Reply #11: I think you should expect good hearted strife

[sportndandy]

Hey, I don't take this too seriously, but in the context of the seriousness of pro-football I think you should expect some serious razzing. So please don't take me too seriously when I get offended that someone thinks my team is far outclassed. I would never have a fist-fight over this, but I will gladly engage in a war of words.

That said, if you used the Eagles record in the last three NFC games you would have predicted a loss. If you went by the way the Patriots played the Steelers in the regular season you would have had them losing in the playoffs. Each game is its own game, and match-ups and momentum and desire have far more to do with the outcome of the game then past history.

I respect what the Patriots have accomplished, and I think the Eagles deserve respect too. Each year they have come out and played hard, and despite three straight chokes they managed to finally get over the hill. It is easy to predict another choke. But when the game is over I think we will be talking about an Eagles team that has learned how not to choke, a team that has walked throught the fire and is now on the other side.

Eagles fans feel like this match-up is long overdue. The patriots have what the eagles deserve, and on Feb 6 the birds are going to pull out all the stops. If the patriots can still win they deserve to be called dynasty.