Eagles' Season at Stake Tonight

Hopefully for Eagles fans the 3rd time's the charm

The Philadelphia Eagles are desperately seek a win Saturday night, a week after being shut out by the Dallas Cowboys and missing the opportunity to clinch the NFC East title.

The 24-0 loss last weekend kept the Eagles, which had won six in a row, from clinching the No. 2 seed and a first-round bye. They are instead are the No. 6 seed with no chance of a home playoff game.

But there is a light at the end of this long painful tunnel. Of course, Philadelphia made it to the NFC championship game as the No. 6 seed last year. And the Eagles have won their first game in seven consecutive postseason appearances since Andy Reid became coach and McNabb their quarterback in 1999. They have 10 playoff victories in that span, Dallas none.
      
The Eagles certainly want a do-over after being held scoreless with a season-low 228 total yards Sunday. Philadelphia had scored a franchise-record 429 points and averaged 31 points during a six-game winning streak coming into last weekend.

“There were some missed opportunities, a lot of miscues,” said McNabb, whose nine playoff victories are surpassed only by five Hall of Fame quarterbacks and Super Bowl champions Tom Brady and Brett Favre. ``Now we have another opportunity. We just have to clean things up and just go out and play football.”






 

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