseason history (previously 3 points on 1/7/07 vs. […]
When the game against the Washington Redskins gets started (4:25 PM FOX), the only thing Eagles players and coaches plan to do is try to win the game. According to every Eagle coach and player, there will be no scoreboard watching to see how the Chicago Bears are doing against the Minnesota Vikings or how […]
INDIANAPOLIS – Last week, the newly-crowned NFC East champion Dallas Cowboys invaded Lucas Oil Stadium to face the Indianapolis Colts and failed to score in a 23-point loss. On Sunday, the Giants played the same opponent in the same venue and put 27 points on the board. And it still wasn’t enough to win. Despite […]
A look at seven statistical highlights from games played at 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. ET on Sunday, December 23, the 16th week of the 2018 season. * The NEW ORLEANS SAINTS defeated Pittsburgh, 31-28, and clinched home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs. With the Steelers’ loss, the HOUSTON TEXANS clinched a playoff berth. * […]
The National Football League announced that G Brandon Brooks, DT Fletcher Cox and TE Zach Ertz have been named to the 2019 Pro Bowl. Brooks and Ertz were named Pro Bowlers for the first time following the 2017 season (2018 Pro Bowl), while this year marks Cox’s fourth-consecutive and fourth-overall Pro Bowl selection. Brooks originally […]
Something happened on the way to the Eagles elimination from the 2018/19 playoffs. The Birds won a game they had no business winning. After their loss to the Dallas Cowboys, all the talk was about next year and how the Eagles would rebound after losing to the LA Rams effectively ending the season with no […]
Zach Ertz established a new single-season franchise record for receptions (currently 93), surpassing the previous mark of 90 set by Brian Westbrook in 2007.
Ertz’s 93 receptions are tied for the 13th-most by a TE in NFL history. He is only 7 receptions shy of becoming just the fourth TE in NFL history to reach 100 in a season, joining Jason Witten in 2012 (110), Tony Gonzalez in 2004 (102) and Dallas Clark in 2009 (100).
The Giants are starting to get that winning attitude back and it is obvious they like it. It wasn’t eas y Sunday against the NFC North leading Chicago Bears. Big Blue collapsed in the final minutes letting a 27-17 lead evaporate over the last 1:49 left in regulation. The Giants defense seem helpless as former […]
When Giants rookie sensation Sequon Barkley scored on a 51-yard touchdown run with 4:06 left in the first half, the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles looked dead in the water, falling behind 19-3 at the Linc. The Birds were dead in the water not just for the game, the season. Then the heart this […]
