17 Dec 10 Eagles Are Easily the Best Team in the NFC After Win Over Giants

Michael Heiman/Getty ImagesWith Sunday's 27-17 win over the Giants, the Eagles are easily and hands down the best team in the NFC and possibly all of football. Not the Jets, not the Patriots, not the Falcons, not the Steelers nor the Saints. The Philadelphia Eagles are the best team and the most dynamic as well. The game wasn’t pretty by any accounts, but the Eagles have now shown that they can win by any fashion and how dangerous they are. They forced the Giants into five turnovers, while only committing two of Reebok Dallas Cowboys #9 Tony Romo Realtree camo Jersey
their own. The defense was more than opportunistic and preyed on the Giants' mistakes. The defense looked like it was about to fold its tent and take the night off to start the second half, allowing two touchdowns in the third quarter, but proceeded to hold the Giants to only 78 yards the rest of the way. DeSean Jackson didn’t have a big game, but Jeremy Maclin and Shady McCoy more than stepped up in his off-night and carried the offense. There are a couple things to be concerned with. Michael Vick is now going to see a lot of blitzes coming at him. The Giants gave him fits all night when they blitzed up the middle and to his left, forcing the left-hander to run to his right. Vick though was extremely smart and didn’t make any stupid throws across his body Reebok Denver Broncos #15 Tim Tebow Realtree camo Jersey
into traffic, takikng the short yardage that the Giants defense gave him. Vick also committed his first turnover tonight after keeping the ball loose and down around his waist. I’m sure Andy Reid will hammer into his head to keep the ball up. Philadelphia also had a case of the drops tonight as the receivers dropped some key first-down catches and also two easy touchdown grabs. That took eight points off the board at the very least and maybe more. If the Eagles made all the catches that they normally would have, this game would have been a big blowout. It seemed like it was only Maclin out there making the big catches tonight. Every time there was a first down, it was Maclin. Every time there was a big catch and run it was Maclin. He was everywhere tonight. One more take away from this win is the way Reid called the final drive to set up McCoy's 50-yard touchdown run. The Giants were set up inside and showing that they were going to bring everything middle. The perfect pitchout call to McCoy would have Reebok Green Bay Packers #12 Aaron Rodgers Realtree camo Jersey
easily picked up a couple of yards, but because Shady is so shifty and so fast, he turned a four-yard run into a 50-yard touchdown. McCoy, Maclin and the defense were the MVPs for the game. It’s going to be very fun to see what this defense does to Jay Cutler and the Bears next week. For more on things other than sports visit www.kdn4.com and check out my personal blog.