The Philadelphia Eagles no
longer call themselves the
“dream team,” as they enter
week six of the NFL regular
season at 1-4, the most disappointing start one could ever
imagine.
All the hype came from the
offseason, when the eagles
traded Kevin Kolb for Pro Bowl corner back Dominique Rodgers Cromartie, and
acquired a star lineup of
Nnamdi Asomugha, Cullen
Jenkins, Jason Babin, Vince
Young, and Ronnie Brown.
After defeating the St. Louis
Rams in week one, the Eagles
seemed to be on track to a
playoff run. That came to a halt
when the Eagles blew a 10
point lead in the fourth quarter
against the Atlanta Falcons,
and lost 35-31.
A week later the Eagles took
on their division rivals the
New York Giants. Down by 14
the Eagles scored 16 unanswered points and were leading 16-14. It didn’t take long
for the Giants to respond with
15 points and defeat the Eagles
29-16. The defense pretty
much fell apart and was run
over by the Giants’ star running backs. Another disappointing loss that dropped the
Eagles to 1-2.
Week four and the Eagles set
to take on the San Francisco
49ers, who, going into that
game, ranked 30th in the NFL
in offense. the Eagles had control of this game, and the
defense played well, especially
Jason Babin, who had three
sacks on the game.
the Eagles were up 23-3
going in the second half, and
had this game wrapped up. But
they blew another lead. The
Eagles defense was again beat,
and the Eagles blew a 20-point
lead and lost 24-23, dropping
to 1-3.
Billy Kerins, a 21 year-old
journalism major from
Southampton, had his take on
the disappointing season the
Eagles are having so far.
“I’m not disappointed yet,
because there is a lot of season
left,” he said.
He said he was concerned
with both the offensive line
and the defense. Of the game
against the Buffalo Bills
Kerins said, “Sunday is a must
win game for us, we can’t go 1-
4 and expect to make a playoff
run.”
Unfortunately, the Eagles
lost that one too, 31-24.
Before the Bills game,
Demetri Robinson, a 19-year
old accounting major from
Doylestown, still believes the
Eagles have the potential for a
playoff run.
“Even though the Eagles are
1-3, there is still potential for
this team to make a playoff
run,” he said, adding: “the
defense has to be playing better than they are right now, and
the offensive line has to protect
Vick better.”
This season so far has been
the most disappointing season in recent memory, with all
the talent the Eagles had
acquired during the offseason.
The possibility of making a
Super Bowl run has come
crashing down.
The last time the Eagles were
(1-3) was 2007, and they finished (8-8). Something has got
to change in order for this season to make a huge turnaround.