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Super Bowl XXXIX Rematch: Do the Eagles Stand a Chance?


Doe the Eagles Have a Shot in Two Weeks?  

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  1. 1. Doe the Eagles Have a Shot in Two Weeks?

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It’s a long shot, but any given Sunday. I always like to put these in perspective with looking at it like a playoff series almost

 

If they played a full 7 games head to head — i think I put the over under at 4.5 pats wins, and likely bet the over still?  Really I think 5 out of 7 would be the magic number.

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10 minutes ago, GoBills808 said:

I don’t see it tbh. Unlikely Foles has another game like that in him, and your defense is going up against Brady indoors.

Foles was in the pro bowl just a few years ago and in his last two half seasons, he threw for 2000 yards each. The man can throw. He has had a tendency to throw picks but maybe a few years on the bench has changed that. 

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The Eagles pass rush is the biggest factor on D and Foles is still a huge ? on the offense. Foles played the best game of his career tonight. Can he ever hope to repeat that? Can the Eagles stay calm in the game? The Patriots NEVER get rattled, they never get nervous and that seems to trump so many things when they come up against a solid D.  They have so much big game experience now they just wait for the opposition to choke. If the Eagles can get to Brady and rough him up early and Foles can keep the magic going, its going to be a hell of a game. 

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16 minutes ago, Livinginthepast said:

The Eagles pass rush is the biggest factor on D and Foles is still a huge ? on the offense. Foles played the best game of his career tonight. Can he ever hope to repeat that? Can the Eagles stay calm in the game? The Patriots NEVER get rattled, they never get nervous and that seems to trump so many things when they come up against a solid D.  They have so much big game experience now they just wait for the opposition to choke. If the Eagles can get to Brady and rough him up early and Foles can keep the magic going, its going to be a hell of a game. 

 

I agree. The Eagles have the DTs in Cox and Jernigan to put pressure in Brady's face. 

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Patriots are gonna win the game

54 minutes ago, snafu said:

I think the Eagles have a good shot.  It's all about their front 4 getting the pressure and them using a double team on Gronk. 

 

Thats all jacksonville had to do, lol. Eagles are gonna get flatlined in the one

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2 minutes ago, thunderingsquid said:

Even if the refs get shipped in from the CFL they have a sowballs chance.

 

The fix isn't just in , it never left.

CFL refs are far , far superior to NFL refs. Less teams of them because of a smaller league = leads to much higher quality of officiating. In addition the CFL refs haven't been bought off by Kraft. The Eagles would have a great chance if by some chance occurrence, every single NFL ref came down with food poisoning right before the SB and they brought in some untainted officials!!

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Just now, dave mcbride said:

Brady has been in seven super bowls. Everyone has been a nail biter, more or less. I'm playing the (overwhelming) percentages at this point and assuming that this will be a close game too. 

 

Indeed.  The Eagles have the personnel to give them a game.  Pressure with four and plaster their receiving corps. . 

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33 minutes ago, Livinginthepast said:

CFL refs are far , far superior to NFL refs. Less teams of them because of a smaller league = leads to much higher quality of officiating. In addition the CFL refs haven't been bought off by Kraft. The Eagles would have a great chance if by some chance occurrence, every single NFL ref came down with food poisoning right before the SB and they brought in some untainted officials!!

I'm filling out my application to be a caterer at us bank stadium

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I think the Eagles can win.  Foles will need to have a similar game to what he had today, and the defense front four will need to pressure Brady.  I'm optimistic that both can happen.

Also, don't play zone defense.  I don't know what Jax was thinking when they went into zone coverage when NE was driving to the end zone.

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I went to the Bills game in San Diego.  They got trounced.

 

That demoralized me enough to book a trip to the Big Island over Super Bowl Sunday.

 

Then the Bills made the playoffs.  And I panicked a little bit that there was an infinitesimal chance that they might actually beat the Pats and make it.

 

Nope, this script has already been written.  NE* wins, if anything was proven this season, it's that the refs will ensure they win.  And I'll be on a beach on an island in the middle of the Pacific, not bothering to watch a minute of it.

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Just now, sullim4 said:

I went to the Bills game in San Diego.  They got trounced.

 

That demoralized me enough to book a trip to the Big Island over Super Bowl Sunday.

 

Then the Bills made the playoffs.  And I panicked a little bit that there was an infinitesimal chance that they might actually beat the Pats and make it.

 

Nope, this script has already been written.  NE* wins, if anything was proven this season, it's that the refs will ensure they win.  And I'll be on a beach on an island in the middle of the Pacific, not bothering to watch a minute of it.

 

What year was it?

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Absolutely they can win. fivethirtyeight's algorithm has it NE 58% chance of winning. That translates into about a 2.5 point favorite. Of course, that's based in part on the strength of performance over the season, and doesn't factor in the change from Wentz to Foles (well, it does to the extent that Foles has performed well in the last few games). But I'm in the camp that doesn't believe there's a big dropoff for Wentz to Foles.  And the Eagles should be able to get some pressure on Brady, so I'm expecting a competitive game. I still doubt I'll watch it; Super Bowl Sunday is a great day to go skiing here in Colorado, and I don't know if I can stomach another Pats SB celebration ...

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