It Just Kills Me

Nobody said you have to know football to be a fan! I love Brees as much as the next person, but non-fans will always say that stuff until he has a Superbowl ring to validate it. The championship validates the TEAM not Brees. We went 8-8 and Brees missed the record by 15 yards, but we couldn’t make the playoffs. Yet Rothlisberger is considered ‘elite’ cause he made a good play. Doesn’t sound like the people you’re listening to understand respect, just bragging rights. Cheer up! By the end of this year, the Saints will have their rings, but the Eagles won’t.

The Eagles have been to the NFC championship game several times under Reid and McNabb, as well as the Super Bowl once. They’re also from a much larger market. I know that doesn’t matter a hill of beans to what’s transpiring this season, but it definitely plays a factor in general fan biases and/or media perception. The Saints will always be a small market team. There’s no getting around the demographics of the region. The only thing they can control is winning consistently … establishing that aura of eliteness that comes with multiple trips to the top of the playoff mountain. They still have their training wheels on, when it comes to all that.

To draw an analogy here, suppose two men die in their sleep. One is 87 years old with a history of medical conditions. The other is a relatively fit 26 year old in good health. Which gentleman do you think will inevitably receive the more complete autopsy? I’d be willing to bet that the old man’s death is blamed on the very first thing the coroner comes across. The young fellow, on the other hand, is going to be dissected to smithereens, until there isn’t a smidgen of doubt left what caused him to pass. And why is that? Because 87 year old men are common place in a morgue. It’s what the coroner is used to seeing, so he’s not going to be nearly as diligent in his efforts to find a reason for failure. Failure being death, in this case. 26 year olds rarely die in their sleep. The less seldomly dealt with case will undoubtedly raise more questions. Beg for further scrutiny. Coroners are paid to dig for flaws, just like sportswriters are. The human nature elements of the two are also quite similiar. Do you see the parallel there?

also- isn’t it surprising to all of you, without doing the research, to find out the Eagles haven’t beaten a conending team but still are talked about in higher terms than say Dallas, Arizona or Green Bay? Unless you already knew that they had only beaten weak teams, then there would be no surprise.

is that we dont need five incredible games in a row to make the superbowl. we just need two good games… i like our chances against them.

(without taking any team such as Tampa and Carolina lightly) to avoid bloodbaths the next two weeks and then have 2 weeks of rest. I really think the key is to win vs Tampa and then rest players vs Carolina. Meanwhile, Minnesota, Dallas, Green Bay Phila and Arizona will be getting beat up ( and the Giants) in dogfights where they can’t afford to let up.