You got to hand it to Kurt Warner and Larry Fitzgerald for putting the Eagles on their back and not letting come back for the win. Anyone one from a distance can see if you put Larry Fitzgerald on the Eagles, the Eagles win that game. Reminded me of Antonio Freeman in 1998 in the way he goes and gets the ball. Fitzgerald was the 3rd pick in the 2004 draft.
I just took a peak at philly.com and was surprised. Lead columnist Phil Sheridan has led with the headline "Lessons to be learned from this? Not really." He writes, "The Arizona Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers are testaments to randomness, good fortune and supernatural forces overcoming logic and intent."
Anger is muted throughout the pages of the Philly Inquirer. Defensive Coordinator Jim Johnson has cancer and is undergoing radiation therapy. This has thrown some cold water on an temper tantrums by players or journalists. Dawkins and McNabb want to come back and try again. There is love and concern for Brian Westbrook's knee.
But one has to wonder if the Eagles can find the talent to put them over the top after having drafted at the bottom as long as the Packers did. It would be easy to write the Eagles off as a team now on decline because of age, disappointment, and uncertainity that Westbrook can return to form. Running backs tend to be a disposalable lot. But they do come back strong sometimes and a team running out of Super Bowl chances ala the Denver Broncos can be a dangerous one. For more on that see Bud Lea's poinient recollections of "The Game that Got Away".
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