The main talk of the early parts of the NFL preseason has been the Philadelphia Eagles as the self-appointed “Dream Team” of the NFL. Vince Young’s remarks may been innocent, but when your backup quarterback starts talking the talk, it puts immense amounts of pressure on the rest of the team to walk the walk. And so far through three games, Philadelphia’s starters have failed the lithmus test miserably.
For starters, your franchise cannot go anywhere when your quarterback is consistently on his back. The redemption of Michael Vick has been remarkable, however, Philadelphia just gave $100 million to a man who was brilliant for three quarters of a season, faded late, and threw a game-losing pick in a home playoff loss. Feel confident in your future yet, Philadelphia fan?
Now, let’s talk defense. The secondary that supposedly had three shutdown corners is getting torched by the Browns, and Pittsburgh’s receiving corp. It’s one thing when Mike Wallace burns you, quite another when grandpa Hines Ward was beating coverage consistenly,
Philadelphia may have a lot of star power, but the eyeball test doesn’t lie, and this team hasn’t passed a thing yet.