We want to wish everyone a very Happy Holiday, no matter what holiday you celebrate, where, or with whom.  Enjoy your family, friends and cherish the good times.  Happy Holidays Eagles fans!

What we discussed:

• Eagles beat the New York Jets 45-19, winning their second straight game
• Fans battle themselves in where their loyalties on the team lie, resulting in winning or losing
• Are the Eagles coaches safe yet?
• Jason Babin is a beast, being all over the Jets quarterback this week and now leading the NFL in sacks this season
• Be a Jets fan this week!
• It would be so sweet for the Eagles to walk into Dallas’ big house and play the spoiler this week
• EFC FFL Upate – the championship is on us and your two EFC cohosts battle it out for the title!

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What we discussed:

• UK Steve Brown joins Chuck this week!
• Eagles beat the Dolphins and keep the remote playoff hopes alive
• Eagles fans still hold hope and get a step closer
• Michael Vick returns as quarterback this week and he ran a more efficient Offense
• The Defense impressed and kept the Dolphins to only three points the entire second half
• Some excellent emails and voicemails that injected some great points
• The New York Jets come to Philadelphia this coming week, and the concern is high, as the Eagles have not played well at home all season
• EFC FFL Upate – the playoffs are here!

What we discussed:

• Jimmy Klempski from Blogging the Beast joins us this week!
• Eagles lose to the Seattle Seahawks 31-14 and are now 4-8 on the season
• The Eagles’ problems are on all levels of the team
• Eagles Quarterback situation is NOT good
• What are the Eagles chances?
• We have a voicemail that defends Reid, and we address it
• Moving forward as a franchise might need quite a bit of housekeeping
• EFC FFL Upate – the playoffs are here!

What we discussed:

• Eagles fans sent an audible message to coach Andy Reid and owner Jeff Lurie at the Eagles game during yet another home loss
• What do fans have to do to get Lurie’s attention?
• Some fans have declared not to buy or ask for any Eagles gear during this Holiday season as a way of hurting the bottom line of the Eagles organization
• This season is unequivocally over, despite not being mathematically eliminated from playoff contention yet. Anyone still holding out hope of a December race is fooling themselves
• Andy Reid has lost complete control of this team, with players not committing to playing their best, penalties and mental mistakes, and even coaches arguing on the sidelines… it just shows how far this team has fallen
• The frustration is now done, and Eagles fans now only hope that Reid will no longer be the coach of their team in 2012
• The Eagles now have a very short week, traveling across the country to Seattle to play the Seahawks on Thursday night

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What we discussed:

• Eagles Defense stepped up big
• Shady McCoy again had a great game, despite the Giants “stopping” his cutbacks most of the game
• Riley Cooper had a great game in the WR spot for the injured Maclin, and caught his first touchdown pass
• Vince Young should assume the locker room leadership role and mentor Vick and the team
• Eagles have to cover two tight ends on the Patriots this week, and there is much concern for this
• EFC FFL update

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What we discussed:

• Wide Receiver DeSean Jackson was benched for missing a team meeting. Pretty much Reid’s act was to set an example as a way to take back control
• Quarterback Michael Vick suffered two broken ribs near the beginning of the game, but it was not known until the game was over, and Vick played poorly as a result
• Shady McCoy under-utilized again, and again it hurts the team’s production
• Andy Reid has turned into a horrible coach and manager, showing very little intelligence, bad decision-making abilities and poor judgement
• The players on this Eagles team no longer have heart
• The fans have very little faith in the Eagles now, but still love the team

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So here we are again. We discuss yet another head-scratching loss by the Philadelphia Eagles, at home, against a team they should have beaten… by less than a touchdown. The Chicago Bears on Monday Night Football beat the Eagles at The Linc 30-24 as the Eagles display the amazing ability by Head Coach Andy Reid to completely out-coach himself. What works one week cannot possibly work two weeks in a row, so the game plan that worked so effectively against the Dallas Cowboys the week before was drastically changed against the Bears.  Our Castillo-led Defense allowed the Bears to score early, and Reid appears to panic as a result, passing and no longer allowing the positive of the week before move the team forward.  (By the way, in the show I mentioned that the Bears went up 14-0, but in my head I was thinking “by two scores” and my words came out wrong.  Sorry. lol)

What we discussed:

• Eagles lose 30-24 after Reid sees his team go down 7-0 in the first quarter, and panic seems to set in.
• We believe that there is no hope left in this season, and as a result, Andy Reid is done in Philadelphia
• Juan Castillo ran the Defense ineffectively, allowing Bears Quarterback Jay Cutler plenty of time to find his receivers in clutch situations
• Arizona Cardinals are coming to Philadelphia this week, and although we expect a win this week, the outlook for the rest of the season still seems dismal
• We briefly discuss the situation that broke this week regarding sexual abuse allegations involving the football coaching staff at Penn State

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What we discussed:

• Eagles crush Dallas, 34-7 at Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday Night Football, and the win was one that felt very good
• Eagles dominated on every aspect of the game, from top to bottom
• Jason Peters was just amazing again, and Trent Cole returned in great fashion
• UK Steve wrote in with questions as to who we would rather have on our team: Vince Young with Shady McCoy OR Michael Vick with Ronnie Brown
• Jason Avant angered some fans after the game with remarks about fans jumping back on the bandwagon, and he doesn’t want it
• Shady McCoy and Desean Jackson will need to be paid, but which one should the Eagles address first?
• The Chicago Bears come to Philadelphia this week for Monday Night Football
• The New York Giants lose their star running back Ahmad Bradshaw for the season with a broken foot
• We hear from a UK listener who’s site, Brit Coast Offense, picks the Eagles to take the NFC East
• EFC FFL update

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1pm and 4.15pm games start here at 6pm and 9.15pm respectively which is very convenient. I can spend my Sunday doing whatever I like and then settle down for an evening of football. Also, breaking news late in the afternoon is often when I’m free in the evenings and so I can tune in to sports radio and Tweet away.

The news of Nnamdi’s signing broke quite late in the evening for us Brits and it was exciting! Not only had we snatched him from under the cosmetically enhanced nose (allegedly) of Jerry Jones, but it was a serious upgrade of our defense. Twitter almost exploded as Eagles fans all over the world celebrated the news and in Las Vegas, the bookies quickly slashed the price of a Superbowl win for the Birds.

It was late in the evening here though and many of the UK bookies had called it a day. A few were aware enough to cut their odds, but many of them had no idea what had happened so I was able to back the Eagles to win the Superbowl at 16/1. By the next morning, the best price on offer was 10/1 and this went even shorter as the other signings rolled into the City of Brotherly Love.

The start of the season certainly hasn’t lived up to expectations for us Eagles fans. But with the rest of the NFC East also struggling to dominate, the season is far from over. It’s not even that unlikely that an NFC East team could clinch a wildcard spot. The NFC North will probably grab one and that leaves the South and East to fight over the other.

At 3-4 the Eagles must be a pretty big price to win the big one though, right? Wrong! The best price quoted today is just 14/1 for the Vince Lombardi Trophy to finally head to Philly. There are 14 teams in the NFL with a better record than the Eagles but with less of a chance in the post season, according to the bookies. That’s a HUGE vote of confidence in the team and the coaches.

We’re third favourites for the NFC title, almost joint second with New Orleans. Obviously, Green Bay are expected to be crowned champs but we’re hanging in there. The NFC East title looks a cert for Philadelphia too with every bookie I can find making us clear favourites. I wonder how the 5-2 Giants feel about that?!

For me, the next four games will decide our season. If we can win three of them – and the Giants game is a must – then we should be able to win the division.

After that, it’s a case of ‘any given Sunday’…

Cheers from the UK and GO BIRDS!

What we discussed:

• Eagles grade at the BYE week has to be an ‘F’
• We talk how the Eagles played against the Redskins
• The Eagles have three straight Home games coming up against the Dallas Cowboys, Chicago Bears and Arizona Cardinals
• Sunday Night Football… which Dallas team will show up?
• The Eagles need to beat Dallas to instill confidence in us
• Out-think, not out-stink! (quote from Todd)
• We talk a bit about Terrell Owens and Donovan McNabb
• Eric Allen and Jim Johnson will be inducted into the Eagles Honor Roll this coming Sunday in a  Halftime ceremony
• EFC FFL update

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