Still in The Hunt

My precious Eagles are still in the hunt for the playoffs. We’re currently sitting on the last spot for the NFC playoffs, with the final wild card, right behind the NY Giants, who we play next week. It shall be interesting. If we lose, we get another shot by playing Atlanta in the game-ender. Defense needs to sharpen up, and as long as Garcia keeps playing mistake-free football, we’re good.

By the way, I’m mutilating all-comers in fantasy football. It’s almost ridiculous. My team?

  • Carson Palmer
  • LaDainian Tomlinson
  • Steven Jackson
  • Brian Westbrook
  • Marvin Harrison
  • Donte Stallworth
  • L.J. Smith
  • Robbie Gould
  • Packers DEF

My Bench:

  • Brett Favre
  • David Garrard
  • Maurice Jones-Drew (should’ve started him this past week)
  • Darrell Jackson
  • Torry Holt
  • Desmond Clark

It’s really not even fair. There are weeks when my bench beats many teams in the league. I only had the fourth pick in the draft (picked LT, of course, it was a no-brainer for me). It’s an eight team league. I’m out in front at 11-2 with over 1600 points. Next in line? 9-4 with over 1400. I should retire.

MVP Gone. Season? Still TBD.

Donovan’s out for the year. Yeah, devastating. I can’t believe it either. The Eagles’ season? Usually OK. We went to the Bowl two years ago on the arm of AJ Feeley and Koy Detmer. Maybe we’ll be ok. But we looked terrible against Tennessee.

Fantasy Football Update

I’m ahead still, at 8-2. This past week I scored 150 points, and my bench scored 104. My bench would’ve beat everyone in the league except a 2-7 team who beat the second place team. Plus, like my friend Tadd pointed out, the Eagles won and Giants lost. Good week in football.

And in other football news, the Beckham rule was approved, so look at some superstar soccer players coming to the States! Ronaldoooooo!!!

Eagles: Back on Track?

Yeah, it seems that way. They played very cohesively against the Redskins for a decisive win. The defense, special teams, and the offense all played incredible and all contributed to the 27-3 final score. And tonight, when the Giants fall to the Bears, we’ll only be a game back from the NFC East lead. And then we play the Giants in Week 15. It’ll be a good season for us, I think. I hope.

The Required Monday Morning Football Post

Well, sort of. My beloved Eagles didn’t play this past weekend (they were on a much needed bye), so we will talk about another football team this week: DC United. They played OK against the New England Revolution in the MLS Cup conference championship yesterday, but they still lost 1-0. It just seems that this year isn’t my year for my sports teams. Instead of the Madden curse, it’s the Derek curse. Maybe I should start pulling for the New York Giants…..

There’s always next week, when the Eagles take on the ‘Skins. Go birds!